FRISCO, Texas -- Twenty years after Emmitt Smith broke Walter Payton’s record for rushing yards, Ezekiel Elliott was asked a simple question.
Can he play 13 years with the Dallas Cowboys like Smith did?
“Thirteen years?” Elliott said, in his seventh season, slowly shaking his head wondering. “We’ll see. I’d love to play that long, but that’s so far away from now. I’m really focused on beating the Bears.”
A hyperextended right knee might keep Elliott off the field Sunday against the Chicago Bears (1 p.m. ET, Fox).