Prime Troy AIkman on the 2006-2010 Dallas Cowboys

[Zordon]

Do we win a championship?

 

[Future]

Short answer, no.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Do we win a championship?

Seriously?

Good grief.

 

[Red Dragon]

I think no, primarily because I don't think Aikman had the ability to elude pass rushers the way Romo does. I think he was more of a precision, timing, accuracy-pass pocket passer - precisely the kind of quarterback who would be the most easily disrupted by mediocre pass protection.

 

[Zordon]

Seriously?

Good grief.

It's a debate we're having in the office.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

It's a debate we're having in the office.

Glad I don't work there...would have to smack a few people.

Again...Good Grief.

 

[Zordon]

I think no, primarily because I don't think Aikman had the ability to elude pass rushers the way Romo does. I think he was more of a precision, timing, accuracy-pass pocket passer - precisely the kind of quarterback who would be the most easily disrupted by mediocre pass protection.

Pass protection was not that bad all of those years.

 

[SDCowboy]

No. He would likely get obliterated.

 

[Future]

The biggest problem with that team, particularly in 07 when they were the most talented, was that defenses figured out exactly what they were doing on offense. What was it...twice in the last month of the season that teams new all of our hot reads?

I don't care if you have Peyton's head, Elway's arm, Vick's legs, and Namath's fur coat behind center, you can't win in today's NFL like that.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

No, because defense still wins chmpionships and the read-and-react 3-4 bullcrap would have done us in.

 

[Illini88228]

Troy Aikman couldn't even have been in his prime for the entire stretch from 2006-2010 because he wouldn't have been able to walk after 2006.

 

[Red Dragon]

2006 season: Don't think he would have done better than 9-7 or 10-6. Probably lose to Seattle in the wild card playoffs just because the passing game wasn't unleashed.

2007 season: Probably wins division title, team goes maybe 11-5, but still has to play wild card game. Perhaps wins wild card but loses again in divisional round.

2008 season: I think there would have been no playoff appearance.

2009 season: If Romo was sacked 6 times in Minnesota, how many times do you think Aikman have been sacked?

2010 season: I think there would have been no playoff appearance.

 

[Gameover]

Yes!!

 

[Red Dragon]

Yes!!

 

[Gameover]

2006 season: Don't think he would have done better than 9-7 or 10-6. Probably lose to Seattle in the wild card playoffs just because the passing game wasn't unleashed.

2007 season: Probably wins division title, team goes maybe 11-5, but still has to play wild card game. Perhaps wins wild card but loses again in divisional round.

2008 season: I think there would have been no playoff appearance.

2009 season: If Romo was sacked 6 times in Minnesota, how many times do you think Aikman have been sacked?

2010 season: I think there would have been no playoff appearance.

does Romo go 16-0 with the 92-93 cowboy teams?

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Troy Aikman couldn't even have been in his prime for the entire stretch from 2006-2010 because he wouldn't have been able to walk after 2006.

Please, Troy took way more hits than Tony ever has. Tony wouldn't have survived those early years when the Eagles among others blasted Troy time after time after time. The rules protecting QBs these days makes a huge difference.

I don't see why the question is so dumb. Troy was an all-time great. Tony, as fortunate as we are to have him, isn't as good. Not even close, really.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

I think the results would have been largely the same. I'm going to assume that we wouldn't run the same offense for Troy and that by "prime" Troy I'm getting the still pretty good athlete with high durability version. Think it's kinda silly to just think Troy would just get killed every week. He wasn't THAT immobile.

Having said that, Troy (and the Boys) never really did squat after the Super Bowls, when they still had enough talent to get to the playoffs but had obviously declined. You would have thought this was a good time for a HOF QB to carry the team on his back, but Troy mostly sucked horribly (2 TDs and 8 INTs in playoff games after the last Bowl). For those who think Troy would have single-handedly won those season enders that Romo couldn't (without the benefit of a HOF RB, WR and G), there's little evidence to support it.

 

[CxC1993]

No, I don't think so.

 

[Venger]

Maybe the 13-3 team - but it isn't necessarily because he would have been a better QB, but he might have been a steadying force on the team maybe moreso than happy-go-lucky Romo.

But it's not like Romo held this team back, so if that's the point, it's not a good one...

 

[noshame]

Maybe the 13-3 team - but it isn't necessarily because he would have been a better QB, but he might have been a steadying force on the team maybe moreso than happy-go-lucky Romo.

But it's not like Romo held this team back, so if that's the point, it's not a good one...