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Article: Emmitt Smith accepts two-year deal to become new face of Arizona franchise.(The Dallas Morning News)
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- March 26, 2003
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Byline: Rick Gosselin
PHOENIX _ Emmitt Smith will take his quest for 20,000 rushing yards into a football and geographical desert.
Smith, the NFL's all-time leading rusher, agreed to a two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals on Wednesday, leaving behind huge footprints in the state of Texas.
Smith spent 13 seasons with the Cowboys and won four NFL rushing titles. He passed Walter Payton as the NFL's all-time leading rusher last October and amassed 17,162 yards in his career with the Cowboys.
But Smith, 33, became a salary-cap casualty in February. Repeatedly this off-season he has said he still considers himself a 1,300-yard ...