Joe Montana a Cowboy?

[cowboyec]

Passed on Joe Montana because we had Glenn Carano.

Thanks St. Tom.

we still had Staubach and Danny White.

 

[Bigdog]

I'm not trying to snarky when I ask this, but how old are you, and how long have you been a Cowboys fan?
This has been an item of fan knowledge for quite some time.

Been a fan since the 70s and I grew up in upstate NY where it was Giant country. Cowboys news didn’t travel that far north and the information was not widely available as it is now. I just never heard we were going to pick Montana.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

And, now, we can move on?

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Been a fan since the 70s and I grew up in upstate NY where it was Giant country. Cowboys news didn’t travel that far north and the information was not widely available as it is now. I just never heard we were going to pick Montana.

Oh, cry me a river. In calif., old fellow, I waited for my Cowboys Weekly by the curb, bloke. That was before the internet, oaf!

 

[Swanny]

I was listening to NFL radio and Gil Brandt was on talking about value picks for teams. He reported that the Cowboys were ready to pick Montana in the 3rd and had him the highest rated player that was still left on the board but Landry said that they already had 3 veteran qbs and could not carry a 4th. He said so we picked Doug Cousbie instead which turned out well but imagine what could have been if it was Montana. He also said any time you get a qb after the 1st rd that can be your franchise qb and play well for 10-15 yrs at a high level is a value pick. Thought it was interesting about Montana being a Cowboy. Never heard about this before.

He wouldn't have had nearly the same career in Dallas. Not even close

 

[cowboyec]

Oh, cry me a river. In calif., old fellow, I waited for my Cowboys Weekly by the curb, bloke. That was before the internet, oaf!

used to ride my bike to 7-elevan to get mine.
saved up to buy a subscription...couldn't wait to get it in the mail.
miss that weekly.

 

[Melonfeud]

You all know as well as I do, just how hollow & impotently unimportant in achievement our COWBOYS franchise was in its efforted endeavors thru out that entire 80's decade, and other than that being the timeline of one's joining the ranks of legion FANDOM there's nothing at all of crow worthy merits to it on the grumpy old man angled view of it,,,although, I've thourghly enjoyed the hell out of watching some of our old rival games off of Netflix from that decade of lame that I wasn't inclined to watch back when they were actually important,,, I'm certain my dour outlook on that entire 80's decade began in the 80 or 81 conference championship loss to the frickin' EAGLES

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

used to ride my bike to 7-elevan to get mine.
saved up to buy a subscription...couldn't wait to get it in the mail.
miss that weekly.

Aw, that's a nice story, Beave.

 

[cowboyec]

Aw, that's a nice story, Beave.

thanks eddie.

 

[Melonfeud]

Aw, that's a nice story, Beave.

thanks eddie.

BAWAAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa



LMAO

 

[Bigdog]

You all know as well as I do, just how hollow & impotently unimportant in achievement our COWBOYS franchise was in its efforted endeavors thru out that entire 80's decade, and other than that being the timeline of one's joining the ranks of legion FANDOM there's nothing at all of crow worthy merits to it on the grumpy old man angled view of it,,,although, I've thourghly enjoyed the hell out of watching some of our old rival games off of Netflix from that decade of lame that I wasn't inclined to watch back when they were actually important,,, I'm certain my dour outlook on that entire 80's decade began in the 80 or 81 conference championship loss to the frickin' EAGLES

I am really trying to forget that decade as a fan especially listening to all my friends who were Giants fans.

 

[tyke1doe]

Perhaps it might not of necessarily been deemed as all that high of priority in the obtaining & retention of such trivialities to him as well as myself, as this is news to me as well, although, to be honest? I'd all but entirely tuned- out& dropped in,with my back turn to the opposite direction of that suckage 80's decade.

 

[tyke1doe]

Been a fan since the 70s and I grew up in upstate NY where it was Giant country. Cowboys news didn’t travel that far north and the information was not widely available as it is now. I just never heard we were going to pick Montana.

Fair enough.
Every time I think we could have had Montana and Rice I get sick.
Then again, who knows if they would have enjoyed the success here that they did in San Francisco.

 

[Silver Surfer]

And then there was the time Jerry was going to pick Johnny Manziel and somehow the team screwed up and picked Zack Martin instead. Man.... that was the worst....

 

[Bigdog]

Fair enough.
Every time I think we could have had Montana and Rice I get sick.
Then again, who knows if they would have enjoyed the success here that they did in San Francisco.

Your right and I don’t know if they would have success here as they did in San Francisco. The same can be said about Tom Brady and would he have as much success here without Belichick as he does in NE.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

He wouldn't have had nearly the same career in Dallas. Not even close

He may have never gotten off the bench...

Obviously he turned out way better than Danny, but Danny was a very good athlete and the kind of guy who I can see being fairly hard to pass on the depth chart because he was already entrenched. And he did just well enough when he finally got the job to make it hard to justify replacing him, warts and all.

 

[Bigdog]

And then there was the time Jerry was going to pick Johnny Manziel and somehow the team screwed up and picked Zack Martin instead. Man.... that was the worst....

Lol

 

[BourbonBalz]

Tex shramm said it was his biggest mistake ever letting Landry talk him out of taking Montana. When Tom started waivering about taking aikman with the first pick, tex put his foot down and made it clear aikman would be the pick.

Landry was fired in February 1989. Jimmy Johnson drafted Aikman. I guess it’s possible that Landry discussed whether or not he wanted to draft Aikman, but I doubt it considering he was fired two months before the draft.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

BAWAAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa



LMAO

Wadda you laffin' at, Lumpy?

 

[Reality]

He would have not have had the career he did as a Cowboy. Timing and system is everything. We would have won another SB though. Lol

It's probably Garrett's fault ..