Me and a buddy are in a disagreement. He says Aikman was overrated and he's in the Hall of Fame because he was on a great team and that he was a bus driver.
I said to him, without Aikman Cowboys don't win 3 Super Bowls if any at all. Aikman did what he had to do and it wasn't about gawdy stats but if Aikman had to put up big numbers than he could have.
End the relationship with your friend now. I'm pretty sure flawed reasoning is not contagious, but why take chances?
Is Troy Aikman overrated?
How in the world can a starting quarterback for a three time SB champion team be overrated?
Here is a more important question. Why does your friend think his opinion matters when he obviously didn't do a lick of research?
The Cowboys had a "pick your poison" offense. What does it say about Aikman when most defenses chose Emmitt Smith to beat them? Troy Aikman didn't have overall gawdy numbers because he didn't need to most of the time. However, when he did need them, he produced most often.
Does your friend know that one of Troy Aikman's best seasons was the postseason? The Cowboys were 11-5 with Troy as the starting QB in a playoff game.
Here is an interesting fact:
Does your friend know that, for each level of the playoffs, Troy's productivity increased. That's right, the more important the game, the better he played.
Troy's passer rating in the divisional round is a combined 89.7. The conference champion games it was 100.3 and in the Super Bowls it was 111.9
In Super Bowl 27 Troy was MVP with a passer rating of 140.7. Passer rating are a statistical formula, not an opinion.
This is all just.the typical numbers that is used to justify greatness for those who didn't actually watch him play. Troy was tough as nails. He was John Wayne with a helmet. He was a strong armed, deadly accurate, pinpoint passer.
Irvin could be triple covered 30 yards out and Aikmen would put the ball between the 8's on Michael's jersey. During training camp there was this display of Aikman's handprint. I'm a 6 foot adult male and that mold swallowed my hand. Aikman used a different grip because he could place his hand entirely across the area of the football.
Troy Aikman's football accomplishments are far too numerous for anybody to claim he was overrated.
