DMN Blog: Troy Aikman would take Eli Manning over Tony Romo

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Troy Aikman would take Eli Manning over Tony Romo

12:09 AM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 | Permalink
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How do I know? Did I ask Aikman about it in our conversation on Wednesday? Sadly, the answer is 'no' I did not. I guess I should have because that''s the kind of question that lights up the blogging universe.
Fortunately, Newsday's Watchdog apparently thought to ask about it when he talked to Aikman about Sunday's Eagles-Giants game, which Aikman will analyze for Fox. And then 'Dog even remembered to post the scoop here..
Here's Watchdog's crackerjack report:
"I would have to say I'd take Eli right now," said Aikman, who earlier this season told a New York radio station that Romo was his pick. "I still think that Tony has amazing playmaking ability. He has some abilities that are rare in this league at that position and he can create. But when you evaluate the body of work and when you really evaluate, what does it take to win, when you look at Eli he has a body of work that shows he has what it takes...I would take Eli."
I'm going back to study the material I thought I learned in Blogging 101, which I think I took during the Fall Semester in 1977 back at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.

 

[DallasGirl50]

I'd take Eli too...he has a trophy..and Tony just has, well, 3 years of nothing.

 

[TheCount]

Eli has a superbowl ring, that tends to give him the edge. He also has a smarter group of players around him though and isn't running for his life 80% of the time.

 

[theogt]

It's a case of the QB getting too much credit for what his team does. If Samuel doesn't drop the easy INT or if that receiver doesn't make the crazy catch, this isn't even an issue.

 

[iceberg]

It's a case of the QB getting too much credit for what his team does. If Samuel doesn't drop the easy INT or if that receiver doesn't make the crazy catch, this isn't even an issue.

or blame?

 

[TheCount]

It's a case of the QB getting too much credit for what his team does. If Samuel doesn't drop the easy INT or if that receiver doesn't make the crazy catch, this isn't even an issue.

He would still have gotten to the Superbowl and Romo would still be without a playoff win.

Eli gets raised up by his team, absolutely, but the mistake is thinking there's anything wrong with that.

Romo could use a little bit of that as well, and Romo having the numbers he has individually is also partly due to the team he's on.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Of course he does...now. Before it was Romo. 10 months from now he'll probably be picking Romo again and then all the sudden it will be Eli.

It's wonderful to have the ability to just pick and choose who you'd take based on all the latest results.

Too bad football isn't played that way.

I'm sure Jimmy and Jerry probably could think of 7 or 8 QBs they'd have rather had after Aikmans first 3 seasons in the league. Good thing they didn't have the ability to make those moves, based on the results going on in the league at that moment, or Aikman might not have been part of that Dallas Dynasty.

 

[Venger]

It's a case of the QB getting too much credit for what his team does. If Samuel doesn't drop the easy INT or if that receiver doesn't make the crazy catch, this isn't even an issue.

Bingo. Also, Troy takes extra care to not be the Cowboy homer, and in this case, being the analyst, I think he buries a little of his "Eli is just a lucky SOB with the leagues worst clock management" instincts and parrots the conventional wisdom.

Now, if you were talking Peyton, I think we all know the answer there...

 

[theogt]

He would still have gotten to the Superbowl and Romo would still be without a playoff win.

Eli gets raised up by his team, absolutely, but the mistake is thinking there's anything wrong with that.

Wouldn't matter in terms of perception. Once you win the SB, you're in another league in most people's eyes. It's about winning it, not just getting there.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

yeah because Kerry Collins has actually been there but you don't see a whole lot of fans saying...Gosh I'd sure love to have Kerry here.

Just getting there isn't enough. If the Giants didn't win that game people wouldn't be talking about how great a game manager, or how much Eli has changed.

They'd totally forget the 3 wins to get there and instead they'd focus on the fact that he choked in the big game and that he couldn't win in big game situations.

You know they'd forget the previous big game wins, getting there, because he didn't win the latest one so it would mean he still couldn't win in pressure situations.

Or maybe that only applies to Tony Romo when experts and fans are talking about him. *Shrugs*

 

[DallasGirl50]

The difference between Eli and Tony is obvious....when his team needed him to take it to the next level he did and Tony hasn't done that.

Tony can do it of course. Will he do it is the question.

 

[jimmy40]

yeah because Kerry Collins has actually been there but you don't see a whole lot of fans saying...Gosh I'd sure love to have Kerry here.

Just getting there isn't enough. If the Giants didn't win that game people wouldn't be talking about how great a game manager, or how much Eli has changed.

They'd totally forget the 3 wins to get there and instead they'd focus on the fact that he choked in the big game and that he couldn't win in big game situations.

You know they'd forget the previous big game wins, getting there, because he didn't win the latest one so it would mean he still couldn't win in pressure situations.

Or maybe that only applies to Tony Romo when experts and fans are talking about him. *Shrugs*

people still say "but, he didn't" when they talk about Marino. Nobody is above getting questioned.

 

[panchucko]

doesn't matter to me who Troy would take, we have Tony and there is no change in sight.

 

[theogt]

Just imagine Eli behind this O-line over the last half of the season. That wouldn't have been pretty.

 

[Monster Heel]

I would too.

Not to say I want to jettison Tony Romo or anything, but Eli's a better quarterback.

 

[superpunk]

Troy's career was based on his contribution to a team accomplishment. Wouldn't have been the same on another team. So I think he's always going to have the bias towards the guy that wins over the guy that is lighting up stat boards but maybe does not have the same team around him.

I love Troy, but that's a really stupid take.

 

[DallasGirl50]

Well all that matters is that Eli has the skin on the wall and Tony has gotten a reputation as choking when it matters most.

The bloom is off the Romo rose!

 

[Kilyin]

I'd take lobster tail and sauteed butter over a Big Mac. But that's JMO.

 

[rcaldw]

Troy's career was based on his contribution to a team accomplishment. Wouldn't have been the same on another team. So I think he's always going to have the bias towards the guy that wins over the guy that is lighting up stat boards but maybe does not have the same team around him.

I love Troy, but that's a really stupid take.

Troy Aikman was a superior talent who was great in his own right. If anything, he was willing to sacrifice personal stats for a team goal. If that makes him LESS a QB in anyone's eyes, it is their perception that is lacking, not Troy's abilities. Aikman was a great QB that to this day is still the best I have ever seen at taking the drop from center. His timing was a work of art.

 

[xWraithx]

Troy Aikman would take a guy over a girl