PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : NFC : Smith: A New Deal Is Expected

Running back Emmitt Smith, who held out in 1993 before signing his current $13.6-million contract, says he expects Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones to renegotiate the deal after this season.

“We haven’t talked about renegotiation,” Smith, who is in the third year of a four-year pact, told the Dallas Morning News in Friday’s editions. “But I would expect it.”

When Jones solicited Smith’s input during negotiations to sign Deion Sanders--who signed a seven-year, $35-million contract that includes a nearly $13-million signing bonus--it was the first time the team’s owner has made him feel wanted, Smith said.

Smith signed his current contract in 1993 after holding out all of preseason and the first two games of the regular season. The Cowboys got off to a 0-2 start before Jones gave in. Smith went on to win the NFL rushing championship again and to lead Dallas to its second consecutive Super Bowl.

Smith is considered important to team chemistry with Sanders on the payroll. So when informed of Smith’s remarks, Jones responded carefully.

“Emmitt has told me he wants to be with the Dallas Cowboys for the rest of his career,” Jones said. “I have told him that I am going to do everything I can for him to be here.”

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Philadelphia Eagle fullback Kevin Turner was put on injured reserve, five days after tearing two ligaments in his right knee in the team’s victory over Arizona.

Turner, who had surgery Monday, joined the Eagles as a free agent this season after three years with New England.

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Cornerback Toi Cook, a nickel defender on San Francisco’s Super Bowl team and a special teams player this season, has had surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff and could miss the rest of the year or be released with an injury settlement.