Radio Row is a magical place where former Dallas Cowboys great Emmitt Smith can end up joining Maggie and Perloff to talk about what America's Team will do in the upcoming draft. One of the organization's options is to snatch up Heisman Trophy runnerup Ashton Jeanty to make their backfield exciting again.
Smith offered a word of warning should that happen.
"If he comes to the Cowboys right now, he's going to get beat up," Smith said. "I don't think we're ready. We don't have the right mindset. We don't have the right commitments. I think we are drafting exciting pieces. Exciting pieces that will get fans 'oh, we got Ashton Jeanty, oh we're going to be able to run the ball.' Okay, you try to tell me Ezekiel Elliott and Rico Dowdle could not carry that team? No. There was no commitment to run the football."
“If he comes to the Cowboys… he’s going to get beat up.” - Emmitt Smith makes a strong case that Dallas shouldn’t draft RB Ashton Jeanty
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Smith talked about the change the Cowboys made after Dak Prescott went down with an injury, tasking Cooper Rush with more underneath passes and leanining more on the ground game.
"Need to do that the whole entire year," he said. "That's the formula that I'm talking about. Quit trying to do what everyone else is doing in the National Football League. Your quarterback is not Patrick Mahomes. He's not Josh Allen. He's not Joe Burrow. He's Dak Prescott."
Dallas is coming off a lost season and has made significant changes. It will be interesting to see if they take the advice of their most prolific rusher.
Jeanty, for his part, proved to be durable and capable of being a workhorse during his time at Boise State, so if there's any back that can handle all that comes with donning the star on his helmet, it might be him.
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