A question about Troy Aikman....

Today I was talking with my cousin, who happens to be a cowboy fan, and he was telling me that Troy Aikman was the most accurate passer in the NFL. I told him I dont know how anyone could make such an accusition. I mean where are the numbers to back this claim. Well, it turns out, that is what he was trying to ask me, how can Troy Aikman be labled as such?

I was thinking at first that it was his completion percentage, but like he pointed out, the ball can hit the reciever in the hands and if he drops it then that will go against the QB. Then I told him, it must be someones opinion that Aikman was/is the most accurate QB in the NFL. He then said no, because they advertise it on Aikmans products such as t-shirts and such.

I told him maybe Aikman won a QB challange or something like how our beloved D. Green is know as the NFL's fastest man. I know this is about the cowboys but I would love to prove to him that he is wrong, can anybody shed any light on this subject? Did Aikman win a QB challange which they gave him the title of most accruate passer, or is this just some broadcasters opinion?

Don't know for sure, but Montana was probably the most accurate passer I have seen, then Marino.

Yeah I agree that Aikman was not the most accurate passer, but he insists on this, so my question is if you do not accept pass completion percentage then how do you say who was the most accurate passer? Because like I posted befor, alot of times the QB puts the ball right on the spot and WR drop it, so that hurts the completion percentage...

I think you just have to debate it... until after the5th beer in which case it may be time to fight about it!:)

I have to say, when Aikman was on he was definitely deadly accurate. As for being the most accurate ever? That's debateable.

Pansiest QB? I don't think there's any debate about that at all.

He was propably not the most accurate of all time but he was a great QB. I know we all hate th Boys but you have to give him credit as being a great QB. I think we all would of love to have a QB with his talents.

As well as Mr. Smith in his prime.

Aikman was a really accurate passer in his day. Matty's right, during his prime and when he was on, Aikman was hard to beat. But Montana was better.

I think you have to measure a couple things when you compare QB accuracy. First, completion percentage is important obviously. Dropped passes are equal when you're talking about two QBs like Troy Aikman and Joe Montana. They both played for so long that there isn't going to be a material difference in dropped passes.
The second component that is important is yards per completion. For example, if you're in an offense that throws underneath passes all day, your completion percentage may be high, but that's not so impressive in and of itself. If you're throwing deeper passes and still have a high completion percentage, now I'm really impressed.

Over their careers, Montana's career completion percentage was better, 63.2% compared to Aikman's 61.5%. Montana's career yards per completion was also better, at 11.9 compared with Aikman's 11.4.

Montana's best year for accuracy seemed to be in 1989 when he put up a 70.2% completion percentage with 13.0 yards per completion. Aikman's best came in 1993 when he put up a comparable 69.1% completion percentage, but his yards per completion that year wasn't as impressive at 11.4.

Montana definitely has him beat.

Right, and just like Schneed said, they both played so long that the numbers seem to gel, but over that course of time, a YPC with .5 more is a LOT.