Who from now - would fit in the '92 SB starting offense??

[gazjor1]

Sorry if this is an old line but i got thinking on it today - mostly because i was talking TE's with a friend.
Would Witten be better than Novacek??

My obvious, and perhaps everyones would be TO in , what a combo he would have been with the great #88.

I think the line in '92 would be too good to change., or is there a case for someone from the current line??

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Romo, Owens and Witten for sure.

 

[JPostSam]

Romo, Owens and Witten for sure.

romo -- for BEURLEIN!!!

owens -- sure, to pair with irvin.

witten -- at least equal to novacek.

how about marion barber -- for tommy agee?

 

[lurkercowboy]

Romo, Owens and Witten for sure.

Romo over the 1992 Aikman? Questionable. But isn't nice to have a qb of whom we can make the comparison?

 

[gazjor1]

You would really put in Romo ahead of Aikman? OK its hindsight, and he went on and did great things and im as big a fan of Romo as the next man(?), but id keep #8 there and have #9 as a more than useful backup

 

[LeonDixson]

Owen and Witten would be the only ones I would put in as starters. Romo in as the new backup QB, would be fine.

 

[DallasDomination]

Romo in with that #1 defense and With Owens Irvin and Witten and E. Smith this team would be unstopabable.

 

[Doomsday]

Owens, Witten and possibly Gurode. I know Step was playing extremely well in 92 but Gurode is much more physical.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

Not sure if you are talking Starters or just flat out making the team.

I think Demarcus Ware could push a starting job at strong side linebacker or maybe get in the Defensive Line Rotation. I don't think he would beat out Ken Norton Jr. for weak side linebacker unless you kept Norton at middle linebacker.

Terrell Owens would start.

It is too early to tell if Tony Romo could push Troy Aikman for a starting spot.

I think Flozell Adams would definately push Mark Tuinei for the starting job.

Jason Witten would start as he is already an accomplished passer and I think he is a better blocker than Novacek.

Terence Newman would also start over Issac Holt (until Pup took over) or Larry Brown.

Terry Glenn, if healthy would also push for a starting job. Heck, 4 years later in 1996, he would set the rookie reception record.

Im sure I missed some though.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

You would really put in Romo ahead of Aikman? OK its hindsight, and he went on and did great things and im as big a fan of Romo as the next man(?), but id keep #8 there and have #9 as a more than useful backup

Never said ahead... the thread is "who from now would fit in"

Romo over the 1992 Aikman? Questionable. But isn't nice to have a qb of whom we can make the comparison?

Agreed that its questionable. BUT I think its only questionable style-wise... results-wise... its not questionable. IMO.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Witten over Novacek, Davis over Gesek, James and Ware over Smith and Jones, Newman over Holt/Brown, Adams over Tuinei, TO over Harper.

 

[joseephuss]

Owen and Witten would be the only ones I would put in as starters. Romo in as the new backup QB, would be fine.

Romo could be the holder.

Folk is definitely better than then rookie Lin Elliot.

McBriar is better than Mike Saxson.

Tommy Agee was a full back. Curvin Richards was Emmitt's backup until he got cut late in the year for fumbling. I remember the defense gave Richards a lot of credit for being Barry Sanders on the scout team the week they faced Detroit and beat the Lions 37-3. The defense said Richards gave them a good look and it really prepared them for the game. This was a year after the Lions beat Dallas in the regular season and playoffs. Anyway Barber would be an upgrade.

 

[Doomsday101]

I'm sure there are some guys on this current team who have the talent to play on the 92 teams but the chemistry of the 92 team was great. These guys suffered with each other during some rough years prior to the SB runs and they hung together and played their best the bigger the game was. They made their mark in team history. 2007 Cowboys need to make their own

 

[dbair1967]

Romo, Owens and Witten for sure.

I love the guy, but no

Aikman was the better QB, especially in big games...Romo has to prove it first

Aikman's 1992 postseason was one of the best ever

David

 

[bobtheflob]

I'd take Aikman for sure on that team, but that's more of a style thing. Aikman was good at making short, quick, accurate passes from the pocket to keep the defense honest. That wasn't a team built for a wild, improvising QB like Romo.

Conversely, Aikman wouldn't do as well with this offense as Romo.

 

[dbair1967]

I'd take Aikman for sure on that team, but that's more of a style thing. Aikman was good at making short, quick, accurate passes from the pocket to keep the defense honest. That wasn't a team built for a wild, improvising QB like Romo.

Conversely, Aikman wouldn't do as well with this offense as Romo.

dude, you either didnt watch many of the games from 91-95, or have a bad memory

no team threw the ball downfield as much as we did, its one of the reasons his extremely high completion % was such an accomplishment...he didnt dink and dunk his way downfield...he lived off the intermediate areas on slants, outs, deep ins and skinny posts...he also took a ton of shots downfield deep to Harper and Irvin

David

 

[khiladi]

dude, you either didnt watch many of the games from 91-95, or have a bad memory

no team threw the ball downfield as much as we did, its one of the reasons his extremely high completion % was such an accomplishment...he didnt dink and dunk his way downfield...he lived off the intermediate areas on slants, outs, deep ins and skinny posts...he also took a ton of shots downfield deep to Harper and Irvin

David

What is amazing is how Aikman was working the precision-based timing offense to perfection with his amazing accuracy.

The 1992 play-off performance, in terms of accuracy, was HOF and one of the greatest ever.

 

[lurkercowboy]

dude, you either didnt watch many of the games from 91-95, or have a bad memory

no team threw the ball downfield as much as we did, its one of the reasons his extremely high completion % was such an accomplishment...he didnt dink and dunk his way downfield...he lived off the intermediate areas on slants, outs, deep ins and skinny posts...he also took a ton of shots downfield deep to Harper and Irvin

David

Exactly. The Cowboys did not run a dink and dunk style offense. Aikman was very accurate on the intermediate passes. His career high on avg per attempt was 7.91 in 1993. That was second only to Steve Young in the NFL that year among the qualifying passers. That would put him at 4th place among the league leaders today.

 

[jchocolate82]

Romo, Owens and Witten for sure.

This comment should be sacrilage. I love me some Romo but come on show some respect to our greats that have made accomplishments in they're career. Not to say Romo wont get to that point in his career but no way Romo's name should be placed in these debates just yet.

 

[jay cee]

I'd take Aikman for sure on that team, but that's more of a style thing. Aikman was good at making short, quick, accurate passes from the pocket to keep the defense honest. That wasn't a team built for a wild, improvising QB like Romo.

Conversely, Aikman wouldn't do as well with this offense as Romo.

Totally agree, Bob. It just seems like those '90's Cowboys teams hardly ever went 3 and out. That is a testament IMO, to Aikman's ability to limit mistakes that resulted in negative yardage.

Of course it did not hurt that they had the eventual all-time rushing yardage leader in his prime at the time.LOL