He had some great teams and didn’t have to carry them. He had arguably the greatest OL in the history of the game. He had the all-time leading rusher in the back field and a Hall of Fame WR. He had a Hall of Fame head coach. The year he won his first Super Bowl in 92 the Cowboys had the number one defense in the league. Before Aikman had all that talent around him he couldn’t win a game and was being concussed. Don’t get me wrong he was a great QB but it takes a complete team to win. Aikman would’ve spent a lot of time on his back behind this OL and no running game.
He would’ve been chewing out receivers for dropping balls. He would have never had the career he did if he had to put the ball up all the time behind a suspect OL and no running game. Go back and look at his career when the team began to decline in the late 90s. He got booed and the fans wanted Randall Cunningham to replace him.
The team grew and started to win together.
-1988 Irvin’s rookie season, the Cowboys were 3-13
-1989 Aikman’s rookie season, the Cowboys were 1-15
-1990 Smith’s rookie season, the Cowboys were 7-9
-1991 Cowboys were 11-5 and made the playoffs
-1992 Cowboys were 13-3 and won the SB
From these efforts, their HOF careers were established.
Aikman had to sacrifice since the Cowboys wanted a balanced power running attack.
You make it seem Aikman joined a loaded Cowboys team full of established pro bowlers and future HOFers.