LeSean McCoy Said He Was Better Than Emmitt Smith

[TheMarathonContinues]

Emmitt was good. I said that. I don't think he was top 5 without the supporting cast.

I agree that Herman Moore was a beast tho.

You said he was good but you said a lot of other stuff too lol. We will never know if he was top 5 with less help but that’s all those guys. Is Jerry Rice Jerry Rice if he doesn’t play with Montana?

 

[RayA]

Ol’ Shady is full Of S—-ty!

 

[Saosao]

I think Emmitt's greatest gift is that he's the greatest workhorse to ever play. When you take carries and receptions from regular season and playoffs, there was no drop off in his production or injury.

'91 - 456
'92 - 516
'93 - 419 (held out first two games)
'94 - 399
'95 - 520

99% of backs would have been injured in one of the seasons in there, or been out of the league cuz they were used up.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I think Emmitt's greatest gift is that he's the greatest workhorse to ever play. When you take carries and receptions from regular season and playoffs, there was no drop off in his production or injury.

'91 - 456
'92 - 516
'93 - 419 (held out first two games)
'94 - 399
'95 - 520

99% of backs would have been injured in one of the seasons in there, or been out of the league cuz they were used up.

I’m pro Emmitt in this discussion but it’s worth noting Emmitt on most teams probably is retired 3 years prior. No contender is trotting him out there.

 

[WillieBeamen]

Emmitt was good, not great. He was only great because his oline was great.

And so was his QB, WR, and TE.

Emmitt only has the record because he was too stubborn to stop playing until he was literally one of the worst backsr in the league by the end of his career.

Troy Hambrick was literally better.

I despised Emmitt the second half of his career. He wasn't about winning. He wanted the rushing record. And Jerry wanted ticket sales and ratings.

My favorite single play ever was Roy Williams hitting Emmitt so hard he cried.

The Diamond amongst trash cried. Lol

I didn't think you could squeeze water out of a diamond.

Don't tell Emmitt he was more of a cubic zirconia.

He was great. Cut the nonsense

 

[MarkP88]

1) I had totally forgotten about McCoy.

2) Sad that this is what we're reduced to - arguing about how good our players from 30 years ago were.

 

[Saosao]

I’m pro Emmitt in this discussion but it’s worth noting Emmitt on most teams probably is retired 3 years prior. No contender is trotting him out there.

for sure. i was just stating that mccoy couldn't carry the load the way emmitt did

 

[mldardy]

Emmitt put up 1203, 1021, and 975 in the three years under Dave Campo. Those were bad teams. The "Emmitt was only good because of his offensive line" thing is overrated

It's always been overrated. I will always make the argument that Emmitt made that oline more famous than they actually were. None of those guys were Pro Bowl players before Emmitt got to Dallas. That stupid documentary, Great Wall of Dallas or whatever the hell it was called was one of the biggest propaganda pieces of garbage. I never watched it but it made it seem like those guys were Hall of Famers when in fact NONE of them were. Yes I know about Larry Allen but his rookie year was 1994, Emmitt had already won multiple rushing titles by then.

Furthermore, I have watched a lot of 90s Cowboys videos on YouTube and I can't tell you how many times Emmitt made the first few defenders miss, how many times Emmitt broke tackles or avoided being hit. Did he have huge wholes on some of his runs? Of course he did but it wasn't on every run like everyone makes it seem. He also had runs where he could have lost yardage and his shiftiness and elusiveness was on full display. Emmitt had great vision and is one of the greatest running back in NFL history. McCoy is a footnote in RB history. There isn't a single run or moment where I can remember from his career.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Yesterday on the Speakeasy podcast with Max Kellerman, LeSean McCoy said that he was a better running back than Emmitt Smith. He also said that prime for prime, he was better than Emmitt "by a long shot". Max Kellerman even gassed him up by saying that Shady would have put up absurd numbers behind Emmitt's O-line. Here's a YouTube video with the clip in it:

Lesean is a moron

 

[conner01]

Yesterday on the Speakeasy podcast with Max Kellerman, LeSean McCoy said that he was a better running back than Emmitt Smith. He also said that prime for prime, he was better than Emmitt "by a long shot". Max Kellerman even gassed him up by saying that Shady would have put up absurd numbers behind Emmitt's O-line. Here's a YouTube video with the clip in it:

These guys really shouldn’t interview guys who are drinking lol

 

[Runwildboys]

I don't remember Emmitt ever throwing the ball down before crossing the goal line.

 

[conner01]

It's always been overrated. I will always make the argument that Emmitt made that oline more famous than they actually were. None of those guys were Pro Bowl players before Emmitt got to Dallas. That stupid documentary, Great Wall of Dallas or whatever the hell it was called was one of the biggest propaganda pieces of garbage. I never watched it but it made it seem like those guys were Hall of Famers when in fact NONE of them were. Yes I know about Larry Allen but his rookie year was 1994, Emmitt had already won multiple rushing titles by then.

Furthermore, I have watched a lot of 90s Cowboys videos on YouTube and I can't tell you how many times Emmitt made the first few defenders miss, how many times Emmitt broke tackles or avoided being hit. Did he have huge wholes on some of his runs? Of course he did but it wasn't on every run like everyone makes it seem. He also had runs where he could have lost yardage and his shiftiness and elusiveness was on full display. Emmitt had great vision and is one of the greatest running back in NFL history. McCoy is a footnote in RB history. There isn't a single run or moment where I can remember from his career.

To me YBC is on the oline in most cases. YAC on the RB. Today they keep YBC numbers but back then they didn’t. It would be very cool to see that data

 

[BigBlacKahuna]

Dude is a flipping clown.

 

[conner01]

I don't remember Emmitt ever throwing the ball down before crossing the goal line.

Nope. He did throw the football once. He threw a TD pass

 

[conner01]

CTE is real.

It certainly is and it’s sad. I hope he gets the best treatment he can get because his case appears to be really bad

 

[Thomas82]

It's always been overrated. I will always make the argument that Emmitt made that oline more famous than they actually were. None of those guys were Pro Bowl players before Emmitt got to Dallas. That stupid documentary, Great Wall of Dallas or whatever the hell it was called was one of the biggest propaganda pieces of garbage. I never watched it but it made it seem like those guys were Hall of Famers when in fact NONE of them were. Yes I know about Larry Allen but his rookie year was 1994, Emmitt had already won multiple rushing titles by then.

Furthermore, I have watched a lot of 90s Cowboys videos on YouTube and I can't tell you how many times Emmitt made the first few defenders miss, how many times Emmitt broke tackles or avoided being hit. Did he have huge wholes on some of his runs? Of course he did but it wasn't on every run like everyone makes it seem. He also had runs where he could have lost yardage and his shiftiness and elusiveness was on full display. Emmitt had great vision and is one of the greatest running back in NFL history. McCoy is a footnote in RB history. There isn't a single run or moment where I can remember from his career.

No lie was told here.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Yesterday on the Speakeasy podcast with Max Kellerman, LeSean McCoy said that he was a better running back than Emmitt Smith. He also said that prime for prime, he was better than Emmitt "by a long shot". Max Kellerman even gassed him up by saying that Shady would have put up absurd numbers behind Emmitt's O-line. Here's a YouTube video with the clip in it:

you are stupid...

 

[SellTheTeam]

Yesterday on the Speakeasy podcast with Max Kellerman, LeSean McCoy said that he was a better running back than Emmitt Smith. He also said that prime for prime, he was better than Emmitt "by a long shot". Max Kellerman even gassed him up by saying that Shady would have put up absurd numbers behind Emmitt's O-line. Here's a YouTube video with the clip in it:

Never saw McCoy gain 60 yards on 4 touches, on a drive that clinched a playoff seed—- after sustaining a separated shoulder!!!

 

[BigD5]

Emmitt is the goat to me.

Its funny the way they say Rice is the goat receiver but they never knock him for the same thing they knock Emmitt for. He played with two top-10 QBs of all-time. Yea he still produced at an older age, but so did Emmitt.

Moss is the more “flashy” receiver and way more physically talented, but they never use that to knock Rice like they do with Emmitt

Randy Moss was a quitter just like Barry Sanders who quit on the raiders and was a hair from being out of football before Belichick took a chance on bringing him to New England

Quick… name the HOF linemen Emmitt ran behind?
Same OL almost got Troy Aikman killed and sacked 11 times on Thanksgiving