yes, I rushed and errored with Staubach and Rayfield, ( even with the draft history link I even provided.)
- You have a good point with Mo Claiborne, though he was a bust for what he was hyped up and expected to be,..
thanks to our scouts touted him as “
best defensive back we ever scouted since Deion Sanders “ .. and we gave up a 2nd rd pick to move up to get him.
At least Mo was decent at best, whereas guys like Noonan (who I suspect was juicing) , Richard, Carver and Taco and just couldn’t flat play.
- With Aikman, you’re valuing just the need of a franchise starting QB, ..over pure dominant player .
Aikman was not even close to being what Randy White was as a pure pound for pound player. Aikman was never dominant or elite, imo He was very good.
In what structure the team chose to go and build around, the coaches knew how to best fit Aikman’s skill set into the mix in what the team did best ..with Emmitt. and that awesome, dominant OL.
As a cowboys fan, I am forever elated for Aikman being in the HOF, glad he was very instrumental in getting us 3 SB rings, but when we were in our toughest crunches and the player we relied on the most, and rode his back was Emmitt Smith, ..not Troy Aikman.
Case in point:
- 0-2 to start the season with Emmitt in contract hold out , .” .ooh where’s emmitt, ..we cant win without emmitt “ with Jimmie Johnson sighing in frustration
- Emmitt dislocates his shoulder in a needed win to secure NFC East division vs NY Giants … do we go to the guy that’s supposed to be more dominant and elite a player than Randy White
– a guy that was the No.1 overall pick and highest paid QB in NFL ? .. Nope !
- When the offense was stalling from failures of the passing and down 13-6 at halftime, in the 2nd SB vs Bills, ..we quickly resorted to grinding and pounding Emmitt in 2nd half, and flat worn down and punished Bills defense, we rode Emmitt’s back to a trophy.
- For Deion Sanders to openly criticized Aikman after a Cardinals playoff game upset loss because Troy is paid so handsomely and he needed to step up ..?? sorry Deion you can’t make him into Dan Marino, despite what Jerry is paying him.
If there is anyone that I do regret I somehow forgot to include in my Top 10 best 1st rd List - DeMarcus Ware