Dallas Cowboys quarterback is one of the most prized positions in all of professional football, and one that kids across the country one day dream of filling.
The Dallas franchise has been in business for over forty years, and during that time some exceptional players have filled the starting quarterback job. It was Don “Dandy Don” Meredith who led the Cowboys to their first winning season in the 1960s, when Tom Landry was beginning to build the team during the difficult years of the early 1960s. Though he never led the Cowboys to a Super Bowl, he remains revered among Cowboys fans for his contribution during this time.
Roger Staubach was the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys for most of the 1970s, when they dominated the NFC. He was only taken in the 10th round of the NFL draft and didn’t even start playing professional football until five seasons later, due to his military service, which saw him serve voluntarily in Vietnam.
In 1971, Staubach finally stepped into the role of starting quarterback, at a time when the team was struggling with a barely positive record. The Cowboys finished the season with a ten-game winning streak, culminating in a 24-3 victory over the Miami Dolphins in the Super Bowl. He was voted the MVP (Most Valuable Player) in that Super Bowl win, and clinched a place in history.
The quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in their other highly successful period in the early 1990s was Troy Aikman. Aikman was a different case altogether, having been drafted the No. 1 pick in the entire 1989 draft. At the time, Dallas was coming off one of the worst seasons in the league at 1-15, and later in the year They sold their star. running back Herschel Walker to earn more draft picks. In three years, it had all paid off.
Dallas went from being the worst team in the league to lifting the Super Bowl trophy, and Aikman played a huge role in that, being voted Super Bowl MVP after throwing for 273 yards and 4 touchdowns. When the Cowboys proved that the Super Bowl victory was no fluke by retaining the trophy the following year, Aikman produced a 99 passing rating all season.
Current quarterback Tony Romo was chosen by the Cowboys as an unsigned free agent, having been undrafted. He nearly got delisted before he had a chance to show what he could do, but in 2006 he replaced veteran Drew Bledsoe, to some effect, winning his first start 35-14.
Romo, in this 2007 season, has been granted a contract extension, which will see him remain as Cowboy for another six years. He seems pretty sure, injury permitting, of continuing to start quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.