5 of the most Notable Names of the Dallas Cowboys 

Joe Montana and Roger Staubach are the two greatest quarterbacks to play in the NFL! Tied for 1st position.

Better than Dak imo. 3 nfc championship appearances.........consecutive.

Better than Dak but not enough to measure up to the big two

@@raprockscarlett Mentioning Dak in the same breath with ANY of those QBs is assinine. He's more in the category of Jason Garrett and not even as good as Romo although he's about the same "choke" in big games.

My favorite until Tony Romo

​@@steveludwig4200 Tony Romo is an elite QB

didn't call him Dandy fer nuthin" gotta be Dandy to take the beatings he took and live

The author, Peter Gent, played with Meredith.

more like Stabler

And Don Meredith was a real winner despite the Ice Bowl.

Spot on…

😎🏈🌟👏🤌YES INDEED D.H., this ISSS a treasure & I TOO would love to watch the whole show!!

I would have Roger at 1, Dandy Don at a close 2nd, Troy Aikman at 3, Craig Morton at 4 but with the understanding that he would have been higher if not for injuries, Danny White at 5. Danny White had outstanding ability but for some reason wasn't able to lead the team as effectively.

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Roger Dodger for me.

Sadly though, not anymore 😓. Good teams and good times were over when Jimmy Johnson left.

Especially when Roger said "I told Coach Landry to keep Longeley by the way". That right there is a very vindictive spirit.

But Roger was a winner (and a gentleman) and that came out on the field.

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No, Tom Landry did not draft Troy Aikman but he did draft Michael Irvin in his last draft as the Dallas Cowboys head coach in 1988 which would turn out to be the first big piece of the puzzle to rebuilding the Cowboys to the dynasty they became in the 90's. Jimmy Johnson drafted Troy, Emmitt Smith and the rest of the players that went on to win the Superbowl's in the 90's. Coach Landry did draft Hershel Walker who also gets credit for helping the Cowboys back to the top of the NFL. Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson will always be the best coaches Dallas ever had.

@@buddylove346 Landry and Cowboys planned to draft Aikman in ‘89 draft. Jones fired Landry in Feb and Aikman was drafted in April as planned. Aikman was Landry’s choice. Jimmy Hairdo inherited a good one.

@@dashriprock9092 Yes, coach Landry said he watched Troy play in the Cotton bowl and was impressed with him but just did not get the chance to draft him so like I said Troy was drafted by Jimmy & Jerry.

@@buddylove346 Like I said, Landry and the Cowboys Organization already planned to draft Aikman; contract discussions were underway. It all didn’t just happen on draft day.

@@dashriprock9092 www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-04-sp-344-story.html

Good for the Packers.

2003 apparently. Aikman had just retired a couple of years previously and I honestly can't remember if he was announcing games yet but clearly it was on his mind based on his question to Meredith.

Yes, Bob Lilly was the best defensive tackle ever and a gentleman on and off of the field.

But strangely he faced the Cowboys in the Super Bowl with Denver ,where the Broncos were trounced.

Craig Morton was an outstanding quarterback. He took the Cowboys to Super Bowl V and came close to winning. He suffered from severe injuries to his shoulder during the latter half of the season and still was effective. He later quarterbacked the Denver Broncos to the Super Bowl as he won the Offensive Player of the Year Award for the AFC.

Funny thing is that the team could have drafted Dan Marino in 1983. Dan was still on the board when Jeffcoat was taken in the first round. Jeffcoat turned out to be a fantastic D Lineman and was a quality pick but can you imagine what might have been with Marino wearing the Star? What might it have looked like with Marino under center in 86 after Danny was lost for the season instead of Steve Pelleur. What might have been if it was Marino in a QB controversy instead of Hogeboom. Of all the draft day foul ups in the early to mid 80s the worst one absolutely has to be not taking Marino whether they thought they needed a quality QB or not. His trade value alone would have been worth taking him.

I completely agree!!!

In 2003? Who else do you think was going to be there? Gary Hogeboom? Steve Pelleur? Danny White had just about as much success as Craig Morton and a lot longer career with the team. Until Romo came along it was Danny that held most of the career passing records for Dallas too.