TLW47 said:
We've had this argument on here before but when you have a team with the success of the Cowboys and you only have 5 players in the HOF something is wrong.
There IS something wrong, and I think (hope) we all know that. Just listen to how all the Cowboys are discussed as compared to their peers. People always talk about Steve Young, Brett Favre, Dan Marino and John Elway from the 90's. Never mind that Aikman has more wins in that decade as a starting QB than ANY of them. Never mind that Aikman's teams regularly beat two of those guys in the playoffs (49ers, Packers, except for 1994). People always want to argue the greatness of Aikman's teams, but I watched him play those guys head to head and Aikman contributed to those winning teams and those QB's (Favre and Young) contributed to their team's losses. (Favre, for all of his greatness, continued doing that in the playoffs, tossing 5 picks in one playoff game.)
I watched a replay of the Cowboys - Niners 1981 NFC Championship game. Montana turned the ball over 3 times in that game, some in CRUCIAL spots. Everyone replays the CATCH, but the 49ers RAN THE BALL down the field on that final drive. I'm not denying Montana was a great QB, I'm just amazed at how people forget these players weaknesses and only remember their strengths, yet when it comes to our guys they only talk about their weaknesses and ignore their marvelous strengths.
People always discuss Aikman in terms of accuracy. Doesn't sound too exciting does it? He was more than just accurate. He was accurate with a rocket arm that could make all the throws, especially the deep out. I heard a DB for the Falcons yesterday talk about how he plays defense, that if he sees a team on the far hash, and a receiver on the numbers, then he knows he is probably going to see an in route of some kind because QB's can't make the deep out throw to the other side of the field. Well, let me tell you, you could never assume that with Aikman.
Bradshaw played with the Steel Curtain defense, Franco Harris, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth ALL IN THE HALL OF FAME, but it DOESN'T DISQUALIFY HIM????????
Montana played with the greatest WR who ever lived, Jerry Rice, but it doesn't disqualify him??????
Look at some of the players Johnny Unitas played with.
Look at Bob Griese.
The bottom line is that football is a team sport, and AIKMAN WAS AT THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITION ON A GREAT TEAM, and no one can deny that he did HIS JOB about as well as it can or ever has been done. The wins prove it. The Super Bowls prove it.
I say again. If he isn't 1st ballot HOFamer, close the thing down. But I feel the same way about Irvin too, and Drew Pearson and Bob Hayes not being in is an absolute joke.
