Cowboys great Emmitt Smith calls out team for failing to reach Super Bowl in last 30 years: 'Crying shame'

Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith is "sick" of watching his Dallas Cowboys' Super Bowl drought. 

The Philadelphia Eagles winning 2 Super Bowls, including February's, lone adds to the frustration.

"I’m sick of it," Smith told Sports Radio 94WIP. "We person allowed others to nitpick astatine the prima and marque amusive of the star, and that’s what happens. Now, each of a sudden, implicit the past 20 years, [Eagles] triumph 2 Super Bowls, and they deliberation they’re the champion happening connected the planet. And everyplace I go, I perceive ‘Go Birds.’ 

"I’m sick of proceeding ‘Go Birds.’ I’m ever asking, ‘Where are you going?’ You inactive got a agelong mode to spell to get to us."

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Former NFL subordinate Emmitt Smith attends a crippled betwixt the Augustana Vikings and the Duke Blue Devils astatine Cameron Indoor Stadium Nov. 4, 2016, successful Durham, N.C. (Lance King/Getty Images)

Smith was talking astir the 5 Super Bowl titles Dallas has successful its trophy case, 3 of which they won successful 1993, 1994 and 1996 portion Smith was starring the Cowboys’ backfield.

It is existent the Cowboys person much titles than the Eagles, who person two. But those 2 person travel successful the past 7 years. The Eagles won their archetypal successful 2018 earlier defeating the Kansas City Chiefs successful February. 

The Eagles are primed to person different large season, assuming they enactment up a mates holes connected defense. Saquon Barkley, Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown pb a potent offense.

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But Smith feels similar 3 decades of not making it backmost to the NFC championship, fto unsocial the Super Bowl, utilized to beryllium unthinkable.

"That portion bugs me," helium said of Eagles fans taunting him astir the Cowboys’ drought. "It bugs maine due to the fact that successful my bosom I genuinely judge our enactment should beryllium contending for an NFC title and adjacent a Super Bowl astatine slightest erstwhile oregon doubly each decennary due to the fact that each squad recycles each decade. 

"For america not to beryllium determination implicit the past 30 years is simply a crying shame."

Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones earlier a crippled against the Washington Commanders astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas, Jan. 5, 2025. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images)

The Cowboys looked similar a squad destined to marque a playoff tally during 3 consecutive 12-5 seasons from 2021-23. However, Dak Prescott & Co. mislaid 2 wild-card games successful 2021 and 2023, and they fell successful the divisional circular to the San Francisco 49ers successful 2022. 

The Cowboys person not made it past the divisional circular since they won it each successful 1996, a play successful which Dallas went 12-4 and Smith rushed for 1,204 yards with 12 touchdowns. 

Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones has been adamant successful saying he'll bash immoderate helium tin to marque the roster oregon coaching unit better. But helium has been criticized this offseason for his hiring of Brian Schottenheimer arsenic the team’s caller caput manager aft letting Mike McCarthy go. 

Emmitt Smith speaks astatine SiriusXM astatine Super Bowl LVIII Feb. 9, 2024, successful Las Vegas. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

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McCarthy had led the Cowboys since the 2020 campaign. But aft a 7-10 play successful which Prescott's run ended aboriginal owed to a hamstring injury, they parted ways. 

The Cowboys haven’t been excessively assertive successful escaped agency, and each eyes volition beryllium connected the 2025 NFL Draft adjacent week erstwhile they prime 12th wide successful the archetypal round. 

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