Comments on: Troy Aikman: Tony Romo is a better quarterback than I was

By: trefkennedy

trefkennedy — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:58:19 +0000

So answer this RWF1984, why after those superbowls, why did he only win 1 playoff game after that,he didn’t retire till April 2001,and his last playoff win was in January 1997, yet you speak of Troy Aikman’s “greatness” or “clutch” yet he throw 17 int’s in 16 playoff games

By: rwf1984

rwf1984 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:01:40 +0000

Aikman is on dope! So what on stats, Aikman knew how to win the big games unlike Romo! That is why he lead the Cowboys to 3 SB wins, enough said!

By: bobhk

bobhk — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:28:44 +0000

solomon151 says:
Mar 23, 2012 11:41 AM
And another thing, try to tell anybody that knows anything about this game that the Cowboys O-line of any period is even close to as good or better than The Hogs of the Redskins and you’ll get your lunch money stolen. I am not a fan of the Skins, then or now, so don’t try the homer argument.
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Wow, Are you kidding me?? The Cowboys O-Line of the 90′s produced the all time leading rusher. Enough Said.
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This is hilarious. Smith is in the HOF. Those five guys blocking for him are not (though they were good). No one can make someone else go into HOF.

On the subject of Aikman. Please don’t use dumb stats to compare Aikman with Romo. Have you heard of something called stats inflation.
Aikman was a through and through winner. Romo on the other hand has choked when it really mattered.

FYI, I hate the Cowgirls so it pains me to edify Aikman.

By: ernst90

ernst90 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:04:24 +0000

Troy is exactly right in his comments. Give me Tony Romo in the 90′s with the team that Troy had and Romo could have won 5 or 6 superbowls. Everyone hates on Romo because he has not won a Super Bowl but a QB can only do so much. Romo has had a sub par offensive line for most of his career. Give me Tony all day over Troy. I honestly think that Romo is a top 3 or 4 QB in the league and honestly might be higher than that. Peyton Manning if healthy is the best possibly ever and I think Tom Brady is a product of Bill Bellichik so the only 2 QB’s I would rather have than Romo is Manning and Rodgers. Cue all the haters!!!

By: marktheaudioguy

marktheaudioguy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:38:53 +0000

As a Cowboys fan I lost a little respect for Aikman. I am a big Romo supporter (he gets more credit than he deserves and more blame as well) but he is not as good as Aikman. If he was Romo wouldn’t have been an UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT.

I do think that Romo can makes throws Aikman could never (as well as his ability to move and run around), but the main thing that Aikman had that Romo still needs to grasp is his decisions. Don’t throw away games. You don’t always have to make the big play. Just relax Romo.

and Aikman, it sounds like you’re turning into Jerry Jones

By: patrian25

patrian25 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:26:20 +0000

And another thing, try to tell anybody that knows anything about this game that the Cowboys O-line of any period is even close to as good or better than The Hogs of the Redskins and you’ll get your lunch money stolen. I am not a fan of the Skins, then or now, so don’t try the homer argument.
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It’s not even close to being a debate. EVERY SINGLE O-LINEMAN if the mid 90s Cowboys made the pro-bowl… ALL of them… sometimes in THE SAME YEARS.

Emmit Smith is not even in the top 10 of best all time rushers yet he holds the ALL TIME RUSHING RECORD. How is this? Because he had the best line in history. PERIOD END OF STORY.

By: 1historian

1historian — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:52:49 +0000

This story is told of the 1989 Super Bowl:

Cincinnati had scored to go ahead with less than 2 minutes to go. The offense was standing on the sideline and, the story goes, someone said “we’ve just won the Super Bowl!”

“Don’t be so sure”, said Cincinnati wide receiver Chris Collingsworth – “have you seen who’s playing quarterback for San Francisco?”

The reference, of course, was to Joe Montana, and we all know what he did.

Like it or not – THAT is how QBs are judged – they raise the game of the people around them when it counts the most.

By: 1historian

1historian — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:46:04 +0000

Like it or not QBs are judged by the number of rings they have.

That is the way it is, and – fair or not – that is the way it should be.

By: mn2long

mn2long — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:45:45 +0000

He is exactly right. For any fan who watched Aikman through the years it was clear that he was a statue back there and was not able to create anything once the play broke down. Let’s not forget he played behind an all-world line for almost his entire career and if he had the same line Romo has had he would not have won a playoff game yet. Yeah, he could throw the slant better than anyone, and he was deadly accurate, but he needed PERFECT protection to do so. Romo has not had the luxury of anything close to that. Anyone who disagrees is just going off reputation.

By: solomon151

solomon151 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:41:07 +0000

By: jjackwagon

jjackwagon — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:37:21 +0000

Seriously Troy, how much did Jerruh pay you to say that? Romo has everything it takes to put up good numbers but when you need him in the clutch…well…not so much. Reminds me of Elvis Grbac, great numbers until the game is on the line, then he chokes.

By: thetooloftools

thetooloftools — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:27:30 +0000

Last month he said the NFL was going to suffer a down turn… now he’s talking this nonscense? He did take too many shots to the head.

By: slammincamnewton

slammincamnewton — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:22:35 +0000

Has anyone ever actually looked at Aikman’s stats? I think the most TDs he threw in a season was 18. He wasn’t that good. He just had a good supporting cast.

By: bobhk

bobhk — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:19:21 +0000

Watch for the romo apologists to come out and hold that as evidence that romo is good. Please. I cant stand the cowboys but aikman is a hof player and romo will have to buy a ticket to get there.

By: 4thquartermagic

4thquartermagic — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:15:05 +0000

And even if he had a loaded team like you did Troy he still wouldnt have won 3 superbowls.

Romo is a clown. A likeable clown but a clown nontheless

By: mountaindont

mountaindont — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:11:21 +0000

No surprise here. Aikman was a little above average QB who had probably the greatest offensive line ever blocking for him. This is why Emmit Smith was so successful.

How many O lineman can you name that blocked for Barry Sanders and Walter Payton? A few, maybe ?

It`s easy to recall almost all the names of the cowboys O line from that era because they were all pro bowlers year in and year out. As that line fell apart so did Aikman and Smith

By: daveinfw

daveinfw — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:11:20 +0000

He is 100% correct and that’s not saying a whole bunch. A lot of quarterbacks were/are better than Aikman. I’m a Cowboy’s fan but he is one of the luckiest people that ever played sports. Average at best but supported by the best players in football, at that time, that made him look much much better than he was. Now, as far as Romo goes……..well, he might make a good back-up some place. The Cowboys will never be anything with him but be average. GO AWAY JERRY AND TAKE ROMO WITH YOU!!!!! WE WANT TO WIN AGAIN.

By: sunlion333

sunlion333 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:11:00 +0000

I think it may be better to ask the members of the Cowboys teams of the early to mid 1990′s who the better QB is and try that reasoning of QB(passer) rating( a useless stat) and statistics in general and see what they say. No matter who they place around a QB, he has to find a way to win when it matters most. Irvin and Smith, alone, will school you on that subject. Records don’t mean squat if you don’t have the rings. Sorry, Danny.

By: trefkennedy

trefkennedy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:05:13 +0000

Let me ask this ?, if Troy aikman, was as “great” as advertised, then why in the 94-95 NFC championship game, why after he throw those 3 int’s and Smith wasn’t effective did we still lose, Tony Romo has thrown 5 int’s in a fame and we’ve won,if Brady tosses 3 int’s the pat’s will find a way to win, if Aaron Rodgers tosses 3 int’s in a game,they’ll find a way to win, please I’ll be here patiently waiting for someone to crack the code for me

By: psousa1

psousa1 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:53:30 +0000

Did Jerry Jones ask him to say that? How did he keep from laughing as he said that? Aikman was the most ‘underrated’ of all the all time greats (his name is never mentioned with the Unitas’, Montana’s, Brady’s, Manning’s)

One of the best I have ever seen. Was a machine. Never made a dumb decision.

By: eknirb

eknirb — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:53:10 +0000

TOTALLY AGREE with this earlier ranking.

Roger Staubach
Troy Aikman
Don Meredith
Danny White
Tony Romo

Roger was the Man. Down 21 with 2 minutes to go..he had you right where he wanted you. Other team had no chance.

By: pongonfl

pongonfl — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:45:20 +0000

I think romo would have done better then he has with the coaching that the cowboys had then. But Aikman was a pretty tough QB

By: sowcrates

sowcrates — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:34:14 +0000

I’m not going to make any friends with this, but here we go…

-Aikman only eclipsed 3000 yards passing 5 times, he never got over 3500 yards. In the 3 years Romo has been a full, 16-game starter, he’s been over 4000 yards. In 2 of his other shortened seasons, he had the yards/game to have eclipsed 4000 yards had he finished the season
-Speaking of finishing seasons, Aikman only finished 2 seasons where he started all 16 games, so it’s not like he can hoard an “ironman” title over Romo, who also has missed plenty of action.
-Aikman threw for over 20 touchdowns just once, Romo 5 times.
-Career QB ratings: 81.6 to 96.9. Advantage: Romo

Given Emmitt Smith and a young Larry Allen, Tony Romo would definitely have come closer to a championship. Could he have sealed the deal? Not sure, his playoff performance is worse than his regular season performance by a wider gap than most QBs. That being said, Aikman had 17 interceptions in 16 career playoff games.

It’s at least closer than you guys think, we’re all just concerned with how much we hate the Cowboys and how Tony Romo isn’t anybody we want to like….and with some good reason, I won’t deny

By: patrian25

patrian25 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:31:45 +0000

Irvin, Smith, and Aikman were all very good players but it was their all-time greatest offensive line that elevated them to god-like stardom.

If you don’t know that you don’t know anything about football.

By: tformation

tformation — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:31:37 +0000

True or not, whether Troy believes it or not, doesn’t matter. That’s probably the most selfless thing that Troy could have said about Tony Romo.

I’m no fan of Romo or the Cowboys, but I have to say, you’re a gentleman of the game, Troy. My hat tips to you, sir.

By: snowpea84

snowpea84 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:30:53 +0000

He is more athletic. Unfortunately, that’s not what makes a good QB. The fact that Romo is quick, elusive, and has a god arm are all positives. But that’s all suposed to be icing on the cake, not the foundation.
When you have all those tools and still can’t succeed it’s pretty telling as to both how important those tools are (or arent) and how many more important skills are lacking.

By: brintfatre

brintfatre — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:29:26 +0000

Romo will get a ring some day as a third backup in Washington or Philly.

By: patrian25

patrian25 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:28:40 +0000

WOW… There are TONS of football idiots exposed by this post.

Troy Aikman won Superbowls because he played with a top rated defense AND played with the BEST ALL TIME OFFENSIVE LINE in the HISTORY of football. This is also why Emmitt became the all-time rush leader.

Romo has played with a lackluster line AND a GARBAGE secondary and only recently had decent LBs.

Joe freaken MONTANA would not be winning Superbowls with Romos supporting cast.

Romo is clearly as good at least as Aikman and in many ways clearly better.

I can’t believe how many of you idiots think a QB alone can win a SB with a piss poor defense and offensive line.

By: solomon151

solomon151 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:21:22 +0000

This is how I compare Romo to most cowboy fans I know. Since they have no real knowledge of NFL history they always look confused. Romo is to Aikmen as Danny White was to Roger Staubach.
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Speak for the few Cowboy fans that you know, there are some Cowboys fans that have no clue about N.F.L history. I know a few also. But With that being said, It might be some truth to what you said about Romo being Danny White like. But we wont know that until the end of his career. And even still, he’s a better passer than Danny White. By time his career comes to an end. He will own every single season passing record the Cowboys have.

By: brownwood26

brownwood26 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:18:37 +0000

While I’ve always found Aikman to be overrated, it’s still crazy talk to say Romo is better. Aikman just killed his credibility as an analyst if he can’t tell the difference between being more athletic and being better…