Troy Aikman Identifies Simple Reason Cowboys Have Struggled In Postseason

The Cowboys haven't reached the Super Bowl or even the NFC Championship Game since Troy Aikman was quarterbacking the team.

But since the Hall of Famer's retirement, it hasn't been a lack of talent Aikman says. It's been poor situational football.

"They are really good, and they've got really good players," Aikman told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "The organization has done a fantastic job. I think the coaches have done a great job. The players. All of it. They have won a lot of games. The problem for them, and they don't need me to tell them this, they just have not played their best football when the games have mattered the most."

The "Monday Night Football" analyst went on to say he doesn't have an answer for how the Cowboys end their 28-year Super Bowl drought. But he'll be pulling for them:

"You say, 'How do you change that?' No one has the answer to that,” Aikman admitted. "I don't have the answer to that. For our teams [in the '90s], the reason we succeeded and did what we were able to do, the reason teams all win Super Bowls, is they play their best football in the biggest games. That's the challenge for each and everyone of those players."

"Hopefully this will be the year they get over the hump. I'm pulling for them," the Cowboys great said. "I've said it many times, I'm a big fan of Dak and I'd like to see him bring a world championship back to Dallas. It's been a long time."

Yes it has.