Not be insensitive to a former Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith, but you should have known this was coming; ESPN decided to not renew Smith's contract as an analyst after his contract expired earlier this month.
Earlier this month? That means Smith could have has as long as 21 days where he knew he wasn't coming back to the cable sports network for next NFL season.
For most cases networks as big as ESPN would have inked a deal with Smith months before his contract would expire, if only to keep other networks from courting him. The fact he hasn't been signed already with some group like Fox Sports is pretty telling.
