Nice write-up.
Aikman shouldn’t be concerned with our fans. There’s a large faction of our fanbase that thinks anything short of Aikman screaming “yeeeeeeeeeehaw…GO COWBOYS!” is just old hatred toward the team.
Part of it is Aikman gets mostly NFC and Romo get AFCSeems like it was really bad when he first started, but haven't seen or heard anything lately. I think fans definitely gave Aikman a harder time than Romo as well. Don't even see Romo offering much commentary these days on the Cowboys other than guys who were starting as he was ending. Maybe we associate Aikman more with the winning franchise? Or by now, we're numb, there are so many Cowboys in the national media.
Part of it is Aikman gets mostly NFC and Romo get AFC
Plus, one has been away from the team 15 years longer