Emmitt Smith on Saquon Barkley contract
Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith says he is frustrated with the contract situation between the New York Giants and Saquon Barkley.
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00:00 All right, we got Cowboy and we got Cowboy Legend.
00:04 We got Emmitt Smith.
00:06 I'm Bryce Butler with Sports Illustrated.
00:08 Let's go into football a little bit.
00:10 You know, in today's game, the money is kind of going
00:15 to the outside of the game.
00:16 >> Yeah.
00:18 >> You know, which is totally different from when you play.
00:19 >> Right.
00:20 >> How does that like, when you're watching it,
00:22 how does that make you feel that guys like Saquon Barkley,
00:26 or you know, Ezekiel Elliott before he got paid
00:28 with Dallas are having troubles to get that check?
00:32 >> It bugs me.
00:33 >> Yeah.
00:33 >> Completely.
00:34 The game is really gearing towards fandom, you know,
00:41 and excitement.
00:42 It's not really the game any longer.
00:44 >> Yeah.
00:45 >> It's not about, I mean, even though you're playing X's
00:48 and O's in which people get confused about, but it's really
00:52 about high scoring, high statistics, fan duels,
00:58 and all the other fantasy football lovers.
01:03 >> Right. But at the end of the day, the thing that's weird
01:05 to me is like, if you want to be successful in the league,
01:08 you got to be able to run the ball.
01:10 >> Well, to me, I think you do.
01:12 >> Right.
01:13 >> But somehow or another, I mean,
01:16 it's all about what you're seeing on Madden.
01:18 >> Yeah.
01:19 >> All the kids are playing Madden.
01:21 All the adults are playing Madden.
01:23 >> Right.
01:23 >> Even the college kids are playing Madden.
01:25 >> Yeah.
01:26 >> So, and in Madden, you throw the ball almost 90% of the time.
01:29 >> Right.
01:30 >> So, they're taking the stats what they're getting from Madden
01:34 and other games and applying it to real life.
01:38 So, AI, if you want to call it.
01:40 >> Yeah.
01:41 >> You're going to see a lot of things come
01:42 from AI that's predictable.
01:45 >> Yeah.
01:46 >> And the non-predictable things
01:48 or the unpredictable things is what the running game brings
01:51 to the table.
01:52 >> Yeah.
01:52 >> Which is stability.
01:53 >> Yeah.
01:54 >> Foundation.
01:55 >> Right.
01:56 Time of possession.
01:57 >> Time of possession.
01:58 >> Yeah.
01:59 >> Confidence.
01:59 >> Yeah.
02:00 >> And courage.
02:01 >> Yeah.
02:02 >> When the quarterback is not playing well,
02:03 they lean on a running game.
02:04 >> Yeah.
02:04 >> Yeah.
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