Troy Aikman "Pin-Point Accuracy" Career Highlights | NFL Legends

i've never seen a more accurate quarterback he's the most accurate thrower i think has ever played the position a supersonic laser blast from aikman to urban troy's arm is a gift from god he is a perfectionist he is the ultimate competitor if given a choice i'd prefer to be drafted by a warm weather team or or the dallas cowboys troy aikman quarterback ucla aikman's gonna be a star in this league shut down the first running play it's third down and ten out of the shotgun complete to michael urban he has a touchdown ballas cardinals send four aikman back to throw into the end zone caught touchdown here's the snap back to aikman out of the shotgun has good protection now flushed out hit as he throws over the middle dixon at midfield he's got the sideline he could go thirty twenty fifty ten touchdowns dixon and aikman is laid out snap is back round blitz loop to the right side of the end zone touchdown cowboy back to throw pressure throws it in the end zone it's a touchdown i had an ability to throw the pass pretty much where i wanted troy's ball comes at you like a missile and it looks at you and says catch me please he always saw it with great accuracy i took great deal of pride in my ability to stay in the pocket and get hit and deliver the football aikman with time long ball touchdown slot left aikman back to throw throws it caught by a.g at the four and he dances into the end zone it's a touchdown cowboys aikman back to throw plenty of time deep ball got irvine down the left sideline he caught it at the 20. right to the 15 to 10. michael irvin cowboys touchdown aikman straight drop throws right urban at the five irving fighting collins touchdown michael irvin but they're out of time back to throw it gonna take a hail mary [Applause] touchdown after three years of hey these guys aren't going to make it together once he trusted the system and the guy running it then he was able to let loose the shackles to be troy aikman capital t capital a england straight drop looking left deep in the end zone couldn't have been thrown any better [Applause] touchdown aikman throws well when there's a guy in his face in fact aikman may throw better than anyone else great protection default on a hitch to irving wow [Applause] and go deep harbor touchdown dallas [Applause] this is way too easy for the cowboys play action into the end zone derrick tanell aikman looking left all the way fires caught touchdown double check what's coming third down michael urban that is an almost perfect punctuation point for this dallas cowboy victory not exactly a beautiful day but hopefully it will be here in about four hours on the outside aikman going deep harper [Applause] our offensive coordinator norv asked jimmy you know how do you want to approach this do you want to try to take time off the clock and be conservative or do you you know want to throw the football here and uh typical jimmy without really answering the question just said i want to score quickly the pass to harper harper off to the races they're going to running down however there was a clock of a goal that was a heck of a throw by troy aikman [Applause] kelvin martin touchdown this team's going to pasadena how about them and here comes troy back to the field where he played his college football at ucla [Applause] [Music] [Applause] what a ride it's been troy aikman's the mvp and dallas your cowboys are the champions this game meant everything to me to be quite honest with you no matter what happens in my career from here on out at least i can say that that i took the team in the super bowl and we were able to win it this boy threw the best balls i've ever seen in professional football you watch his mechanics and they're always the same and they're just dang near perfect [Applause] the touchdown touchdown and aikman doesn't throw this in any other place than the one he knows his former high jumper can get to and the defender can't second down and ten [Applause] touchdown davis [Applause] has a dallas touchdown so here we are again the dallas cowboys and the buffalo bills in the super bowl it's aikman [Applause] oh man what a throw that was from everybody said they couldn't do it well guess what dallas your cowboys are still champions this man right here was our leader the big night guys let's start fast let's compete 16 minutes let's go win on three one two three with the greatest leader after staubach and no one's come close to him since it's your leadership ability that makes sure you're getting the best out of those guys [Applause] [Applause] [Music] touchdown and the pass was thrown perfectly by troy aiken not johnston in motion on first down aikman [Applause] harper was that beautiful jump ball irvine touchdown they were right in troy aikman's face paigeman with that poise and that toughness and will throw out of the end zone firing deep he's got harvard alvin harper to the green bay 30 20 10 touchdown eight for the harper longest play in playoff history [Applause] still battling into green bay territory troy had first of all that fiery competitive nature hey guys we got to get in and out of the huddle now get in and out of the huddle that will to win that will to work hard and do whatever it takes to succeed that's a damn embarrassment we can't block anybody now we're hiking the ball early and as soon as troy walked back into the huddle you could hear a pin drop everything stopped he was in control first thank the smith still alive [Applause] [Applause] throw it again [Applause] all kinds of times the victory today would give the cowboys five super bowl titles sanders still in first down goes low for sanders caught by dion at the 15-yard line johnston the blocking back fake to smith wide open touchdown is having a sparkling start first turnover the cowboys at the 18. they've been looking for the strike early dallas you can celebrate because your cowboys are world champions again they win their third in four years [Music] age [Applause] down at about the three aikman [Applause] comes down to michael urban daryl dennison comes in [Applause] miller tried to gain weight now he's lost weight and he's healthy and here's aikman going deep he's got somebody open touchdown aikman michael urban made a heck of a move on danelle wolford out there [Applause] left still no signal yeah it's a touch touchdown equine for dallas another long drive engineered by eggman who looks for six no touchdown it's stopped at the one foot line here for davey 12 yard loss for raymond williams is a running back replacing emmett smith dallas aikman going deep sideline williams on the coverage it's cut by irvin is he inbounds yes he might be on playing somewhere else first down his sixth catch he's got 99 yards urban and wide open in the middle of the field touchdown to ernie mills [Applause] is cut is it in the end zone [Applause] and he goes deep and he's got a man michael irvin has got it so far eight men again this time he goes deep and this time patrick jeffers is into the end zone touchdown aikman up the middle the pass caught a touchdown david lafleur the tight end calling the audible at the line here dallas leading 7-3 pressure against aikman lefleur makes the touchdown nice play nice call nice adjustment by troy aikman at the line of scrimmage daryl pounds is working on michael irvin out here one more cowboys on the 37 and they're going for urban and the flag is down and urban makes the tax it's a touchdown get the first down and here is troy aikman and his pass to the end zone and it is part for the touchdown and it's michael irvin play action oh he's got it right he's got rocket ismail he's got it he'll score and the cowboys will win 76 yards ends the game in overtime a record for troy with five touchdowns in a single game fakes to smith deep down the middle has his man complete rocket ishmael to the five touchdown ocean aikman back to throw looking left not there over the middle got a man touchdown here they go again yeah they're unbelievable second and 14 at the ten aikman back throws a slant tucker up to the 20 and running away tucker to the 40. tucker to midfield there are no flag tucker to the 10. 90 yards the day just got better with touchdown cowboys cincinnati 35 first and ten with play action taken right to work and going deep and looking down victor mcknight [Applause] he had everything you want in the quarterback i wanted to be the greatest quarterback ever i feel like my career was a success and to me that's what i played for today i announced my retirement from the national football league and the dallas cowboys i've been playing this game since i was seven years old and uh to all of a sudden recognize that you're not gonna be doing it anymore is hard it was 12 of the best years of my life

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Published: Wed Oct 06 2021