That's correct.
Landry was all set to take Aikman, but then was fired. Jimmy and the staff weren't that familiar with Aikman, but were told that Landry and the staff were all set to take him and then they saw Aikman work out and watched film and came away saying (to the effect) 'if Aikman played at U. of Miami, not only would we have gone undefeated, but we would win every game by 50 points.'
Peyton Manning was considered the QB prospect. Ryan Leaf surged in the draft thru his senior season, almost out of nowhere. Nobody at WSU liked Leaf, but he turned things around his senior season and Jim Mora, Sr. said that Peyton had been on the radar in the NFL for a while. And the only reason why they took Peyton over Leaf was they asked the question 'what will you do when you sign your rookie contract' and Leaf came up with the typical answer of going to Vegas and celebrating with family and friends while Peyton said he would ask for the playbook so he can learn it right away and hit the ground running by the time camp starts.
The only question about Peyton was that he wasn't nearly as athletic as his ole man and he had such hype around him that there were questions if he could live up to that hype, but they didn't doubt he was a first round pick.
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