Smith, Cardinals try to shape new look in Flagstaff

[The_Philster]

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Goodbye Jake Plummer and David Boston. Hello Emmitt Smith and Jeff Blake.

The Arizona Cardinals head to Flagstaff on Friday to shape their new look around an aging superstar running back and a strong-armed veteran quarterback playing for his fourth team in five seasons.

"We've got a lot of new people at key positions," coach Dave McGinnis said Thursday. ...

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Smith says nothing's changed for him but team colors

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- The crowd was dotted with No. 22 jerseys, many in newly minted Cardinal red, a few in the familiar Cowboy silver and blue, as Emmitt Smith went through his first training camp workout with Arizona on Saturday.

``The only thing that's changed on me has been the helmet color, the jersey color, the shoe color, and the pants color,'' he said. ``Football is football.''

No one has carried a football for more yards in NFL history than Smith, and after 14 years and three Super Bowl rings with Dallas, he finds himself the centerpiece of a Cardinal franchise with one playoff victory in 55 years.

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