Troy Aikman only considered leaving the booth once to return to play.
Aikman retired back in 2000 after suffering multiple concussions in a short period of time.
During a recent appearance on Adam Schefter’s podcast, Aikman revealed that he came out of retirement in 2003 to join the Miami Dolphins at the behest of then head coach Dave Wannstedt and Norv Turner, who had coached him in Dallas.
“I had a chance initially, and I was gonna do it quite honestly,” he said. “I was gonna come back and the Dolphins were looking at me.
Dave Wannstedt was the head coach. Norv Turner was the offensive coordinator. I had trained that offseason, prepared to come back and play. And they felt like they were a quarterback away from achieving what they wanted to do.”
Eventually Aikman decided against the move because he felt the Dolphins weren’t very good at the time.
“It was a great thing from my perspective because they weren’t a quarterback away,” Aikman said. “They were not very good. It all worked out just fine.”
Seems like a wise decision for Troy.
