Was Aikman overrated?

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Me and a buddy are in a disagreement. He says Aikman was overrated and he's in the Hall of Fame because he was on a great team and that he was a bus driver.
I said to him, without Aikman Cowboys don't win 3 Super Bowls if any at all. Aikman did what he had to do and it wasn't about gawdy stats but if Aikman had to put up big numbers than he could have.
Aikman said it best when asked about the great stats of quarterbacks like Dak; he said "Talk to me when they have Super Bowl rings."
 

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Me and a buddy are in a disagreement. He says Aikman was overrated and he's in the Hall of Fame because he was on a great team and that he was a bus driver.
I said to him, without Aikman Cowboys don't win 3 Super Bowls if any at all. Aikman did what he had to do and it wasn't about gawdy stats but if Aikman had to put up big numbers than he could have.
Sounds like your friend is a Zoner.
 

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Me and a buddy are in a disagreement. He says Aikman was overrated and he's in the Hall of Fame because he was on a great team and that he was a bus driver.
I said to him, without Aikman Cowboys don't win 3 Super Bowls if any at all. Aikman did what he had to do and it wasn't about gawdy stats but if Aikman had to put up big numbers than he could have.
Your buddy may have been watching an alternate universe team.
 

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what is people mode of thinking when they say "oh emmitt had a line thats why he got yards"

thats like me being the manager of a resturant and people say "the only reason the food top tier is because you have great chefs"
 

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what is people mode of thinking when they say "oh emmitt had a line thats why he got yards"

thats like me being the manager of a resturant and people say "the only reason the food top tier is because you have great chefs"
And it was probably the manager that hired the chefs.
 

JayFord

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I have a friend after the 56-14 game last year tell me "Dallas needs to sit back and watch a real team play tonight" in reference to the Wft playing that next week

theres always someone
 

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He also said Emmitt Smith isn't even in the top 10 of all-time running backs. I say he's top 5.
Let me guess. He's says the online was the best ever and Emmitt didn't get touched for 5 yar blah blah blah
 

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people these days look at stats and just make a whole assumption

Troy was a 230-250 ypg kind of qb

and Emmitt was getting you 100-175 yards per GAME and 2 touchdowns

that was the offense
 

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Told me that Steve Young was a far superior QB to Aikman.
Steve Young was an elite QB in a system that took full advantage of his skill set

Far Superior? no...can one make an argument Young was better? yes....would i entertain it? maybe....
 
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