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SPORTS
THE BATTALION
Cowboys waive Aikman
IRVING (AP) — The Dallas
Cowboys waived Troy Aikman, no
longer convinced that the quarter
back who led them to three Super
Bowl titles is healthy enough to be
their starter.
Agent Leigh Steinberg told the
Associated Press the team began the
waiver process Wednesday. A state
ment from Aikman and the Cowboys
was expected later in the day.
“We will wait and see if he clears
waivers and proceed from there,”
Steinberg said, declining to comment
further.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones prob
ably would have preferred to see the
34-year-old Aikman retire after 12
seasons — and nearly as many con
cussions — but his desire to keep
playing left the team with little
choice.
Jones had to make the move by
Thursday or else pay Aikman a $7
million bonus and extend his contract
through 2007. He will still take up
$10 million of Dallas’ $67.4 million
salary cap this season.
As much as Jones might have
wanted to keep the first player he
ever drafted, the owner apparently
decided the Cowboys couldn’t pre
pare for the 2001 season with such a
fragile quarterback.
Aikman, who holds practically all
the Dallas passing records, sustained
two concussions in 11 games last sea
son and twice needed epidural injec
tions to relieve back pain.
Other teams might be scared off
because of Aikman’s injury prob
lems, which could then prompt him
to retire.
But Aikman still wants to play and
believes he can at a high level. As for
the health risks, tests done before last
season showed no long-term damage
from his previous concussions.
Once the highest-paid player in
NFL history, Aikman is coming off
his worst season since the Cowboys
went 1-15 his rookie year.
He was the lowest-rated starting
quarterback in the NFC and threw a
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We will wait
and see if he
clears waivers and
proceed from
there.''
— Leigh Steinberg
agent
career-worst five interceptions
against the New York Giants. Aik
man also missed five games with in
juries and was knocked out of three
more, all in the first quarter.
Yet Aikman was intrigued about
coming back in 2001 in part because
he wanted a full season of throwing
to speedsters Joey Galloway and
Raghib Ismail. Galloway suffered a
season-ending knee injury in last sea
son’s opener, and Ismail was later
lost to a knee injury.
Aikman came to Dallas in 1989 as
the top overall choice in the draft and
the team’s first pick under Jones and
coach Jimmy Johnson. He was im
mediately labeled the franchise's sav
ior and, sure enough, helped the Cow
boys once again become the NFL’s
most loved and most loathed team.
Aikman was the triggerman in an
offense that also featured running
back Emmitt Smith and receiver
Michael Irvin.
Known as the Triplets, the trio
propelled Dallas to the top of the
NFL three seasons after it was on the
bottom. The Cowboys won an un
precedented three Super Bowls in
four years, including consecutive ti
tles in 1992-93.
Aikman was the MVP of the first
one, a 52-17 victory over Buffalo.
He later joined Joe Montana and Tpr-
ry Bradshaw as the only quarter
backs with at least three Super Bowl
victories.
Still, his numbers are impressive:
2,898-of-4,715 for 32,942 yards, 165
touchdowns and 141 interceptions.
A strong-armed, accurate pass
er, Aikman was often considered a
“Robo-QB,” which was mostly a
compliment but sometimes a com
plaint.
Coaches loved his precise, funda
mental style, and he was at his best
when the Cowboys were loaded with
young players reaching their prime.
As he and the team aged and rough
times hit, some fans grumbled that
Aikman was too rigid and lacked the
playmaking ability of someone like
Brett Favre.
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