If the Dallas Cowboys continue to play without mental toughness, franchise legend Emmitt Smith thinks the team will get blew out ... blowed out on Sunday against the New York Giants. Blown out.
The Hall of Fame running back told Todd Archer of ESPNDallas.com that he doubts the team has enough leadership and toughness to win the de facto NFC East Championship game on Sunday night.
It was that exact mental toughness that allowed Smith to become the NFL's all-time leading rusher, a three-time Super Bowl champion and the guy who succeeded Drew Lachey as "Dancing With the Stars" champion. He's completely right though; as he pointed out later, the Cowboys have lost four games this season after holding fourth quarter leads. And in one of those, it was a timeout by Jason Garrett that played a hand in defeat. Is the team getting its cues from its coach?
The bright side is that the Cowboys are playing the Giants, a team whose mental toughness comes and goes without advance warning. One day they're beating New England and hanging with the defending Super Bowl champions, the next they're getting swept by the Washington Redskins.
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