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Originally Posted by stevegroganfan

I think Aikman doesn't hate Mahomes personally at all but just the people that appointed him so early in his career. Aikman got lucky from the Walker trade that setup Dallas to build quickly but he still joined one of the worst teams in the NFL if not the worst and kind of took a beating. Mahomes joined an Andy Reid playoff team with Kelce well established and Hill starting to absolutely take off.

And Aikman played in a different era in terms of QB environment and under a coach that really stress running and defense which are not exactly stuff that will help his passing numbers at all. They were obviously artificially held back by the era and team philosophy. If you have a dominant offensive line which Dallas often did and an all around back like Emmitt Smith and a great defense, why pass the ball all the time when your receiving core outside of Michael Irvin wasn't that great and the other teams can't stop your running attack.

Aikman had a weird career. On offense, he either played with relative crap or great talent but primarily great talent at running the ball. Not much in between that most QB's playing as long as him are exposed to.

Dude. Not every post requires a novel for an answer. It was more a joke because people here have said they think Aikman hates the Chiefs and never give Patrick much credit.