SFloridaCowboy
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Only two in history had "It." We need another.
Some were were high score producing QB's, but did not have "It."
Very few had "It."
Tom Landry stayed too long with Craig Morton, whose lack of quickness could not buy time to avoid pass rushers. Under Craig Morton, the Cowboys could not win the big one.
By along came Captain America, Roger the Dodger, the angel from heaven who took a 4-3 team in 1971 to 10 consecutive wins and the 1st Super Bowl win, demolishing the Dolphins. Roger had "it." He took two sets of players to 4 Super Bowls. He would have won in Jan 1979 if not for bad luck on three plays.
Tom Landry fell in love with the extremely smart, athletic QB, who played college baseball 2B, punted and was a QB at a top 10 NCAA team. He came to the NFL at 6'2" 180, maxed out at 193. He inherited great Cowboy teams with great offensive line, Tony Dorsett, Drew Pearson, Tony Hill and Billy Joe Dupree, But Danny did not have "It." He had the weakest throwing arm of any Cowboy QB and could not take hits well, being under 200 pounds. Landry stayed with him too long and failed to find his replacement. Landry and the front office became dumb in in the 1980's, 1980-1987 drafts were the worst in Cowboy history.
It was only when the team bottomed out and had the first pick in the draft, did the Boys get a player with "It." Troy Aikman won 3 rings in 4 years and would have won a 4th if All-Universe ROT Erik Williams did not break a leg in a DUI crash. Troy played big in big games. He was heaven sent to long suffering Cowboy fans. Troy was the 2nd and last QB for Dallas with "It." Boy was Troy a joy.
Lots of players came and failed before Romo, who was not even drafted, as he ran a 5.2 40 and threw wildly, needing several years of coaching and learning before he could start. He put up great offensive numbers. Romo tried hard, but he did not quite have "It." He lacked foot speed to get the important yards that the modern QB's need in clutch moments, despite his amazing Houdini moves in short areas.
Then, the Cowboys kept looking for basement bargains at QB, not drafting Dak until a comp pick at end of 4th round. There were reasons Dak was not drafted higher. We now see those reasons. He inherited the NFL's best OL, perhaps the best in history, with Zeke running wild in his rookie year. Dak looked better than he really was. After 3 years with him, I knew he did not have "It." He did not have the special qualities to have the "It." He lacks those special QB mental instincts of excellence to take the team all the way. He is far from being a QB with "It."
Some were were high score producing QB's, but did not have "It."
Very few had "It."
Tom Landry stayed too long with Craig Morton, whose lack of quickness could not buy time to avoid pass rushers. Under Craig Morton, the Cowboys could not win the big one.
By along came Captain America, Roger the Dodger, the angel from heaven who took a 4-3 team in 1971 to 10 consecutive wins and the 1st Super Bowl win, demolishing the Dolphins. Roger had "it." He took two sets of players to 4 Super Bowls. He would have won in Jan 1979 if not for bad luck on three plays.
Tom Landry fell in love with the extremely smart, athletic QB, who played college baseball 2B, punted and was a QB at a top 10 NCAA team. He came to the NFL at 6'2" 180, maxed out at 193. He inherited great Cowboy teams with great offensive line, Tony Dorsett, Drew Pearson, Tony Hill and Billy Joe Dupree, But Danny did not have "It." He had the weakest throwing arm of any Cowboy QB and could not take hits well, being under 200 pounds. Landry stayed with him too long and failed to find his replacement. Landry and the front office became dumb in in the 1980's, 1980-1987 drafts were the worst in Cowboy history.
It was only when the team bottomed out and had the first pick in the draft, did the Boys get a player with "It." Troy Aikman won 3 rings in 4 years and would have won a 4th if All-Universe ROT Erik Williams did not break a leg in a DUI crash. Troy played big in big games. He was heaven sent to long suffering Cowboy fans. Troy was the 2nd and last QB for Dallas with "It." Boy was Troy a joy.
Lots of players came and failed before Romo, who was not even drafted, as he ran a 5.2 40 and threw wildly, needing several years of coaching and learning before he could start. He put up great offensive numbers. Romo tried hard, but he did not quite have "It." He lacked foot speed to get the important yards that the modern QB's need in clutch moments, despite his amazing Houdini moves in short areas.
Then, the Cowboys kept looking for basement bargains at QB, not drafting Dak until a comp pick at end of 4th round. There were reasons Dak was not drafted higher. We now see those reasons. He inherited the NFL's best OL, perhaps the best in history, with Zeke running wild in his rookie year. Dak looked better than he really was. After 3 years with him, I knew he did not have "It." He did not have the special qualities to have the "It." He lacks those special QB mental instincts of excellence to take the team all the way. He is far from being a QB with "It."
