It’s not a great look when a former franchise quarterback is comparing the Dallas Cowboys — America’s team — to two laughing stocks of the NFL.
Troy Aikman is a well-known ambassador of the Cowboys franchise — the man was downright furious he wasn’t allowed to cover their playoff game on Sunday. Fortunately for him and unfortunately for the rest of us who would’ve loved to watch him call the Cowboys failure to spike the ball with mere seconds remaining, Dallas lost yet again in the postseason.
The Cowboys haven’t won a Super Bowl since 1996. Despite their constant claim to the throne of ‘America’s Team’, they’ve yet to assume that position since two years after this writer was born.
Aikman remembers what it was like to lead a franchise that could rightly call itself that title. He’s frustrated with the lack of recent success, as are most fans.
Cowboys: Troy Aikman frustrated with Dallas
“If you don’t do anything in the postseason, then you’re really at the end of the day, no different than the Jacksonville Jaguars or the New York Jets that didn’t get in,” Aikman said, via 96.7 The Ticket.
Aikman isn’t wrong in one sense — every NFL team is aiming for the same ultimate goal. For those which don’t reach that goal, they enter the offseason with the same thought: What did we do wrong, and how do we get better?
For Dallas, it all starts with leadership.
At the end of the Wild Card round loss to the San Francisco 49ers, a lackluster play-call (quarterback run with just seconds remaining) went through three rounds of Cowboys leadership. First Kellen Moore, then approved by Mike McCarthy, and finally played out by Dak Prescott.
That’s simply not acceptable, especially with the season on the line.
For now, Aikman is right. The Jags, Jets and Cowboys are all in the same position — waiting on April’s NFL Draft.