At a time when most folks who pay attention to the television coverage of the NFL believe that Emmitt Smith will be “blowed up” by ESPN, a media source tells us that the current plan in Bristol is to bring Emmitt back for 2008.

Said the source, “ESPN isn’t crazy about Emmitt but the network feels like if they let him go, they would have been bullied into doing so.”

The source cautions that the decision isn’t set in stone.  “People change their minds there every other second,” the source said.

And an objective review of Smith’s performances points inescapably to the conclusion that he should not be employed in the TV business.  He cannot speak extemporaneously, and his analysis has the depth of a desert puddle. 

He’s so terrible that he provides unintended comic relief.  In fact, the only good thing about a possible return engagement is that it’ll give us — and many others — plenty of things to talk about next season.