2026 Season | Week 10 | Gameday Chatter Thread | 49ers @ Cowboys | 11/15/2026

Lions wear some form of idiotic Nike concoction so often, I though these were their throwbacks, but no. Just the regular blues.

Need every NFCN team to win to keep GB down as far as possible.

Currently 14-3 Lions BTW.

Oh wait, Cutlets is the Pats' QB? This should be in the bag.
 
Did the Lions just do a centipede? :o
 
I took the cheese, but anything to distract me from this season. This Emmitt Smith vs LeSean McCoy debate that's talk dejour, aiming to provide much more context to support Irvin's oh-so-eloquent "takes a licking, keeps on ticking".

People dismiss Durability as some lesser attribute to elusiveness/jukes, so thought I'd bring in some stats to highlight the incredulous durability of Emmitt Smith. Big key is that durability can be better separated from production when it comes to the "Greatest OL" critique.

It boils down to the playoffs. It's great you're making Sportscenter highlights in September, but how available/effective are you in January after an entire season of collisions? I'd like to have a Ferrari, too, but when it's a blizzard outside in a zombie apocalypse, give me the car that starts.

Six straight playoffs 1991-1996, Emmitt played 15 games, averaged 24 touches -per-playoff-game (rush & rec) for a total of 362 touches. This is on top of only missing 4 regular season games (2 for 1993's holdout).

It's not even a comparison to LeSean McCoy, who only had three playoff games as the starter.

After 400 touches in the regular season, how many running backs can go into the slop of Candlestick Park in the NFCC? SB XXVIII's epic 7 rushes, 8 play TD drive? See below -- Emmitt Smith 349 career rushes in the playoffs.

You want to talk about the Cowboys offensive line? Fine. Many other RBs would have had great production, maybe even better production, but how many of them would be available in January? And would they have been as available for six seasons to win three SB rings?

Case in point. Saquon Barkley with a great Eagles OL got 2,000 yards and a Super Bowl ring. What happened last year and this year -- Injured and injured.

Top Career Playoff Rushing Yards (playoff games, rushing attempts)
Emmitt Smith: 1,586 (17, 349)
Franco Harris: 1,556 (19, 400)
Thurman Thomas: 1,442 (21, 339)
Tony Dorsett: 1,383 (17, 302)
Marcus Allen: 1,347 (16, 267)
Terrell Davis: 1,140 (8, 204)
Derrick Henry: 1,002 (9, 198)
John Riggins: 996 (9, 251)
Marshawn Lynch: 970 (13, 211)
Larry Csonka: 891 (12, 225)
Chuck Foreman: 860 (13, 229)
Edgerrin James: 852 (13, 218)
Roger Craig: 841 (18, 208)
Eddie George: 776 (9, 206)
 
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Doesn't look like the Patriots put much thought into back up QB
 
Watching the damn Chiefs. Over at my parents and my dad is insisting we watch Mahomes. :picard
 
I’m gonna try to sneak the remote when he isn't paying attention and flip it to the Vikes/Packers game.
 
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