When Smith is healthy, he’s still one of the best.
The Cowboys have taken a less-is-more approach with Smith. Since aggravating his neck in a Thursday practice, which caused him to miss the Oct. 29 game against the Los Angeles Rams, Smith has not fully practiced.
Almost every week, he has NIR-rest next to his name on the injury report. Not Injury Related.
Entering this season, he played just 17 of a possible 50 regular-season games since Mike McCarthy took over as the Cowboys’ head coach in 2020. He opened the season missing three of the first seven games because of knee and neck injuries.