Romo vs Staubach and Aikman

[Airbiscuit]

Does anyone remember that Romo was an UDFA. Whereas Aikman was the #1 overall draft pick? It's not that hard to know who is better.

 

[joseephuss]

The ignorance in this thread

I don't think it qualifies as ignorance. Ignorance would just be a lack of knowledge and information. That is not the case here.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Face it: Aikman was trash for most of his career in Dallas or injured.

Holy moly.

I never thought I would read that in here from a Cowboys fan.

Guess that HOF bust he has is worthless to you isn't it.

 

[WillieBeamen]

I don't think it qualifies as ignorance. Ignorance would just be a lack of knowledge and information. That is not the case here.

Im sorry, but saying Troy Aikman was a trash QB and the Joe Flacco of his era is straight up ignorant

 

[Jstopper]

Holy moly.

I never thought I would read that in here from a Cowboys fan.

Guess that HOF bust he has is worthless to you isn't it.

He backed up his statement. Outside of the 92-96 aikman was not a good qb. And yet mountains of defense and excuses will be made to excuse the fact that he had more negative than positive years. Yet Romo won't get anywhere near as many excuses even when he plays good even with bad teams, because he needs to "put up or shut up"

 

[Miller]

The fact that these other HOF qbs that played at the same time as Aikman all had better numbers than him speaks volumes. Did his team win lots of playoff games in that 4 year span? Yes. Did He do anything outside of that 4 year span? No. Once his team wasn't filled with overflowing talent Aikman was a garbage. Which other HOF qbs from that era only were good for 4 years?

First off he wasn't only good for 4 years. If your going to include the SB years you have to include 92 and 96 where he was great too. That's 5 yrs with 92, 93,94, 95 and 96. He also was good in some late years. The fact that you use the word garbage is plain ignorance. The fact that you preface it by saying he lost all the talent around him and got worse just makes you seem stupid. Really? A QB loses all of their studs and doesnt play as well. Besides Elway playing with scrubs name any of the HOF QBs I've listed who played great with less talent? You see how dumb that sounds? Do y'all even read what you write

 

[mattjames2010]

First off he wasn't only good for 4 years. If your going to include the SB years you have to include 92 where he was great too. He also was good in some late years. The fact that you use the word garbage is plain ignorance. The fact that you preface it by saying he lost all the talent around him and got worse just makes you seen stupid. Really? A QB loses all of their studs and don't play as well. Besides Elway playing with scrubs name any of the HOF QBs I've listed who played well great with less talent? You see how dumb that sounds? Do y'all even read what you write

His only other decent year outside of 92-95 was 98. He missed 5 games, we went 3-2 without him. We blew out the Giants and Commanders without him. He finished off with an awful performance against the Cards. Look at these elite QB numbers in that playoff game

Passer rating - 37.0
Accuracy - 44.9
Average yards per pass - 3.9
1 TD, 3 INTs, 139 yards passing on 49 attempts.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

I'm 53; I've had the privilege of watching all three play. Staubach was special.

 

[Miller]

His only other decent year outside of 92-95 was 98. He missed 5 games, we went 3-2 without him. We blew out the Giants and Commanders without him. He finished off with an awful performance against the Cards. Look at these elite QB numbers in that playoff game

Passer rating - 37.0
Accuracy - 44.9
Average yards per pass - 3.9
1 TD, 3 INTs, 139 yards passing on 49 attempts.

LOL...you must love showing your tail. Pick one game even though his career playoff stats are some of best in history yet not once have you acknowledged Romo failing in his few stints in the playoffs or the fact that failed in games to get it. You'd rather have gaudy numbers that half the QBs are putting up in a watered down passing league than quality, clutch starts that mean something. The fact that you have no clue about the eras make your points moot...and plain ignorant. Again, night. Revel in your ignorance

 

[mattjames2010]

LOL...you must love showing your tail. Pick one game even though his career playoff stats are some of best in history yet not once have you acknowledged Romo failing in his few stints in the playoffs or the fact that failed in games to get it. You'd rather have gaudy numbers that half the QBs are putting up in a watered down passing league than quality, clutch starts that mean something. The fact that you have no clue about the eras make your points moot...and plain ignorant. Again, night. Revel in your ignorance

I didn't pick one game, I actually picked every season outside of the 92-95. He was trash. I am displaying to you, if you want to discuss his playoff performance, you better include all of his performances. I said he performed well in the post-seasons we won Super Bowls, you continue to ignore how poorly he played outside of those seasons.

Keep trying. Also, I've never argued anything for Romo. But yes, statistically Romo has had a better career on far worse teams than Aikman.

 

[KJJ]

The ignorance in this thread

Threads like this expose the ignorance.

 

[CowboyMike]

Troy Aikman was the better passer.

Tony Romo is the better quarterback.

 

[csirl]

Romo was an undrafted FA, you ding dong. Aikman was a top 5 pick. Romo needed developed to be ready for the NFL.

And if Aikman progressed, he regressed quite quickly since he only had 4 years of quality play.

Dont know where this is coming from. Aikman played like HOF QB every year. He never had a poor patch. Even as a rookie on one of the worst teams in NFL history (1989), he very obviously looked like a HOF QB. Stats don't take into account the standard of the players around him.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Wow. I am actually surprised you would list those guys as superior to Aikman. Seriously.

Young fans who didn't know football before it was the Madden Football League

 

[darthseinfeld]

Im sorry but comparing Troy Aikman to Russell Wilson is asinine. Look at Troys playoff performances the years we won. He stepped up in the biggest games. Russell Wilson literally relied on his defense to get to his two super bowls.

Your talking to aa guy who has never watched Aikman.

Forget the Aikman and Young both set completion percentage standards that were unheard of at the time

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Dont know where this is coming from. Aikman played like HOF QB every year. He never had a poor patch. Even as a rookie on one of the worst teams in NFL history (1989), he very obviously looked like a HOF QB. Stats don't take into account the standard of the players around him.

That's true. Even on that awful 1-15 team he was one of the few good players to watch. That had to be one of the worse teams of all time. Romo never played on a team that bad.

 

[joseephuss]

Im sorry, but saying Troy Aikman was a trash QB and the Joe Flacco of his era is straight up ignorant

Don't be sorry. I just disagree. Calling them ignorant is letting them off the hook. It issaying they lack knowledge and awareness of Aikman's career. They have all the information about Aikman's performances as a Dallas Cowboy. That isn't ignorance. It is willful stupidity.

 

[BIGDen]

I've watched pretty much every game Aikman and Romo played. Romo wins multiple SBs with the 90s teams IMO. He is accurate, elusive, and clutch. Aikman, however, does not do as well as Romo has with these current teams. Aikman was accurate, but unable to really create the way Romo does. Romo has had one of the highest passer ratings in the history of the NFL throughout his career. Higher than his contemporaries like Brees, Ben, Brady, and Manning. So Romo has been great regardless of era. Unfortunately, he has not had very good defenses most of his career and had many crap OLs. Despite that, he has always kept this team competitive. He has actually put up very good postseason #s as well (93 passer rating). He was the best passer in the NFL in '14 despite playing games with broken bones in his back. His 4th quarter/clutch numbers are all-time great.

Aikman was a great QB who had his limitations and was on a great team. Romo, IMO, is one of the most underrated players in the history of the NFL.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Much like Switzer benefited from the structure Jimmy put in place. I think Wade benefitted from what Parcells put in place. But I still think Wade was better than Garrett. What happened last year simply cannot happen. You cannot have an entire franchise face plant without it's starting QB. Again, I was not expecting miracles. But we looked like an expansion team. And a really bad one at that.

I am not a Garrett fan, per say. I think we should have been able to do better as well but JG is Jerry's guy.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

What did Switzer actually do? Did you not read my previous post? How to you figure he was "horrible" when he led the Cowboys to back to back 12-4 seasons including back to back title game appearances and a SB win??? He deserves no credit for that? In his four seasons as the Cowboys head coach he had 3 winning/playoff seasons how is that "horrible?" His playoff record during his 4 seasons was 5-2 how is that "horrible?" How can you say you disagree he was better than Jason Garrett who's had only one winning/playoff season in his 5 full seasons as the Cowboys head coach? What has Garrett done to make you think Switzer wasn't better than him? Your logic continues to be perplexing.

I don't think he does. Who did he coach up or bring in to help the situation? What did he change that made the difference in those 12-4 seasons? What exactly did he do?