ESPND: Jason Garrett talks Larry Allen

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First-round pick Tyron Smith (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/13978/tyron-smith) declared on draft day that he plans to be a Hall of Famer, and Allen hopes to give the rookie a little assistance. Allen planned to take the Smith out to lunch Thursday and give him a little advice. That might consist of sharing some technical pointers, but Allen said he’d pretty much tell the rookie to listen to offensive line coach Hudson Houck and pick up the intensity a little bit.

The 20-year-old Smith was five when Allen made the first of his 11 Pro Bowls, so he might not be too familiar with Allen’s game. Coach Jason Garrett made sure the young offensive linemen recognized Allen’s greatness.

And, unlike Allen, Garrett went on and on and on:

“Larry Allen is one of the all-time greats,” Garrett said. “I told our guys afterwards that you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who played offensive line better than Larry Allen did in the history of the NFL.

Read what else Garrett had to say: http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4682270/quiet-larry-allen-helps-tutor-tyron-smith

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LA belongs in the ROH and HOF period!

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Quiet Larry Allen helps tutor Tyron Smith
August, 18, 2011
By Tim MacMahon


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IRVING, Texas -- Larry Allen is much more welcoming with the media than he was during his playing days, but he’s still not a man of many words.

For example, it took him all of a couple of seconds to sum up his feelings about possibly being inducted into the Ring of Honor, which he hasn’t heard anything official about.

“It would be great,” Allen said.

That’s it?

“It’s like old times,” the legendary offensive lineman replied with a laugh. “Quiet Larry.”

Allen also has a good chance to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer in 2013. Don’t worry about his speech dragging on for a half hour. He vowed that he’d thanked the right people and get off the stage in less than a minute.

First-round pick Tyron Smith declared on draft day that he plans to be a Hall of Famer, and Allen hopes to give the rookie a little assistance. Allen planned to take Smith out to lunch Thursday and give him a little advice...