{"id":429769,"date":"2026-01-22T10:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429769\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:46:09","slug":"nfl-fans-defending-troy-aikmans-controversial-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429769\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Fans Defending Troy Aikman’s Controversial Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is Troy Aikman<\/a> crossing into enemy territory with his latest move?<\/p>\n

The legendary NFL<\/a> quarterback, who won three Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, is currently working for another franchise. The Miami Dolphins<\/a> hired Aikman, now an announcer at ESPN, to help them with their GM and head coaching search. But should Aikman, who spent his entire career in Dallas, be working for a rival NFL franchise?<\/p>\n

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NFL fans are debating, but mostly defending, Aikman’s “controversial” move heading into the offseason.<\/p>\n

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Oct 7, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; NFL hall of fame Troy Aikman prior to a game between the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images\u00a9 Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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“How do you guys feel about Troy Aikman helping out the Fins?” a Reddit user asked Dallas Cowboys fans.<\/a><\/p>\n

“It kinda feels odd knowing him to be a lifelong Cowboy assisting the Dolphins in their search for a GM.”<\/p>\n

NFL fans, though, are mostly defending the move.<\/p>\n

Aikman is well within his right to help another team<\/p>\n

Aikman has made it clear that he would help the Cowboys, too, but Jerry Jones<\/a> isn’t wanting it.<\/p>\n

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“I’m fine with it. Jerry doesn’t want anyone’s help, he’s convinced (despite 30 years of failure) that he knows what he’s doing,” one wrote.<\/p>\n

“I bet he would help the Cowboys do the same if they asked. It doesn\u2019t bother me at all,” one fan added.<\/p>\n

“Troy has said before, that for years he has wanted to be an NFL GM for the Cowboys. He thinks he can (& desperately wants to) help bring the Cowboys back to glory, but he knows that will never happen as long as Jerry\u2019s around. He also said\/knows likely that he will eventually have to go to another team. I think he\u2019s starting to step in that direction finally,” one added.<\/p>\n

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“Troy\u2019s a smart guy and it\u2019s a cool opportunity for him. I\u2019d welcome seeing him take on a role like this in Dallas but we all know that isn\u2019t happening,” one fan added.<\/p>\n

Is Aikman within his right to be helping another team?<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on Jan 22, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is Troy Aikman crossing into enemy territory with his latest move? The legendary NFL quarterback, who won three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,1234,31282,1240,1233,1249,593,85,34775,189423],"class_list":["post-429769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-gm","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-the-cowboys","tag-troy-aikman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}