Who was the worst starting Dallas QB of all time?

[starfan1]

as an organization we have been one of the luckiest franchises in the league with QBs. We havent had too long of stretches where the quarterbackingwas awful but the stretch between Aikman to Romo was horrid. I dont think carter was a bad QB in terms of physical ability but his stupidity gave him an early exit.

Even though we have had some pretty bad spot starts by some the 2 that stand out to me is Hutch or Henson for me. I also was shocked that henson didnt do better than he did.

 

[plasticman]

If a QB started one game then he was, technically speaking , a starting quarterback.

I think the OP has now stated that he wants a starting QB to mean that he started the majority of a season?

I mean, if you make that stipulation then you have to rule out Babe Laufenburg, Drew Hensen, Brandon Weeden, Ryan Leaf, Clint Stoerner, Steve Walsh, Kellen Moore, Brad Johnson, etc.

Of all the genuine starters for the Cowboys, Steve Pelluar was terrible. Gary Hogeboom was worse. Chad Hutchinson was THE worse.

 

[eromeopolk]

Light hearted fun thread for low brow entertainment. My vote goes for the most obvious of low hanging fruit Quincy Carter.

Mostly all of them occurred in the Jerry Dumbo GM Jones Era. "Hanging" Chad Hutchinson, Clint Stroener, Drew "Muppet" Henson, Babe Laufenberg (we warned Jimmy), Ryan Leaf, Steve "pathetic" Pelluer, Ben "Noodle Arm" Dinucci, Matt Cassell, Stephen McGee, Kellen Moore, Kevin Sweeney, "Noodle Arm" Brad Johnson, and Wade Wilson (good QB coach).

 

[leeblair]

Light hearted fun thread for low brow entertainment. My vote goes for the most obvious of low hanging fruit Quincy Carter.

Babe Laughenberg, followed closely by Jason Garrett, who is followed by the present Garrett disciple.

 

[Swagger]

Prescott...and it's not even close.

Given his current contract, the quality of the team that he has had around him - especially the last two years in a weak conference and that a practice squad QB was able to achieve more with the same team (4-1 last season) then yes, it has to be Dak Prescott.

The team reaches the Superbowl and would have had a good chance of winning it the past two seasons with more consistent and competent QB play.

Dak Prescott is the proverbial progress stopper.

 

[Ranching]

LOL..."implied". By who? Whom?

Figure it out.

 

[john van brocklin]

Light hearted fun thread for low brow entertainment. My vote goes for the most obvious of low hanging fruit Quincy Carter.

The stretch between Aikman and Romo was brutal!!!!

 

[diamonddelts]

The stretch between Aikman and Romo was brutal!!!!

Yes! An endless stretch of draft busts and retreads.

 

[quickccc]

Babe Laufenberg was Not a starter... he was a backup who filled in for an injured Aikman.

So are we ranking starters .. or ranking backup QBs ?

 

[KJJ]

If a QB started one game then he was, technically speaking , a starting quarterback.

I think the OP has now stated that he wants a starting QB to mean that he started the majority of a season?

I mean, if you make that stipulation then you have to rule out Babe Laufenburg, Drew Hensen, Brandon Weeden, Ryan Leaf, Clint Stoerner, Steve Walsh, Kellen Moore, Brad Johnson, etc.

Of all the genuine starters for the Cowboys, Steve Pelluar was terrible. Gary Hogeboom was worse. Chad Hutchinson was THE worse.

Most of the QBs that are being mentioned were backups that got a start due to an injury to our starter. They were never technically a starting NFL QB for the Cowboys. They never won the job or were handed the job and given an opportunity to keep the job. I think Steve Walsh would have to be added because even though he got the starting job due to Troy Aikman being injured in 1989, he was given an opportunity to keep the job. The Cowboys were trying to decide between him and Aikman. Had Walsh played well Aikman may have been the one traded. However, Walsh ended up 1-4. Clint Stoerner could be added to the list because we were looking to find a QB. He got two starts in 2001 and had he played exceptionally well he would’ve remained the starter even though we used a second round pick on the Quincy Carter that year. Ryan Leaf was also given an opportunity in 2001. He would have remained at QB had he played well, but was 0-3.

Kellen Moore, and Brad Johnson only got starts because Romo was injured. I chose Steve Pelluer as the worst starting QB because he was our starting QB for 29 games and was terrible! He led us to a 3-13 record in 1988 and got Tom Landry fired. We ended up having to use the number one overall pick on a QB. I’m certainly not going to choose a QB that got only one or two starts and put them at the top of the list as the worst. I’ve seen Babe Laufenberg‘s name mentioned but he only got one start for the Cowboys due to injury. You’re naturally going to see some terrible performances from QBs that are backups that shouldn’t be in there but are forced into action due to injury.

 

[ThatJerryKid]

Anybody that doesn’t vote Babe Laufenberg never saw him play.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Figure it out.

I see...so we're being coy and vague here, eh?

Unbecoming.

 

[Nav22]

A starter would be defined as winning the job in training camp . Not coming off the bench after starter goes down .

That's your interpretation. I didn't see it that way.

A "starting QB" is literally a QB who starts the game, there are no implied qualifers there.

Ryan Leaf was literally our starting QB for a few depressing Sundays.

 

[Alexander]

QC? Really? The guy went 10-6 with a VERY average team, and made one of the most clutch laser beam throws ever. Watch at 3:09 on Youtube

2003 Cowboys at Giants MNF Week 2​

Wow. Quinthy fans still exist?

 

[Nav22]

Great thread, but I have to disagree on Quincy. I thought Quincy was very good but inconsistent at times. He had the talent and a rocket of an arm to have been able to become very good. Too bad he couldn't stay off them drugs during his playing years.

For NFL Films to make a 10+ minute Cowboys career highlight reel of Quincy Carter shows they felt the same about Quincy Carter's potential.

"Very good"? Nah. Quincy was mediocre at best.

And I bought the man's jersey right after he lit up the 49ers as a rookie! I was extra pumped because I despise the 49ers and Q helped us get revenge the year after T.O. ran to the star.

 

[Alexander]

Anybody that doesn’t vote Babe Laufenberg never saw him play.

He was the worst we have ever had with something on the line. There were others like Leaf, Stoener, Reggie Collier, Kevin Sweeney etc., but Dallas had no chance in that game with Laufenberg.

 

[Nav22]

Given his current contract, the quality of the team that he has had around him - especially the last two years in a weak conference and that a practice squad QB was able to achieve more with the same team (4-1 last season) then yes, it has to be Dak Prescott.

The team reaches the Superbowl and would have had a good chance of winning it the past two seasons with more consistent and competent QB play.

Dak Prescott is the proverbial progress stopper.

Dumbest Post of the Month Award.

So mind-numbingly awful that you've already clinched it for June.

CONGRATS!!!!!!

 

[Diehardblues]

That's your interpretation. I didn't see it that way.

A "starting QB" is literally a QB who starts the game, there are no implied qualifers there.

Ryan Leaf was literally our starting QB for a few depressing Sundays.

That’s ridiculous . No one would consider a starting QB to be a backup coming off the bench when the starter goes down. Not unless he kept the job when starter came back healthy.

 

[DallasEast]

Who was the worst starting Dallas QB of all time?​

Any quarterback thread OP must have all fine print triple-checked by the legal department before posting. Otherwise, the OP itself will always be widely interpreted and disputed.

An example of the kind of legalese needed for QB thread OPs can be heard during the side effects portion of a Chantix commercial, lol.

 

[Nav22]

That’s ridiculous . No one would consider a starting QB to be a backup coming off the bench when the starter goes down.

You're telling me you'd do a double take if a broadcaster were to say, "The starting QB today for Dallas is Cooper Rush"?

Seems like a pretty natural comment to me. To each his own.

Rush literally has several NFL starts under his belt. He was literally the team's starting QB in those specific games.