Joe Montana a Cowboy?

[J817]

.....nothing hurts worse than randy moss and I liked Greg Ellis he was an awesome defender

Steven Jackson is another

I remember that draft like it was yesterday. Was at the Cowboys draft watch party (parents took me for my birthday. I think it was my 18th maybe idk). Never thought Jackson would fall to us but he did and we traded back into the 2nd round. Watch party was over. God that was depressing. Never went to a draft watch party again.

 

[Melonfeud]

Wadda you laffin' at, Lumpy?

That exquisitely cut frilly lace waistband on that set of bloomers yer' sportin' ,,,Lucille ! And ,just why are you wearing those on a weekday anyway?

 

[Johnny23]

I forgot what I was watching, but yeah, I heard about this some time ago. That said, Landry had a good point. It was the 3rd round and Tom didn't have a crystal ball.

The real mistake was not drafting Aaron Rodgers. We passed on him twice in the first round. Who did we have as a starter? An aging Drew Bledsoe. At that point in his career he was just keeping the seat warm. Rodgers was considered a 1st round talent.

I take your Aaron Rodgers and raise you a Dan Marino. We took the cheese on the Bogus drug rumors.

 

[CWR]

I forgot what I was watching, but yeah, I heard about this some time ago. That said, Landry had a good point. It was the 3rd round and Tom didn't have a crystal ball.

The real mistake was not drafting Aaron Rodgers. We passed on him twice in the first round. Who did we have as a starter? An aging Drew Bledsoe. At that point in his career he was just keeping the seat warm. Rodgers was considered a 1st round talent.

Romo was playing by then wasn't he? I remember telling my buddies this Romo guy better be the real deal because we are passing on the highest rated qb..

 

[CWR]

.....nothing hurts worse than randy moss and I liked Greg Ellis he was an awesome defender

Steven Jackson is another

I was LIVID about Sjax....damn that one still makes my blood boil lol.

 

[joseephuss]

That supports my post that it was Landry that killed the Elway deal. Landry wanted to keep Danny White (who just played in 3rd straight NFC Championship game) and felt starting or dealing with a rookie with a veteran 1983 Dallas Cowboys team did not fit his purpose.

So that's what happens when Landry had too much influence on personnel moves we past on Montana and Elway.

You are wrong. The Colts killed the Elway trade. It wasn't the Cowboys or Landry. They were ready to roll with the trade to acquire Elway.

 

[HanD]

The real mistake was not drafting Aaron Rodgers. We passed on him twice in the first round. Who did we have as a starter? An aging Drew Bledsoe. At that point in his career he was just keeping the seat warm. Rodgers was considered a 1st round talent.

Parcells was so hell bent on getting his 3-4 de that year for the scheme change that he even had to be talked out of taking spears ahead of demarcus ware. liking what you see from an undrafted kid like romo shouldn't have stopped him from taking rodgers.

 

[HanD]

Romo was playing by then wasn't he? I remember telling my buddies this Romo guy better be the real deal because we are passing on the highest rated qb..

romo took over in 2006. he shouldn't have been a reason to pass on rodgers at that point.

 

[Richmond Cowboy]

Passed on Joe Montana because we had Glenn Carano.

Thanks St. Tom.

We liked our guys.

 

[CWR]

romo took over in 2006. he shouldn't have been a reason to pass on rodgers at that point.

Dont know why I remember it that way. I feel like we've had this conversation multiple times lol.

 

[percyhoward]

All in all, we've had more than our share of good fortune finding/keeping QB. Quincy's failed drug test was all that kept Romo on the roster, and failed attempts at draft day trades were all that saved us from Paxton Lynch or Connor Cook.

 

[TwentyOne]

.....nothing hurts worse than randy moss and I liked Greg Ellis he was an awesome defender

Steven Jackson is another

Randy Moss, yes.

 

[joseephuss]

The only thing it would have truly accomplished was that the 49ers wouldn't have had him in 1981. It is possible that Montana would have just languished on the bench for a few seasons before Dallas cut him. Who knows for sure, but there is no guarantee Montana would have been used and been successful in Dallas.

Dallas or any team could have drafted or at least signed Warren Moon in 1978. Obviously he isn't on par with Montana, but he had a pretty good NFL career. He also seemed a better fit in Landry's system. Strong guy with a strong arm. Landry loved that type.

Guys get passed on all the time and things end up working out for some in the situations they ended up in. Every team passed on Montana. Even the 49ers passed on him once in that 1979 draft. They took a running back with their first pick, which was in the second round. The 49ers didn't have a 1st round pick that year because they had given that up the year before to acquire OJ Simpson, which was a completely dumb trade.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...87a3052/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c35b00b2a763

 

[ItzKelz]

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.

So we could have had Joe Montana instead of Danny White in the 80's.

 

[TexasHillbilly]

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

We would have been playing a different team. San Fran would have had like a 6-8 record assuming there were 14 games played that year. lol

 

[CowboyinMD]

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.

By a stroke of serendipity, Aikman and his UCLA Bruins were playing the Cotton Bowl in Dallas after the '88 season. Landry and Brandt were there; I even recall a picture of Landry with Aikman after the game (Cowboys Weekly probably). From all accounts, the big 3 (Schramm, Landry, and Brandt) were set on taking Aikman. They may have made some draft snafus in later years, but they weren't dumb. They did after all snag a one Michael Irvin a year earlier in the '88 draft, after Sherrard broke his fibula running on the beach and was never the same.

Aikman was gonna happen, even with the old regime. I'll never forget going into the last game of the 1988 season: both Dallas and Green Bay entered that week 3-12. GB won their game, Dallas lost. I was never more happy to see a Dallas loss, though even outside Aikman, there were some HOFers early in that draft (both Sanders). Too bad for GB they pick a dud in OT Tony Manderich! Then again, if GB got Aikman, then they probably don't trade for Favre in '91.

 

[Flamma]

I take your Aaron Rodgers and raise you a Dan Marino. We took the cheese on the Bogus drug rumors.

Marino is a tough one because Dallas was starting their downward slide. So I don't think it would have changed the 80s much. He maybe had a two year window, no more.

Romo was playing by then wasn't he? I remember telling my buddies this Romo guy better be the real deal because we are passing on the highest rated qb..

Rodgers was drafted in 2005. Romo came in to replace Drew in 2006 and turned the team into playoff contenders. We don't make the playoffs with Drew Bledsoe in 2006.

 

[Flamma]

Parcells was so hell bent on getting his 3-4 de that year for the scheme change that he even had to be talked out of taking spears ahead of demarcus ware. liking what you see from an undrafted kid like romo shouldn't have stopped him from taking rodgers.

Agreed 100%. It was just kind of dumb luck that Romo worked out to be pretty good. I'm a big Romo fan but at that time there was no excuse to pass up Rodgers on both picks.

 

[jazzcat22]

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.

I remember reading this years ago. He said it was the only time he was ever talked out of a draft pick. or one of the few times. I think I read it in a book, the 25th year anniversary book, but not sure if it was that or not. I still have it. I also heard him mention it a few times over the years.

But it is always good to read about it again. It shows that even they may have made mistakes. And fans need to be reminded about that. LOL.
But it does not mean he would have had the same success if Dallas did draft him. But most likely would have.

 

[jazzcat22]

'83 we could have had QB Dan Marino...DE Jim Jeffcoat was/is still one of my heroes tho and was a tremendous player for us.
but Marino changes the rest of the 80s for us tho.

26 or so other teams could have had Marino also.