{"id":162233,"date":"2026-02-12T22:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/162233\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T22:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:24:16","slug":"emmitt-smith-breaks-down-how-he-would-make-cowboys-a-super-bowl-contender-if-he-were-gm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/162233\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmitt Smith breaks down how he would make Cowboys a Super Bowl contender if he were GM"},"content":{"rendered":"

After an impressive playing career, Emmitt Smith has followed the Dallas Cowboys<\/a> and other NFL teams closely. Would he ever consider taking on a general manager role?<\/p>\n

The Cowboys legend recently joined 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM)<\/a>, where he broke down how he would make Dallas a contender if he were the team\u2019s GM. Smith used some of his personal experience in Dallas for the scenario.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m already inheriting five Super Bowls. I\u2019m also inheriting a star-studded organization. I\u2019m also inheriting a championship organization. I also know what it took with Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI know what Jimmy Johnson and Jerry [Jones] did when he bought the team. So, I know the history and I know what the vision should look like for the organization, and that vision is not going to change.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Smith, that championship vision<\/a> was clear when he was drafted by the Cowboys. He would follow a similar approach to the franchise\u2019s past championship teams, and he would want his players solely focused on winning.<\/p>\n

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Smith said he would want players with Hall of Fame aspirations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t have goals and aspirations that line up with the vision of this organization and where we\u2019re going, you won\u2019t be on the team. You won\u2019t be on the draft board, you won\u2019t be nothing,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n

Smith then compared several organizations with winning cultures to make his point. His list included the Patriots, Steelers, Cowboys, 49ers and Chiefs.<\/p>\n

Smith said a championship environment is built by maintaining a consistent chemistry in the locker room.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Cowboys don\u2019t understand that, they\u2019ll never get back to the Super Bowl,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI hate to say it. You just don\u2019t mess with chemistry. It\u2019s very delicate. It\u2019s like putting too much salt into something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to the rest of Smith\u2019s radio appearance here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After an impressive playing career, Emmitt Smith has followed the Dallas Cowboys and other NFL teams closely. Would…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1044,102,113,104,103,12078,80,154],"class_list":["post-162233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-cowboys","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-emmitt-smith","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162233","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=162233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}