Aikman's completion percentage is well below Romo s. There may be other factors for judging accuracy but percentage of completions is certainly on Romo s side by a pretty large amount. Aikman stayed in the low to mid 50's with a few exceptions. Romo was in the 60's for the most part.
You might want to recheck that. He had one season below 56+%, and that was his rookie year.
Aikman's career completion percentage is 61.5% How did he do that if he "stayed in the low to mid 50's with a few exceptions"?
In fact, his two lowest seasons for comp. % were his first two. When he had absolutely no line was was nearly beaten to death. Once the team came together in his 3rd year, his percentage jumped into the mid to high 60's, with one season barely missing 70% by less than a percentage point. The last few years when he was fighting a bad back and concussions, he still never dropped below 56.4 percent. Also, his last few seasons, he was still 59+%
Romo's career comp % is 65.3 to 61.5 for Aikman. And I'd be willing to bet there is nobody in the NFL that would claim Romo is more accurate a passer than Aikman was. Different offenses and different throws. Look no further than somebody like Johnny Unitas. His career comp % is 54.6 yet somehow he's regarded as one of the best passers in NFL history. Go figure...