Which Cowboys past/ present QB would you draft 1 overall?

GimmeTheBall!

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You're holding the first overall pick in this draft and you have an opportunity to draft any Cowboys QB from current and past Cowboys' history. Who's draft card are you submitting?

I'm taking Staubach.
DUH!!!! Honorable mention to Chan Gailey.
 

KB1122

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It's funny. People think of the "protypical quarterback" is a guy who drops back and can't move. In the seventies, all of them moved. They had to move. Terry Bradshaw was way more mobile than a lot of quarterbacks today.
 

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People forget how versatile Troy was. The Cowboys played a particular system because it was successful and they had the personnel.

Troy played WCO in UCLA and won a National Championship in Oklahoma in an old style option offense.
I confess I was too young to have watched what his college offenses.

But I recall, during his time here, there being talk that Troy didn't like the shotgun formation and didn't feel comfortable in it. Perhaps Chan Gailey's utilization of that played a part in Troy shoving him out a trapdoor so we could go back to the old offense.

Gailey revitalized the triplets by updating the offense as a whole. And despite the great results he got, Troy still bucked at it because he felt uncomfortable in the system.

I think people forget what a job Chan Gailey did with that offense. Our decision to sack that offense was crazy. Troy and Emmitt in 1997 versus what they looked like under Gailey was night and day. And the o-line in 1997 versus the o-line under Gailey was night and day.

We only gave up 19 sacks in the entire 1998 season, and what's crazy about that stat is that Garrett actually took most of the sacks despite only starting 5 games, so the o-line's 19-sack total was actually artificially inflated by Garrett's poor decision-making. Troy wasn't even getting sacked once per game that year. Our offense in 1998 was surprisingly good for how little talent we had at the receiver and TE spots. And then in 1999, after giving Gailey another real weapon with Raghib Ismail, our offense looked like one of the best in the league out of the gates. It was only the Irvin career-ending injury in week 4 that kept that offense from being great that year.

It's really hilarious that we made the call to move on from Gailey despite him breathing new life into the offense and making us a year-in, year-out playoff team again. If we'd moved on from him because there was an undeniable elite hire waiting in the wings, I guess you shrug at it and you roll the dice. But firing Gailey just to promote Campo and go back to the stale old offense to appease Troy was a final nail in the coffin of Troy's own playing career.

Troy really wasn't built for more modern, shotgun-featuring offense. He helped flush the team down the drain for that very reason after the 1999 season.
 

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I went to high school in Haughton LA, but I'd draft the guy that they called "Starback" in that neck of the woods.

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No doubt about it. Staubach with Dandy Don as the backup and Aikman number 3.

Staubach and Dandy Don could put the game on their shoulders and win.
Aikman was great too, fantastic leader, and very accurate. However, even Garrett won games with that team.
 

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Easy pick. Staubach. Aikman is the man, but Staubach would make plays happen where Aikman would go down. Both men can win big games.

And since we're in dreamland, the best part about this is we get Staubach in his early 20's, not his late 20's. We actually get to enjoy several more years of him in his prime.

Randall Cunningham would be high on this list too since we're getting the guy in his youth.
 

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Had Staubach not played for Navy with a 6 year military commitment he would have been drafted #1 overall.

In fact if you also ignored the fact that the NFL did not draft underclassmen during those years, Staubach would have been drafted #1 overall in his Junior year in addition to being the first junior to win the Heisman...... Which he was.
 

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Roger Staubach (of course, compensating for the weight factor). His intelligence translates over eras.
The reason I chose him over Aikman is escapability and because Aikman could be impatient and vindictive. If you didn't run the route right, you wouldn't get passes thrown your way.
Staubach was more of a leader (or maybe a different kind of leader) and could encourage and incorporate guys into the offense even if they screwed up. Or at least, that's my impression.
 
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The only thing this thread is revealing is how old Zoners are.
 

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You're holding the first overall pick in this draft and you have an opportunity to draft any Cowboys QB from current and past Cowboys' history. Who's draft card are you submitting?

I'm taking Staubach.
This! A true legend!
 

HowardC

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Romo just was too much of a gambler...and turned the rock over too much. Danny White was the better classic drop back passer and leader. He learned from 2 of the best, Tom Landry and Roger.
Same Td to Int ratio as Brees...
 

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Meredith was better than Romo, and it's not close.

A guy who walked away from the game at what 31? because he couldn't take the criticism is better than Romo? Not so sure about that, if he played today he might have folded like a dirty shirt and walked away at 28

Roger, Troy, Tony, Danny White. I would draft any of these guys overall #1 nobody else
 
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