Troy Aikman admits his greatest weakness live on air as fans troll ESPN star with brutal jibe

Jan 18, 2026 - 22:00

Troy Aikman has revealed the simple solution to shutting him down — decades too late for the defenses he tormented.

The Hall of Fame quarterback was a three-time Super Bowl champion with the 1990s Dallas Cowboys.

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He made six-straight Pro Browls from 1991 to 1996, and has since gone on to be one of the most respected color analysts in the game.

Aikman was on the call for the Divisional Round showdown between the New England Patriots and Houston Texans in horrendous conditions at Gillette Stadium.

During the first quarter, he made a frank admission live on ESPN.

“If it rained I was done,” claimed the Super Bowl XXVII MVP.

Fans were loving Aikman’s honesty.

“But during his playing days, you couldn’t have gotten him to admit that throwing a wet ball bothered him if you tortured him with a blowtorch to the eyeballs… Just more greatness from the best TV analyst of all time,” wrote one on X.

“I don’t get all the hate with him on his analysis he is the best on tv I think, it’s because he was a Cowboy honestly is my guess,” added another.

Troy Aikman’s Hall of Fame career

Aikman won a national championship with Oklahoma in 1985 before finishing his college career at UCLA, where he will not have had to deal with his kryptonite very often.

He went first overall to Dallas in 1989 and helped build one of the NFL‘s great dynasties.

He is in Canton, as well as the College Football Hall of Fame — a fact that is hard to miss.

Aikman has thrived as a player and broadcaster

Joe Buck — Aikman’s colleague in ESPN’s No. 1 commentary team — has a habit of introducing the Cowboys great as ‘Hall of Famer Troy Aikman.’

One viewer asked: “Is it in Troy Aikman’s contract that Joe Buck has to refer to him as a hall of famer on first mention?”

“’Hall of Famer Troy Aikman’…. Joe Buck for the 9,000th time,” added another.

“How much does Aikman pay you to announce him as “the hall of famer” before every game? It’s weird,” a third posted.

It is not just AIkman who struggled in the rain — C.J. Stroud has thrown four first-half picks with his Super Bowl LX shot fading.

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