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11/2/09
Eagles tried to sign Troy Aikman after Donovan McNabb's injury in 2002
Troy Aikman could have become the original Favre, after the Eagles offered him a job in 2002
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After Donovan McNabb got hurt in 2002, Andy Reid and the Eagles called up Troy Aikman, while he was in the booth broadcasting a game, and asked if he wanted to play for them to finish out the year. So essentially, Aikman had the post-retirement opportunity to play for the Cowboys' rival... much like Favre playing for the Vikings. As we all know, Aikman turned down the offer, and he says it's because he would rather spend time with his family than in freezing Philly, getting beat up. Good call, Troy.
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11/2/09
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The decision probably had nothing to do with the team that was trying to acquire him, but rather the many many concussions he received over his career.  If I'm not mistaking, he suffered 8 concussions in his career.  One more, and he might not be able to do what he is doing now.

11/2/09
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That's a good decision by Troy. A comeback attempt aint a good idea after all.

11/2/09
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Except Farve is  a lot better than aikman ever was

11/2/09
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The decision probably had nothing to do with the team that was trying to acquire him, but rather the many many concussions he received over his career.  If I'm not mistaking, he suffered 8 concussions in his career.  One more, and he might not be able to do what he is doing now.

11/2/09
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SweetCleanJaybo wrote:
The decision probably had nothing to do with the team that was trying to acquire him, but rather the many many concussions he received over his career.  If I'm not mistaking, he suffered 8 concussions in his career.  One more, and he might not be able to do what he is doing now.
I think you are spot on - Troy was way too beat up to come back. He needed to stay off the field. 

11/2/09
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Rumor has it that their first choice, Ryan Leaf, turned them down.

11/2/09
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He knew better. Dallas fans would have murdered him!

11/2/09
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He knew his nickname was Troy "The young boy" Aikman. If he came out of retirement in 2002, there's no way he would be close to as good as Favre has been so far this season!

11/2/09
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TROY WOULD OF PLAYED AND TOOK A HIT HE WOULD OF BEEN BRAIN DEAD OR WORSE.

11/2/09
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Big_Country78 wrote:
Except Farve is  a lot better than aikman ever was
and that's why favre has 1 sb ring and aikman has 3!!!

11/2/09
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murder would have being an under-statement, troy is taking the risk of his life

11/2/09
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godspanther21 wrote:
and that's why favre has 1 sb ring and aikman has 3!!!
Yeah, it has nothing to do with the rest of the players on their respective teams. It's solely Favre and Aikman that won those rings.

11/2/09
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Well its good that he turned down the offer.  Otherwise McNabb wouldnt have the stellar career he had so far.

Although I would have loved to have Troy Aikman on the Eagles.

11/3/09
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Big_country78, you obviously don't know your football.  Rings don't quite measure a QB success.  If that was the case, Marino never would have made the hall, and Terry Bradshaw would be the best ever(god forbid- he was a good QB on an amazing team... kinda like Aikman)

11/3/09
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SweetCleanJaybo wrote:
The decision probably had nothing to do with the team that was trying to acquire him, but rather the many many concussions he received over his career.  If I'm not mistaking, he suffered 8 concussions in his career.  One more, and he might not be able to do what he is doing now.
hi

11/3/09
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godspanther21 wrote:
and that's why favre has 1 sb ring and aikman has 3!!!
with logic like that Jay Novacek was a superior TE to someone like Tony Gonzales because Navacek had 3 rings while Gonzales has zero.

yeah great call, not.

11/3/09
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ddoggg00 wrote:
Big_country78, you obviously don't know your football.  Rings don't quite measure a QB success.  If that was the case, Marino never would have made the hall, and Terry Bradshaw would be the best ever(god forbid- he was a good QB on an amazing team... kinda like Aikman)
at least I can read, i never brought anything up about rings, that was some other uniformed fan, you got me twisted.

11/3/09
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Big_Country78 wrote:
with logic like that Jay Novacek was a superior TE to someone like Tony Gonzales because Navacek had 3 rings while Gonzales has zero.

yeah great call, not.
with logic like that......what makes favre better than aikman?? what makes any quarterback better than another?? without a good line the best quarterback becaomes the worst. you have to have continuity with receivers as well. ie...montana-rice, aikaman-irvin, favre-freeman, manning-harrison. you get the picture. what kind of criteria are you using? TD/INT ratio?? with this said, what makes one quarterback better than another???

 
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