I would say if Bledsoe led the team to more TDs in close games, then the Cowboys would not have had to rely on inconsistent kickers. Dallas lost games last year when they were only scoring 13 or fewer points. I think Bledsoe is a big reason for that. Not the only reason, but a big one.
That is not hating on Bledsoe. That is just looking at it realistically. I did not see him as a QB capable of winning big games in Dallas or having success in the playoffs and that opinion of mine turned out to be true. I wasn't the only one that had those beliefs. No hate involved. Just looking at Bledsoe as a player. As a player, he just was not good enough.
Some hate on Danny White for not getting the team to the Superbowl. I don't. Winning it all is very important and if a QB does that for Dallas he will be revered. Danny won't ever be that, but I appreciate the team competing for an NFC championship 3 years in a row. He was part of that success. It isn't setting the bar lower, it is just realizing how hard it is to reach that high level of winning a SB.
Some QBs get hate not for their actual performance, but the way they carried themselves. Peuller and Carter both felt entitled to the position of QBing the Cowboys. Both felt they were better than what they were. They both would have been appreciated more if they would have accepted their limitations and taken on different roles for the team. Peuller could have been a mentor to Aikman and a good back up for a long time with Dallas, but he felt he deserved to be a starter. The Cowboys were able to get him shipped to KC and he lasted two lackluster years as a Chief. We all know the Quincy Carter saga. I am not discounting their poor play as QBs, but if they had different attitudes, they both would be looked at a little differently.
I am way too young to know how people viewed Don Meredith. I hear he was loved and hated. He got the team to compete for NFL championships and just came up short. I would gladly take what Meredith and White gave to the Cowboys over what occurred from 2001 thru 2005. Very bad losing seasons and really know playoff runs are much worse than being on the cusp of winning it all.