Start, Bench, Cut – Aikman, Romo, Dak

[phildadon86]

Anyone who thinks QBs win games, let alone superbowls, just outs themselves as someone who doesn't understand team sports, especially football.

And I do not bash Dak at every turn.

Sure thing.

So then W/L arent a QB stat? Explain that to the majority here who blame Dak and Romo for why this team has no playoff success then.

And yes you do.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Me:
Start - Aikman
Bench - Romo
Cut - Dak

COWBOYS!

I can't argue with this.

 

[Zekeats]

Me:
Start - Aikman
Bench - Romo
Cut - Dak

COWBOYS!

They title was not a question

 

[charron]

If you are going to do this do it with a good scenario.

How about in a divisional playoff game. It's 3rd and 8 with 25 seconds left on the clock and your mid field.

 

[jujoboys]

Romo and Aikman are retired, too old, and irrelevant to the current situation
Start Dak
Look for eventual replacement in upcoming drafts (could be this year or next year's draft)

 

[calicowboy54]

Nice quiet thread for Monday ...

I think you have to look at the teams around all 3 of the QBs 90s Aikman teams were bonkers good. Romo had a few good guys and only 1 or 2 years a defense that could sniff the worst defense of Aikmans 90s teams. Dak IMO has had a elite Offensive line 1 year 2016 with Good not great WR play and up until last 2 years the defense has been good at best. now to answer your question if you put Prime Romo with Aikman 90s team i think you have to start Romo he had better mobility accuracy and touch bench Aikman and Cut Dak.

Start: Romo (with 90s team)
bench: Aikman (with 90s team)
cut: Dak (with 90s team)

 

[Kolemmitt]

I know this is going to be a flame-war, ridiculous anti-Dak thread, but I will get in my two cents before it gets too crazy.

First off, besides maybe Green Bay we have had the most luck as any franchise with two Hall-of-Famers, and several very solid QBs, including both Romo and Dak. I give props to those two for keeping us competitive through some very below-average staffs and average teams surrounding them.

Of the three, obviously, you would start Aikman, but - I know this will shock some of you - football is a team game, and some of the teams around Romo and Dak were not as good as the teams around Aikman, so I am not sure if he would have excelled as much as he did if had to play with the 2000s Cowboys. If you look at later in his career, his numbers and winning did drop off as the overall talent of the team and the coaching staff dropped off.

I think I would bench late-in-his-career Romo simply because he was very much getting the game figured out, just as his body was betraying him. But, this is not as cut-and-dry as many on here believe, as far as picking him over Dak. I remember many, many games when Romo would pull a Romo pulling defeat from the jaws of victory. With Romo, I felt like we were always capable of beating any team, but we were also capable of losing to any team. And, as has been mentioned, Dak has been a better playoff QB than Romo. So it's tight. I still think, and I am hoping that Dak can overcome Romo.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I don’t think Aikman is as great if he throws as much as Tony had to.

Your right he wouldn't have been as great.

He would have been greater. Much better than Romo.

 

[Cowboys5217]

Aikman starts.

It's a toss up between Romo & Dak.

Dak gets the nod for the win over Brady if nothing else.

 

[CowboysRule]

I'm starting Romo over Aikman. I think he was more talented. Sure Aikman won Super Bowls but those teams were stacked. You put most any competent QB on those teams and they also win Super Bowls. Aikman threw over 20 TD's in a season only once when he had 23. Every other year of his career he was under that. Could he have done more if asked to? Probably, but they never needed to ask. They controlled the clock with the ground game and had an elite defense to keep teams from scoring. Those teams were stacked with HoFers. Romo played with a bunch of garbage for most of his career and had to deal with Jason Garrett at HC who wanted oh so badly to run a team like Johnson minus having the talent all over the field. You don't have to agree with me and I wouldn't really complain with starting Aikman over Romo. Now if you want to start Dak...you need help.

Start - Romo
Bench - Aikman
Cut - Dak

 

[ShortRound]

I think you have to look at the teams around all 3 of the QBs 90s Aikman teams were bonkers good. Romo had a few good guys and only 1 or 2 years a defense that could sniff the worst defense of Aikmans 90s teams. Dak IMO has had a elite Offensive line 1 year 2016 with Good not great WR play and up until last 2 years the defense has been good at best. now to answer your question if you put Prime Romo with Aikman 90s team i think you have to start Romo he had better mobility accuracy and touch bench Aikman and Cut Dak.

Start: Romo (with 90s team)
bench: Aikman (with 90s team)
cut: Dak (with 90s team)

I think Romo with the 90's line would be awesome to have seen.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Me:
Start - Aikman
Bench - Romo
Cut - Dak

Start - Staubach
Bench - Aikman
Bench - Romo
Cut - Dak

 

[ShortRound]

I'm starting Romo over Aikman. I think he was more talented. Sure Aikman won Super Bowls but those teams were stacked. You put most any competent QB on those teams and they also win Super Bowls. Aikman threw over 20 TD's in a season only once when he had 23. Every other year of his career he was under that. Could he have done more if asked to? Probably, but they never needed to ask. They controlled the clock with the ground game and had an elite defense to keep teams from scoring. Those teams were stacked with HoFers. Romo played with a bunch of garbage for most of his career and had to deal with Jason Garrett at HC who wanted oh so badly to run a team like Johnson minus having the talent all over the field. You don't have to agree with me and I wouldn't really complain with starting Aikman over Romo. Now if you want to start Dak...you need help.

Start - Romo
Bench - Aikman
Cut - Dak

I just remember Aikman putting it into another gear in the pkayoffs though, he was pinpoint accurate.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Aikman starts.

It's a toss up between Romo & Dak.

Dak gets the nod for the win over Brady if nothing else.

Cooper could have beat TB in that game.

 

[JayFord]

its only one way this can go

i'll answer it this way...for opening day september 2023

Start Dak - hes healthy and he can go

Sit Romo - dude's body cant hold anymore hits one more and he could be done but if protected well he can still throw

Cut Aikman - Concussion history is a factor here and also age..i think hes past his physcial peak and hes past his body limit

 

[Cowboys5217]

How's this for all time?

Start - Staubach
Backup - Aikman
Stashed on the Practice Squad - Morton

9 Super Bowl appearances and 5 wins collectively.

 

[Ranching]

Why do you assume it's a hate thread? And you just hated on two of our QB's. Why's that?

I didn't assume....I know it is...and those guys don't play for the Cowboys anymore.....

 

[Carnes]

Nice veiled Romo vs Dak thread…..

Nice get rid of Dak thread

 

[Ranching]

Why do you assume it's a hate thread? And you just hated on two of our QB's. Why's that?

BTW...I know those two guys....pretty cool dudes

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Your right he wouldn't have been as great.

He would have been greater. Much better than Romo.

There was a reason he was the #1 draft pick.