A Dallas Cowboys legend believes the team "is not ready" and should pass on drafting star running back Ashton Jeanty in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith says Dallas shouldn't select Boise State's star running back Ashton Jeanty in the 2025 draft. "If he comes to the Cowboys right now, he's going to get beat up," Smith told Maggie and Perloff on Sirius XM.

Now that the Dallas Cowboys have wrapped up one of the more confounding head coaching searches in recent memory, attention now turns to the rest of a critical offseason — including, perhaps most prominently,

The Dallas Cowboys have been linked to former Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft. Jeanty played high school football in Texas and has said that he hopes to be drafted by the Cowboys in April.

Radio Row is a magical place where former Dallas Cowboys great Emmitt Smith can end up joining Maggie and Perloff to talk about what America's Team will do in the upcoming draft. One of the organization's options is to snatch up Heisman Trophy runnerup Ashton Jeanty to make their backfield exciting again.

Despite nearly breaking the mark for the most rushing yards in a single season in college football history, Boise State's Ashton Jeanty has dropped in the latest 2025 NFL Draft projection.

With Dallas having such a glaring need at running back, the Heisman runner-up Jeanty has been the favorite to be picked by the Cowboys in the first round.

Smith doesn't think Dallas' coaching or roster-building approach will put the Boise State All-American in a position to succeed

Radio Row and Super Bowl week always produce interesting quotes. It’s the one time in the football year when multitudes of current and former players get together with media outlets from around the country and have the opportunity to speak their mind into a live microphone.