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In 1993,
) Emmitt Smith ) held out in a contract dispute and missed the first 2 games of that season.
The Cowboys started that 1993 season at 0-2 without Smith.
Smith eventually came back in Week 3, won the NFL MVP in spite of missing those first 2 games, and the Cowboys went on to win the Super Bowl that year.
Cowboys Pay Big for Smith: After Two Losses, Dallas Finally Gives Running Back What He Wanted: ‘Thurman Thomas Money’
(By Danny Robbins)
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...152-story.html
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Something very similar happened 7 years earlier in 1986, when star running back
) Joe Morris ) missed all of training camp due to a holdout ...... he literally signed a contract hours before the team's season-opener against the Cowboys. Morris went on to set a franchise-record 1,516 yards rushing in only 15 games while helping the Giants win the Super Bowl that season.
Morris Signs Pact Worth $2.2 Million
(Special to the NYT)
https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/09/s...2-million.html
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