Dallas Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith didn’t mince words when discussing the current state of the team. While the offense performs just fine, the defense leaves a lot to be desired, with fans, analysts and former players growing frustrated with the lack of stops from their D, with many blaming defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus for these performances.

During a conversation with Cowboys Wire, Smith was strikingly critical of his former team. Speaking of the defense, the three-time Super Bowl champion noted that it hasn’t been the same in the last couple of years, when Dan Quinn and Mike Zimmer were in charge of the unit.

“Our defense does not look anything like our previous two- or three-years-ago defense,” Smith said. “Completely different.”

Emmitt Smith broke down what he’s seeing from the defense, directly pointing at Eberflus for failing to prepare his players.

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“Man, do we look like we are completely lost,” the Hall of Famer offered. “I am befuddled at all of the things that are going wrong on the defensive side of the ball. We look very basic and very fundamental. And very amateurish, if you will. Nothing sexy about it. And still the mistakes are being made, which is to me is a sign of poor coaching, defensively.”

Numbers show Emmitt Smith is right. The Cowboys are second-to-last in both yards and points allowed per game this season. Only five teams have fewer interceptions (four) and only four have fewer takeaways (seven) than Dallas this campaign.

Following Dan Quinn’s three-year tenure as defensive coordinator, the Cowboys haven’t been the same on defense. The departures of Micah Parsons, DeMarcus Lawrence and Jourdan Lewis played a role in their decreased level, and their defensive coordinator hasn’t been able to bring the best out of his unit.

Troy Aikman has different opinion from Emmitt Smith on Matt Eberflus’ work

Contrary to his former teammate, Emmitt Smith, former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman supported Matt Eberflus, blaming “lack of execution” on the team’s poor performance on defense on Nov. 3.

“He (Eberflus) is a good defensive coordinator,” Aikman said on “105.3 The Fan”. “He’s proven that over the years. The frustrating thing, I think, for him and for the organization in general is that he’s called things to keep from giving up certain plays and yet they’ve given up those exact plays.

“So it hasn’t been from lack of calling the right scheme, it’s just been really more than anything a lack of execution.”

If the Cowboys fix their defense, they can be a legitimate threat to the Philadelphia Eagles.