Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew Thinks Breaking Emmitt Smith's Record Is "Doable"

**Sweets** · #1 06-26-2012

Maurice Jones-Drew was asked on 102.3 The Ticket in Denver radio via Sportsradiointerviews if he could overtake Emmitt Smith as the all-time rushing leader in the NFL. “Yeah, I think it’s doable. I definitely think it’s doable," Jones-Drew said. "Once again, Emmitt Smith was in a different situation than a lot of us, though. I mean, he had a Hall of Fame receiver, Hall of Fame quarterback, Hall of Fame offensive line, Hall of Fame fullback. Whoever put that team together did a heck of a job, and it just showed. … Don’t get me wrong: he was the reason they won, but he had a lot of guys around him as well.” If Jones-Drew is going to break the all-time rushing record he needs to play considerably longer. He is currently 11,501 yards behind Smith's record. When asked how long he could play, he said, "“As long as I feel good, I’m gonna play. That’s it. When I start to hurt and the hurting doesn’t stop in February, March, it starts going into July and August, then we’re gonna have problem. But right now I’m feeling great, and all I can do is keep playing and taking it a year at a time.”

Source: The Redzone

**TheSnowman** · #2 06-26-2012

fail

**ragman** · #3 06-26-2012

That record stays unless a RB comes along that stays amazingly healthy.

**AtlantaBlazer** · #4 06-26-2012

As long as he's the only guy worth a damn on this offense, let him talk as much as he wants to.

**86WARD** · #5 06-26-2012

It'll be broken one day...but it's going to be difficult in the recent game with all the RBBC and like @ragman said, the guy that's going to do it HAS to stay healthy...

**Steve12** · #6 06-27-2012

It will be decades before that record is broken. The game is eventually going to cycle back around to a run first game, and maybe then a guy comes along and breaks it. But the current NFL is set up for easy success through the air, so if you're running the ball enough to break the all time rushing record you're probably not winning.

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**SeanTaylor21** · #7 06-27-2012

I'd like to see MJD break it. Just so he can have at least something positive in his time with the Faguars.

**K Train** · #8 06-27-2012

its not that he isnt talented enough to do it because he is, its a longevity issue

**bigsexyy81** · #9 06-27-2012

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Originally Posted by K Train

its not that he isnt talented enough to do it because he is, its a longevity issue

Right. As it is with every back, regardless of how good they are.