Peerless Passers: Roger Staubach, Troy Aikman and ... Tony Romo?

to say I love our QB

Romo can achieve what Rodger and troy did, he’s a great passer and now has great weapons around him.

Romo will not be given his due unless he wins a Super Bowl.

This article clearly shows that Romo is a great regular season QB. One of the best in the. league compared against his peers. Right now you could put him right up there with Danny White as far as Cowboys QBs go. A superbowl would have Danny White in the conversation with Aikman and Staubach. In the end, in Dallas it is about the ring. Romo just has to get a ring and he can avoid an asterick and become great…………………Now go get it Romo.

was not only a great leader on the field, but he was an exceptional passer, as your tremendous stats bear out. Like Romo, he could turn a busted play into something positive. i hope Tony continues to have chances to speak with Roger and pick his brain on making the most of his talent.

and saying that, in my opinion, because im only 21, didnt really get to enjoy the tripletts cognizantly, and have too many memories of a busted up Troy, Tony is the best weve had. Not to shun the past or not give credit where its due, and i get it, has hasnt really won anything.. but one guy doesnt bring you a super bowl. incredibly mediocre qbs have won championships (see the conversation i started at BGN under the marlin jackson injury) Hes had less to work with than Troy, no defense like Roger had, and in half the time as a starter, hes eclipsed them in the record book. I get it. No championship. But he is the best. And he is only going to keep getting better.

Both talented, good guys who are easy to root for.

Problem: neither is memorable to the non-Cowboys fan until they win a bling.

That’s the unfortunate truth for every starting QB that has or will ever play in Dallas. For me, I am fine with it, because history won’t view Romo any differently than Carson Palmer, another highly gifted and “nice guy” QB that’s won nothing of importance if he doesn’t get Dallas over the top.

The bar is set very high, but where else would any fan want it to be?

He was my idol and hero growing up and until Aikman came along, was my favorite Cowboy of all time. Most BTBers won’t believe this, but in the 90s I was even a bigger Aikman fan than I am of Romo now. He clearly was the best qb I ever saw play.

Now Romo has the potential to be just as good if not better than Staubach and Aikman and his legacy has yet to be written in this regard.

and Terry im glad you made that point, because it IS too early to call him the best. He is just the best Ive gotten to watch play. I remember having the conversation with my dad about the guy on our practice squad who set all those records in college and swearing he would be our guy.

I hope you do a piece or maybe a quick comment where Rodger ranks all time using this formula.What are Joe M. Or steve young ranks? Otto graham or dan marino?

I enjoy and cheer the others mind you, being a lifelong fan. I wish some of the younger fans could see just how gritty Staubach was. He wasn’t a big guy. My family screamed the roof off the house watching him play. Also, how many QB’s can say they defended starting with a judo flip?

Danny was my favorite Cowboy growing up, but Roger Staubach made me a Cowboy’s fan. Growing up in Virginia with my Dad and Brother being Redskin fans, it was the uncanny ability of Staubach to turn a seemingly hopeless situation into a cause for celebration that won me over. I remember him consistently making the play and stealing victory from often times the perilous jaws of defeat.

I remember waking up Christmas morning and finding my new cowboys bicycle in front of the fireplace. It had a piece of plastic between the handlebars where you would adhere the number(s) from a label sheet. I see it clear as yesterday me placing that number 11 on there. White was just unfortunate to run up against a budding 49ers dynasty, and he truely gets the shaft in hindsight based on the inability of the team to get to the Super Bowl in his command.

Aikman was great, and the team made him Super three times, but not since Staubach, has a player made me confident on every play that the man behind center can pull of magic if the need arises like Tony Romo. We as Cowboy fans are indeed lucky to have been blessed with great quaterbacks. I just need to keep the some not so great ones that will remain unmentioned in the deep chasms of my memory.

He was a magician, and tactician. He made the same kind of amazing plays Tony makes, but he did it in the postseason and Super Bowl. Roger is not only the greatest Cowboy QB of all time, he is the greatest Cowboy of all time. Although he was only 2-2 in the Super Bowl, he took his team to 4 of them. They were in the NFC Championship game practically every year. Even in the 35-31 defeat to Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl, Roger never gave up, and scored two late TD’s in the mold of going down like a true champion. Had Jackie Smith caught that gimme pass in the end zone, Roger could have very well won 3 Super Bowls, and shared the honors with Pittsburgh for team of the 70’s.

I think Staubach was the best and most complete. Aikman had the strongest arm and great focus. Tony is a magician, playmaker and is growing into the leader the other two were. I don’t judge QBs by rings because that is too dependent on other factors… so count me among those happy to once again enjoy every snap the Cowboy’s QB takes.

Please explain why Steve Young was overrated?

So I never got to watch him play. I was in my teens when Aikman was in his prime, so I remember it clearly.

Roger is IMO by far the greatest QB in Cowboys history. The highlights I watch of him and the things I read are just amazing. He was so far ahead of his time, and that is a sign of an all-time great.

but I don’t think not succeeding in Tampa Bay is something that should be held against you.

At the time Young was in Tampa Bay they had gotten so bad Bo Jackson decided to not play for them when he was drafted.

Look at every QB who played after him. I have never thought Vinnie Testaverde was a great QB, but he was at least decent and he struggled with them.

I hate the pompous prick but reducing him to a guy like Rich Gannon only surrounded by better talent is way out there.

thanks for an excellent post, it made me think of a lot of memories I hadn’t thought about in a loooong time :) rec’d.

Dandy was a great QB on a bad team that started getting good at the end of his career.
Roger was a great QB that made a good team great.
Troy was a great QB the grew up with the greatest team in NFL history.
Tony, I can’t judge his career until he has played more. I don’t think he’s peaked yet, but to me he can be right there with the others.

for some reason just on this thread the reply button isn’t working for me.

Man, was he great. I didn’t realize how great.

but it always has to be taken into consideration. Aikman was an outstanding QB. I think Romo is and will be an oustanding QB. But if you saw Roger play I don/‘;t think there’s any doubt that he was the Cowboys and one of the NFL’s best. It was like he had eyes in the back of his head when avoiding sacks. If Captain Comeback was in the game, the Boys were never, never, never out of it. He didn’t earn that nickname by accident. His will to win and competitve nature ensured he would almost always bring Dallas back. Montana was the same way. To me, Montana is the greatest QB because of it. SF was never out of a game when he was in it. Same with the Dodger which makes him, in my opinion the best Dallas ever had. Romo reminds me of him a lot which is the highest compliment I can pay Tony. Oh yeah, OCC, another GREAT article. You make statistics (which I normally shudder from) very interesting.

One could say that Roger is the greatest of all time, using this scale, unless there’s someone you didn’t look up who comes out higher against their peers.
The media favorite Montana benefited from a much different NFL, not to mention that WC offense.
Personally, when I watch tape of those old 70’s games and how different the style was, what Staubach did amazes me more and more.
It truly was ‘3 yards and a cloud’ back then.
It’s like Ruth hitting 60 homers when whole teams didn’t hit that many.
He was the whole package.