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‘Fox NFL Sunday’ host defends Troy Aikman against Cowboys VP

Fox Sports host Curt Menefee defended his colleague Troy Aikman on Sunday after Dallas Cowboys Vice President Stephen Jones called the Hall of Famer an "armchair quarterback" over Aikman's in-game analysis of the team's season-opening 16-8 loss to the Carolina Panthers.

"Well Stephen we love you and everything but Troy is not armchair, he's a Hall of Famer," Menefee said during a segment on Fox NFL Sunday. "He didn't criticize the Cowboys after the fact — it was done in real time. And your team only scored eight points."

Jones had taken issue with Aikman's run-of-the-mill criticism of the Cowboys offense and it's play-calling during the Sept.