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And that means a lot, since many regard Smith as the best ever at his position.              The...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEMMITT SMITH ON ANTHEM PROTEST, TOM BRADY, POSSIBLE EAGLES WIN\u003cbr/\u003e              Emmitt Smith sees Tom Brady as the best quarterback of all time. And that means a lot, since many regard Smith as the best ever at his position.\u003cbr/\u003e              The NFL all-time leading rusher spoke to The Associated Press Friday (2 FEBRUARY) on a variety of timely subjects surrounding the NFL, including his thoughts on the national anthem protests, the NFL concussion protocol, and Sunday's game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Tom Brady has had one heck of a career. Sixteen years in the National Football League, eight Super Bowl appearances, five Super Bowl rings, with an opportunity to get another one. What else can I say about Tom Brady, outside of pure excellence, the best to have ever done it at that position,\" Smith said. \u003cbr/\u003e              But Smith isn't sure if Brady will earn his sixth ring.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"When I look at it from the Philadelphia Eagles side I see an underdog here that has more bite than people want to give him credit for. And I think with that bite, if they don't turn the football over, I can see Philadelphia winning this game and I could see that defense getting after Tom Brady like you've never seen before. And that's what they need to do in Philadelphia want a chance to win this game,\" Smith said.\u003cbr/\u003e              Smith also weighed in on the controversy surrounding the national anthem protests, where some players took a knee to protest police brutality against African Americans. \u003cbr/\u003e              Smith sees it as nothing more than players exercising their constitutional rights. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Well, what I see is people in this nation have come together for what they believe the nation stands for. And people are exercising their, their inalienable rights to protest and do what they want to do because of the freedoms that we all enjoy here in America,\" Smith said.\u003cbr/\u003e              Smith added: \"Will it continue? I think it will continue until we get the right change that people are looking for. I think in doing such, as human beings, as humanitarians and as keeper and sacred, sacred of the Constitution, people have the right to do what they do. Period. It's just for the price of freedom.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Smith has three Super Bowl rings, with the Most Valuable Player award for one of them. He played 15 seasons in the NFL, mostly with the Dallas Cowboys, and feels lucky to retire without serious injury. Others have not been so lucky with some players  developing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in individuals with a history of repetitive head trauma.\u003cbr/\u003e              The NFL has recently instituted new rules on contact as well as a concussion protocol. Smith feels the NFL is on the right course for limiting head injuries. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think they are focusing on it, they're concentrating on it and great medicine is starting to be developed around it. And so there are some things that are happening right now is pretty positive even though it's at the expense of some people that we've already lost,\" Smith said.\u003cbr/\u003e              Still, Smith sees football as physical sport that will see its share of injuries despite the protocols.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think the NFL is doing a fairly good job of protecting players in terms of the big hits that we were used to seeing when we were younger. Some of those hits are somewhat coming away but still, it's a physical sport and you gonna have collisions. That's what football is all about. It's about collisions, and it's about hopefully getting up and going back and doing it again.\"\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Minneapolis, Minn., 2 February 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Wide of Radio Row\u003cbr/\u003e              2. NFL Super Bowl signage\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Emmitt Smith talking to Joel Osteen for his radio show\u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmitt Smith/Former NFL player, on Tom Brady, Super Bowl:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Tom Brady has had one heck of a career. Sixteen years in the National Football League, eight Super Bowl appearances, five Super Bowl rings, with an opportunity to get another one. What else can I say about Tom Brady, outside of pure excellence, the best to have ever done it at that position. Then when I look at it from the Philadelphia Eagles side I see an underdog here that has more bite than people want to give him credit for. And I think with that bite, if they don't turn the football over, I can see Philadelphia winning this game and I could see that defense getting after Tom Brady like you've never seen before. And that's what they need to do in Philadelphia want a chance to win this game.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Emmitt Smith talking to Joel Osteen for his radio show\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmitt Smith/Former NFL player, on anthem protests in the NFL this season:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Well, what I see is people in this nation have come together for what they believe the nation stands for. And people are exercising their, their inalienable rights to protest and do what they want to do because of the freedoms that we all enjoy here in America. Will it continue? I think it will continue until we get the right change that people are looking for. I think in doing such, as human beings, as humanitarians and as keeper and sacred, sacred of the Constitution, people have the right to do what they do. Period. It's just for the price of freedom.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Emmitt Smith talking to Joel Osteen for his radio show\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmitt Smith/Former NFL player, on the NFL concussion protocol:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think they taking enough precautions. I mean this is something that's evolving. I mean, you cannot, you can't - you don't know what else to do until you have some kind of way some kind of formulation that gets you there. And you have to try to see what works and what doesn't work. And so, but I think they are focusing on it, they're concentrating on it and great medicine is starting to be developed around it. And so there are some things that are happening right now is pretty positive even though it's at the expense of some people that we've already lost. And so but I think the NFL is doing a fairly good job of protecting players in terms of the big hits that we were used to seeing when we were younger. Some of those hits are somewhat coming away but still, it's a physical sport and you gonna have collisions. That's what football is all about. It's about collisions, and it's about hopefully getting up and going back and doing it again.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              9. 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