On Tuesday, Smith was asked if he had a preference between the two positions on the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m an All-Pro guard, bro. That\u2019s the simple truth if we\u2019re just looking at stuff purely off facts,\u201d Smith said. \u201cSo we\u2019ll see what happens, we\u2019ll have those conversations when we have those conversations and kind of see where everybody\u2019s head is at.\u201d<\/p>\n
With that, it seems guard is the spot that Smith wants to be at long term, although he also said following the game on Sunday he would do what\u2019s best for the team. His track record backs up his ability at the position, as he was named to this third straight Pro Bowl, at guard, on Tuesday as well.<\/p>\n
If moving Smith to left tackle is a decision that Schottenheimer and the Cowboys want to make permanent, Smith would prefer to know \u201cas soon as possible,\u201d in order to prepare.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mindset is going to be the same. This offseason, I was for sure I\u2019d be playing guard, so I trained like a guard. I\u2019m playing tackle, so it is what it is,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWe\u2019ll have those conversations when we have those conversations, I\u2019m really not letting my mind get too far ahead of that. I know this is something we\u2019re doing for the rest of the season, and in my mind, that\u2019s just what it is for the rest of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
What makes Smith better on the interior of the offensive line, in his eyes?<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a strong guy. Obviously, I think I\u2019m strong, I feel like a lot of the strengths that I have as a player are very good for me at the guard position,\u201d Smith said. \u201cAnd then I think I\u2019ve had great vets around me at the guard and tackle position, and I think that\u2019s really helped me be successful at both. I really just think my strength and a variety of other things help me when I\u2019m inside.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Smith having begun practicing at tackle more in the last two weeks, it\u2019s been about getting back into the swing of things, as he\u2019s played the position before for the Cowboys and did so in his entire collegiate career at Tulsa.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a while, but it\u2019s familiar territory for sure,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThe biggest things for me are the technical aspects of it. Even this week, it\u2019s an away game, so we might have some cadence variations and things of that nature. That\u2019s just something that is a little bit different at tackle whereas at guard, I\u2019m right next to the person who is responsible for that cadence. I move out a little further, it\u2019s a little different. So just being on the nuances and things is important.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday, Smith was asked if he had a preference between the two positions on the field. \u201cI\u2019m…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,932,104,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-100040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-cowboys-news","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}