Talking QBs, MVPs, the NFL’s Future and Dwelling in the Past with Troy Aikman

December 4, 2015   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

Troy Aikman is the best color analyst in football, and the reason is that he's a tenacious mix of smarts and fearlessness. He'll say what's on his mind and doesn't care if he offends. It's what you want in an expert.
We spent 30 minutes talking football recently, and I could have listened to Aikman for five hours. It was a football-rich conversation, the kind football geeks love.
It was what he said about the Panthers and Cam Newton that really caught my attention.
"Cam is really changing how we view the quarterback position," said Aikman, a Hall of Famer who won three Super Bowls. "We've seen great running quarterbacks before, and he's as good, if not better, than any of them. We've never really seen before a guy that's his size, who can run that fast and throw the football like he can.
"What I love about what the Panthers are doing with Cam is they have built their offense around him. They trust him, and he trusts them. [That's] why I love [coach Ron] Rivera so mu...

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