Andy Daltons Career Numbers v. Troy Aikman

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Any QB stat/record achieved this century is largely meaningless. Same for WRs.

Troy Aikman’s HOF career is based entirely on a four year stretch (1992-1995). Outside of that, without the best team in football at its peak, he was pretty mediocre.

Aikman was a good QB. I’m not saying he wasn’t. And he performed well in the playoffs. But there were a lot of lowlights in the ‘89-‘91, ‘96-‘00 years. He was a machine when the Dallas O was in peak form, but he wouldn’t be my choice to carry an undermanned team further than they should go.

Are you trolling or just so young that you don’t realize what the game was like in Aikman’s era?

Let’s also remember that Steve Buerlein, Bernie Kosar, and even Jason Garrett performed well and won a lot in Aikman’s absence - which was pretty frequent.

When Emmitt and Irvin were out, though, the team fell apart.

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The bigger the game, the better he played.

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bullshite. Aikman had the best oline of the 90's and a great defense. easy to play great when you aren't getting touched.

Definitely different era
You were handing the ball off to Emmitt on 1st and 2nd down

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Kinda crazy to think Aikman only played 12 seasons.

Different era. He played during a time when the mantra was knock the QB out.

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Yep, and Texas stadiums playing surface was basically concrete with what was comparable to cheap office carpet laid on top of it.

Different eras from a rule standpoint. Defenses could maul receivers when TA played. Not so much in Dalton’s era. Also, TA played with Emmitt , which impacted the number of attempts per game.

I had such hope when Cincy drafted him