Twitter: Top 5 QB's in Cowboys history according to Brandt, Sham, Laufenberg, etc

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kskboys said:
Hated the criticism. Also had tons of heart and guts.

However, none of that changes the fact that you lied about him. He retired due to terrible knees. Once again, apologize. What you said was rude and untrue.
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He couldn't take the critisism, it's been well documented, knees were just the excuse
 
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DandyDon52 said:
no he quit football, he had other options like romo. And he wasnt that young lol played 8 years and was probably beat up pretty good, as
no rules protected qbs back then. hits to the knees, low, in the head, falling on, were all legal back then, and there was no protected sliding on runs.
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All true, it's also true he didn't like the pressure and critisism
 
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Gangsta Spanksta said:
Apparently Dak's Kryptonite as well. Also Romo has been the closest we have gotten to an NFC Championship since Aikman, if it wasn't to that whole Dez Catch/No Catch controversy.
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Crayon broken route with 17 seconds to go in Giants loss too. Perfect TD pass for the win fell harmlessly in the end zone.
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Still....not Tony the QB, but Tony the special teams player did blow it in Seattle his 1st year. Tony the QB did his job to get them in position, but the holder....well...that sucked.
But that was a wildcard game
 
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Northern_Cowboy said:
Your better than that sorry little post. I already said he was a very talented QB, he was just thin skinned and couldn't take the critisism.
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In 64 or 65 Tom benched Don and was rotating Jerry Rhome and Craig Morton, both rookies and the team went to hell because of it. Don was in Landry's doghouse and some players said that was the point at which Don knew that Landry would dump him. Everybody agreed that period affected Don.

The players agreed Don was beat up. He had played with a broken nose, broken fingers, etc. Don Talbert had a picture taken after the game he described Don's nose as so big you couldn't see his eyes. Everybody knew the line was just not that good. One season he played every game, preseason to the final, injured. They started their own stat "Yards Lost Trying to Survive."

Bob Lilly said they just wanted Landry to make a decision.

Then after one heartbreaking loss Landry came thanking them and telling them how much he appreciated them. Then he announced he probably would be gone the following year. And started crying.

Then he tossed and turned for two days, as he writes in his book, and named Don the starter for the last 7 games. They won 5 of the 7.

The press roasted Don as well in that period. Half the team wanted to beat Gary Cartwright's butt after a loss to Cleveland when he wrote, "Outlined against the gray November sky the Four Horsemen rode again Sunday. You know them; pestilence, famine, death, and Meredith."

Most underappreciated QB likely ever to play in the NFL.
 
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garyo1954 said:
In 64 or 65 Tom benched Don and was rotating Jerry Rhome and Craig Morton, both rookies and the team went to hell because of it. Don was in Landry's doghouse and some players said that was the point at which Don knew that Landry would dump him. Everybody agreed that period affected Don.

The players agreed Don was beat up. He had played with a broken nose, broken fingers, etc. Don Talbert had a picture taken after the game he described Don's nose as so big you couldn't see his eyes. Everybody knew the line was just not that good. One season he played every game, preseason to the final, injured. They started their own stat "Yards Lost Trying to Survive."

Bob Lilly said they just wanted Landry to make a decision.

Then after one heartbreaking loss Landry came thanking them and telling them how much he appreciated them. Then he announced he probably would be gone the following year. And started crying.

Then he tossed and turned for two days, as he writes in his book, and named Don the starter for the last 7 games. They won 5 of the 7.

The press roasted Don as well in that period. Half the team wanted to beat Gary Cartwright's butt after a loss to Cleveland when he wrote, "Outlined against the gray November sky the Four Horsemen rode again Sunday. You know them; pestilence, famine, death, and Meredith."

Most underappreciated QB likely ever to play in the NFL.
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Where is that 100 likes button. Tremendous post. Played with a punctured lung. How could you not want to go to war with Dandy Don?
 
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