If Aikman were the QB

[CouchCoach]

I think Troy Aikman would have lost his **** with this team last year. I think he would be riding Dex about his poor routes and drops like a rented mule. I believe he would have "frozen" Dez out and told Garret he isn't getting any more targets from me.

I think he would be bashing Witten for being 3 yards shy of the sticks in his routes. That would have infuriated Troy.

I also think he would be losing his **** on Garrett too for not making adjustments. Troy could barely stand Barry Switzer for being too lax and they were WINNING games with Switzer. He would melt completely down on Garrett and Company.

Don't you get that sense listening to him do the games? He was the first to anoint Garrett as a future HC in the league but I wonder what he was thinking in that ATL game when he said Green needed some help after that first sack? For an announcer to make the comment about that being the worst performance he's ever seen in any football game tells me the ex Cowboy was coming out on that.

 

[Tangle_Foot]

Troy might be the most accurate passer in NFL history.

But Emmitt Smith won us games most of the time. That was Emmitts team.

Spagnola told a story of Aikman routinely knocking the water bottle off of Mark Tuinei head at 20 yards out... that's pretty accurate

 

[DFWJC]

I don't think people realize how good Aikman was.

Emmitt running the ball a gazillion times a game didn't help Aikmans numbers. But I believe that he could have, and would today, put up huge numbers in a different offense.

He was very talented.

I think the one year you could compare the two at least 40-50% (because defenses and coaching still did not compare) was 2014, when Romo and Dallas were a run dominated team (and had the league's leading rusher) like the ones Aikman played on.

With that setup, Romo became the first QB in NFL history to lead the league in QB rating in both the regular season and playoffs.

As I said before, I won't discredit Aikman. It's not his fault he played on some of the best rosters (defense and offense) and coaching staffs in NFL history.
And he was great.
I've just always thought Romo too could've thrived in that setup.

 

[Tristan]

Romo>aikman

Ummmmm, joke right?

Troy Aikman was a 6'5" Ripped Athletic 1st pick in the draft stud with a rocket .Troy Aikman in his prime was a bigger tougher Aaron Rodgers.

Troy won three superbowl championships in 5 years, beat the niners on the road in an nfc championship game. Was the highest rated post season passer in nfl history at the time he retired. And he did this at a time when they let qb's get hammerred! Romo wouldnt have lasted through one season in that NFL.Troy was awesome, a champion and a winner!

Romo is a chubby, short unathletic overachiever who played maybe 10 great games in 10 years! He was a choker and a loser who played like trash and threw game ending picks in almost every single big or meaningful game. His stats are a product of throwing alot trying to come back from behind after his turnovers.

Tony Romo never won anyrhing!

he was the biggest reason the last decade or so has been a complete waste of time! Hes like a jake dellome at best but who never won

Aikman = (3 x champ, winner, hof!)
Romo = (didnt even win 3 playoff games
Loser! Choker! Pudgy golfer)

 

[Tristan]

He was good but not near romo.

LMAO

 

[DFWJC]

Ummmmm, joke right?

Troy Aikman was a 6'5" Ripped Athletic 1st pick in the draft stud with a rocket .Troy Aikman in his prime was a bigger tougher Aaron Rodgers.

Troy won three superbowl championships in 5 years, beat the niners on the road in an nfc championship game. Was the highest rated post season passer in nfl history at the time he retired. And he did this at a time when they let qb's get hammerred! Romo wouldnt have lasted through one season in that NFL.Troy was awesome, a champion and a winner!

Romo is a chubby, short unathletic overachiever who played maybe 10 great games in 10 years! He was a choker and a loser who played like trash and threw game ending picks in almost every single big or meaningful game. His stats are a product of throwing alot trying to come back from behind after his turnovers.

Tony Romo never won anyrhing!

he was the biggest reason the last decade or so has been a complete waste of time! Hes like a jake dellome at best but who never won

Aikman = (3 x champ, winner, hof!)
Romo = (didnt even win 3 playoff games
Loser! Choker! Pudgy golfer)

I won't fully compare those two, and think very highly of Aikman.
But your lack of team-based logic is preposterously dumb.

Like ufc awhile ago, I think you belong on the ignore list.
Feel free to do the same.

 

[Kevinicus]

Then you have no idea what a Championship QB looks like.

They look like Trent Dilfer.

 

[LowTech]

I feel sorry for our younger fans who didn’t get to see the triplets play. It was a great time. Aikman was lethal.

 

[Tristan]

When your goto argument for an individual is a team accomplishment:

1. You have no argument.
2. You probably don't understand the game well.

Your dont make the rules buddy! QB's with no team accomplishments are trash! Your opinion is not worthy to validate criteria, most would say you clearly dont know football if you think Romo was in Aikmans class

 

[acr731]

I feel sorry for our younger fans who didn’t get to see the triplets play. It was a great time. Aikman was lethal.

It was all faked, like the moon landings. None of it actually happened

 

[Aviano90]

If I want the Cowboys to win a SB, I'd take Aikman.

If I want to win my fantasy league, I take Romo.

 

[windward]

If Aikman was the current QB of the Cowboys this past season in his prime, how do you think he would fare with these receivers and what do you think his opinion would be of them?

Aikman would kill in this modern era of QB play.

He’d be at the Rodgers, Brady, Brees level.

 

[northerncowboynation]

If Aikman was the current QB of the Cowboys this past season in his prime, how do you think he would fare with these receivers and what do you think his opinion would be of them?

Aikman eventually had an all-star cast around him. His first two years in the league were less successful than Daks in all honesty. Aikman had one of the best O-lines EVER (if not the best ever), the #1 RB of all time, Irvin, Novachek and a solid defense when the offense wasn't on the field. Aikman rarely threw for 300 yards in a game but he was very accurate, rarely needed to take over a game because of Emmitt and Co. A lot of his accuracy came from Irvin who ran GREAT routes. Maybe he and Dez could get on the same page but Dez will never be a great route runner. I think he'd fit in with our running game but I don't think he would be any more successful with T Will or Dez. Have to remember what happened to Aikman after the pieces started falling away. Of course it's just my opinion but we haven't seen Dak in his prime yet. He's a second year QB

 

[KJJ]

Remember some old clips of him chewing out the OL on the sidelines?

I remember that and I also remember him ranting with expletives to one of the assistants during a game about the head coach and the lack of discipline. I had never seen Troy that angry. Barry Switzer was the coach and I firmly believe Aikman helped get him fired. I don’t think Garrett would have lasted this long with Aikman in his prime. Troy would have aired out his frustrations to Jerry. I remember in the booth a few years ago the Cowboys looked disorganized early in the season and Aikman commented that you’re supposed to get all that cleaned up in training camp. He said that falls on the head coach.

 

[TwoDeep3]

I think it might have been when Troy was named to the Hall of fame. Not the day he went in, but the day he was named as having been accepted. Jimmy Johnson was quizzed about Troy and his stats. I am paraphrasing here, but it went something like this.

Troy could have put up Marino numbers if we needed him to. But Troy sacrificed personal stats and didn't complain, because our offense was get ahead with the pass then run the clock out with Emmitt.

The Romo versus Aikman debate rages and will do so for a few decades.

People suggest Emmitt made Troy in this thread. I disagree. Irvin had a hand in the results Troy enjoyed. But to be sure Troy was so dang accurate, he influenced Irvin's career.

One of the aspects of Aikman was his belief in his receivers. You drop a couple of easy passes and you may never see the ball again. If you recall the 1992 NFC Championship game, there was a moment which defined Aikman and his belief in his guys.



Aikman has said in a different interview he saw Harper and thought, "I've just got to trust this guy." So he threw the ball to Harper and history was made and the legend began on that play. But Aikman had to know you would catch the ball, or at least know to play defense if the defenders was making a play. Later in his career, even before Irvin went down he struggled with the second receiver once Harper was gone.

A watershed moment for Jerry was when he brought Rocket Ismael to the team. He had poor boy'ed the second receiver for several years, but understood at one point he needed someone to take the pressure off Irvin. Ismael and Irvin were tearing the league up, but in the Eagle game Irvin went down and that was the season. The next year Jerry went after Galloway. Some suggest that was a mistake, but Jerry had learned the passing game needed two receivers that opened each other up.

So while some say Romo was better, you need to look beyond Romo's highlight reels. Romo was magic, but sometimes what you need is steady. This is why I think Troy was better. Especially when you factor in the 2014 season where Dez was play making and Murray was chewing up the clock and staying in front of the chains. Romo had the team twice. 2007 and 2014.

But to be sure, Romo also had Garrett in 2014, and that gives Aikman a HUGE advantage.

A little more on the 92 game.

 

[northerncowboynation]

Irvin and Harper weren't exactly burners. Troy was just laser accurate with the ball.

Irvin ran great routes. He was always on the same page as Troy. He knew when Troy was in trouble and how to keep the route going. He never gave up on a route, burner or not. Dez, meh, he has one thing in common with Irvin, the #88. Aikman would be all over Dez like ugly on a gorilla.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Aikman has more super bowl rings than Romo has playoff wins, and he's a HOFer. You can't even compare their careers.

You can absolutely compare their careers - but you cannot compare their teams or coaching staff.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Irvin ran great routes. He was always on the same page as Troy. He knew when Troy was in trouble and how to keep the route going. He never gave up on a route, burner or not. Dez, meh, he has one thing in common with Irvin, the #88. Aikman would be all over Dez like ugly on a gorilla.

Exactly and how do you show that on a stat sheet?

 

[atlantacowboy]

You can absolutely compare their careers - but you cannot compare their teams or coaching staff.

And exactly how do you do that? They also played with different defensive rules. Think of it this way............Its January. Who do you want under center? 19 out of 20 Cowboy fans are going to take Aikman over romo in any kind of playoff scenario. Aikman was head and shoulders over Romo in terms of his decision making and leadership on the field. Troy was also way more competitive than tony. Romo was the king of regular season efficiency stats, but how many big games did he win or even play well in?

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

If Aikman was the current QB of the Cowboys this past season in his prime, how do you think he would fare with these receivers and what do you think his opinion would be of them?

11-5 probably.... the LT position was a big issue and Aikman was by no means a scrambler