Cowboys legend and Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith knows how the franchise can end its now-infamous Super Bowl drought.
Ask any Dallas Cowboys fan, and the long wait for the franchise to even get to the NFC Championship Game has been painstaking.
With the now-infamous 30-year drought hanging over the franchise, leaving the Cowboys as a punchline in the NFL, fans haven't seen the franchise truly contend for a Super Bowl for decades.
Considering the size of the Cowboys and the pull they have in attracting viewers, coupled with Jerry Jones' comments about the size of the check he'd write to get another Lombardi Trophy, it is all just noise.
Dallas hasn't sniffed a Championship game in decades, and one would think that has to change...eventually.
Our own Mike Fisher has coined the term "sometimes Jerry Jones' Dallas Cowboys seem like a marketing company that plays football on the side," and that is 100 percent true.
But with Brian Schottenheimer at the helm, and Christian Parker as the new defensive coordinator, we have seen things change this offseason, albeit slightly.
Still, the roster is a long way away from challenging for a Super Bowl, but you can make the case that the roster isn't the biggest problem. The off-field "antics are."
So, how do the Cowboys go from media punchline to a team that has genuine Super Bowl credentials?
Well, one person who knows a thing or two about winning Super Bowls in Dallas is Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith, and in a talk with Joe Hoyt of the Dallas Morning News, he knows exactly what has to happen.
"They need to get back to a level of healthy balance," Smith said. "Healthy balance mentally and physically from an organization standpoint, top down, that bleeds into the operations of what the football team does. There needs to be a level of belief that it can get done and it won't get wrecked."
One vision. That's what Dallas must have.
From the owner, all the way down to the staff. The entire franchise has to be pulling in the same direction, and you could make the case that as long as Jerry loves making headlines instead of proper football moves, Dallas' title drought will continue.
But Smith is right. A healthy balance from the organization. Making headlines appeared to be the priority for years. This offseason, there's been a subtle shift, so make of that what you will.
When Emmitt talks about what is needed to win a championship, people listen.
Time will tell if this Cowboys franchise has enough self-awareness to make the necessary changes to bring a Lombardi back to The Star.