Yeah. They killed him dead. He had two SB runs and threw for over 25000 career yards AND first had to compete for his job with Meredith and then Staubach...wth. l always truly believed Meredith retired early because of Morton. He has been grossly under valued as a Cowboy QB.Heck, he took the club to a SB.
Meredith had some really traumatic years in '64 and '65 with multiple injuries. In '64, he had a torn knee cartilage, sprained ankle, and a ruptured stomach muscle. In '65 he had a bad shoulder that got him off to a bad start and a divorce pending that got him to thinking it was time to retire, let alone the humiliation that he was suffering from many fans that were calling for his head. If that wasn't enough, he had a divorce pending and yup, Craig Morton was waiting in the wings to supplant him. Put all of that together, and the choice was an easy one. Most fans were unaware of all of those things happening to snafu his career -- I certainly was unaware at the time. He had a lot to deal with, that's for sure.
