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Best NFL Players of All Time: Dan Marino

Every year during draw time, quarterbacks are the main topic of conversation. Experts like as scouts, analysts, coaches, and others talk about the traits that make a candidate stand out at the most crucial position. There is endless examination of variables including precision, release, and decision-making capacity. The conversation normally becomes less serious when it comes to arm strength.

“It seems like they don’t give the quarterbacks with the strongest arms a lot of credit,” said Jimmy Johnson, a Fox analyst and two-time Super Bowl coach for the Dallas Cowboys. You must understand, though, that a quarterback possessing strong arms may quickly transform a nothing play into a huge one. The mobile quarterback with the ability to read defenses but lacking that velocity is unable to accomplish that.

Dan Marino had the fastest football throw velocity of any quarterback in history. Joe Montana, Steve Young, Troy Aikman, Phil Simms, and many other great quarterbacks of his era give Marino credit for being an absolute gun who could whistle the ball to the sidelines or deep down the field to receivers like Mark Clayton and Mark Duper (also known as “The Marks Brothers”) and give the Miami Dolphins an advantage in pivotal moments.

Although Marino possessed exceptional arm strength, he also possessed the fastest release this side of Joe Namath. The idea that you should look for a quarterback in western Pennsylvania has to have some validity.

Western Pennsylvania was home to Namath, Montana, Jim Kelly, Johnny Unitas, and the incomparable Marino during their formative years.

The Dolphins were lucky to acquire Marino from the illustrious 1983 quarterback draft class. With six quarterbacks selected in the first round, Marino was the final pick overall at No. 27, and Miami head coach Don Shula was ecstatic to have him selected. The Dolphins had a good running game and a solid defense when Marino moved to Miami, but there were rumors about their passing game.

Shula was certain he had another Super Bowl team to add to the two he had won with quarterback Bob Griese in 1972 and 1973, especially with the powerful Marino lining up under center. “I wasn’t going to let him get by because he had everything you were looking for in a quarterback,” Shula declared. “I never imagined we would get the opportunity to drag him. The day we turned him into a dolphin was fantastic.

Marino was keen to demonstrate to the 26 teams that did not select him that they had made a terrible error. Marino was eager to start the Dolphins season strong, even if his poor senior year at the University of Pittsburgh had damaged his dra킝 standing. He was more than willing to show off both his rapid release and his rifle.

During his first training camp, it was clear that the Dolphins would no longer be a club that was only going to run the ball and play defense. They would turn into an open-minded group. When Marino had good coverage, opponents had very little chance of stopping him; Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott was well aware of this.

Lott remarked, “You were essentially at Dan’s mercy.” “All the best players pick up the game so rapidly that they know exactly where they want to go with the ball when everyone else is rushing around like a chicken with his head cut off. They appear to be experiencing everything slowly.

Additionally, there is the arm strength and release. He could put so much on the ball and was quite knowledgeable about the rules of the game. He was unique in the world.

When he retired following the 1999 season, Marino had 22 different NFL throwing records. He was the 1984 league MVP and a nine-time Pro Bowl selection. Six times, he was the league leader in completions. Thirteen times, he completed a season with 20 touchdown passes or more, twenty-one times he had four touchdown passes in a game, and thirteen times he passed for 3,000 yards or more.

With a league-high 5,084 passing yards and 48 touchdowns in the 1984 season, Marino broke the 36-yard mark previously held by George Blanda and Y.A. Tittle. Although Tom Brady (50) and Peyton Manning (49) have since surpassed the touchdown mark, Marino’s 1984 MVP season remains among the best single-season efforts in NFL history.

Former Dallas quarterback Roger Staubach remarked of him, “What he accomplished is to have a better season than anyone who has ever played this game.” “I refer to quarterbacks, wide receivers, and other players as well. He was amazing.

That season, the Dolphins won the AFC title and went a perfect 14-2, securing a Super Bowl matchup with the San Francisco 49ers. One of the most eagerly awaited Super Bowl games in history was the spectacular showdown between Joe Montana and Marino. Numerous people believed that Super Bowl XIX would be a high-scoring contest based on who had the ball last after years of unfair games. Actually, that was how it began, but the Dolphins were unable to stay up, and the Niners won 38–16.

Regretfully, Marino would only get the opportunity to participate in one Super Bowl. Marino began to feel the hurt of never having been a part of a winning team as the seasons passed. The last item on critics’ and analysts’ career evaluation lists was usually Marino’s lack of a ring. Marino never downplayed how hurt it was.

Marino declared, “I would trade every record I own to be a member of a championship team.” It’s not like Marino did anything wrong. The Dolphins’ excellent defense vanished once he joined the team from Pittsburgh. Over time, Marino had to toss the ball to assist the

Dolphins play most games as competitors. The defense let up an average of 44.5 points in 10 playoff losses, showing that it was prone to failure at pivotal moments. It was obvious that Marino had nothing to do with that. He couldn’t handle a weak defense on his own and was unable to complete the task.

However, that does not imply that he didn’t possess the greatest arm of all time in the game.

Best NFL Players of All Time: Dan Marino Stats

Regular Season

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV
1983*	22	MIA	QB	13	11	9	36709	173	296	58.4	2210	20	6.8	6	2			85	7.5	7.9	12.8	200.9	96	10	80	3.3	6.96	7.39	1	2	10
1984*+	23	MIA	QB	13	16	16	14-2-0	362	564	64.2	5084	48	8.5	17	3			80	9	9.4	14	317.8	108.9	13	120	2.3	8.6	8.94	2	3	21
1985*+	24	MIA	QB	13	16	16	36864	336	567	59.3	4137	30	5.3	21	3.7			73	7.3	6.7	12.3	258.6	84.1	18	157	3.1	6.8	6.21	3	5	15
1986*+	25	MIA	QB	13	16	16	36746	378	623	60.7	4746	44	7.1	23	3.7			85	7.6	7.4	12.6	296.6	92.5	17	119	2.7	7.23	6.99	1	2	19
1987*	26	MIA	QB	13	12	12	36712	263	444	59.2	3245	26	5.9	13	2.9			59	7.3	7.2	12.3	270.4	89.2	9	77	2	6.99	6.85	2	2	12
1988	27	MIA	QB	13	16	16	36687	354	606	58.4	4434	28	4.6	23	3.8			80	7.3	6.5	12.5	277.1	80.8	6	31	1	7.19	6.42	1	2	14
1989	28	MIA	QB	13	16	16	36746	308	550	56	3997	24	4.4	22	4			78	7.3	6.3	13	249.8	76.9	10	86	1.8	6.98	6.07	2	4	12
1990	29	MIA	QB	13	16	16	36864	306	531	57.6	3563	21	4	11	2.1			69	6.7	6.6	11.6	222.7	82.6	15	90	2.7	6.36	6.22	3	3	12
1991*	30	MIA	QB	13	16	16	36746	318	549	57.9	3970	25	4.6	13	2.4			54	7.2	7.1	12.5	248.1	85.8	27	182	4.7	6.58	6.43	1	3	15
1992*	31	MIA	QB	13	16	16	36835	330	554	59.6	4116	24	4.3	16	2.9			62	7.4	7	12.5	257.3	85.1	28	173	4.8	6.77	6.36	6	6	15
1993	32	MIA	QB	13	5	5	36617	91	150	60.7	1218	8	5.3	3	2			80	8.1	8.3	13.4	243.6	95.9	7	42	4.5	7.49	7.65	1	1	5
1994*	33	MIA	QB	13	16	16	36805	385	615	62.6	4453	30	4.9	17	2.8	214	48.8	64	7.2	7	11.6	278.3	89.2	18	113	2.8	6.86	6.6	4	4	15
1995*	34	MIA	QB	13	14	14	36774	309	482	64.1	3668	24	5	15	3.1	185	49	67	7.6	7.2	11.9	262	90.8	22	153	4.4	6.97	6.59	2	3	12
1996	35	MIA	QB	13	13	13	36713	221	373	59.2	2795	17	4.6	9	2.4	121	42.5	74	7.5	7.3	12.6	215	87.8	18	131	4.6	6.81	6.65	0	1	9
1997	36	MIA	QB	13	16	16	36776	319	548	58.2	3780	16	2.9	11	2	188	46.1	55	6.9	6.6	11.8	236.3	80.7	20	132	3.5	6.42	6.11	1	3	13
1998	37	MIA	QB	13	16	16	36805	310	537	57.7	3497	23	4.3	15	2.8	173	43	61	6.5	6.1	11.3	218.6	80	23	178	4.1	5.93	5.54	1	1	10
1999	38	MIA	QB	13	11	11	36652	204	369	55.3	2448	12	3.3	17	4.6	122	44.4	62	6.6	5.2	12	222.5	67.4	9	66	2.4	6.3	4.91	2	2	7
Career					242	240	147-93-0	4967	8358	59.4	61361	420	5	252	3	1003	45.9	85	7.3	7	12.4	253.6	86.4	270	1930	3.1	6.89	6.55	33	47	216

Playoffs

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1983	22	MIA	QB	1	1	0-1	15	25	60	193	2	8	2	8			32	7.7	5.7	12.9	193	77.6	0	0	0	7.72	5.72
1984	23	MIA	QB	3	3	45323	71	116	61.2	1001	8	6.9	5	4.3			41	8.6	8.1	14.1	333.7	94.1	4	29	3.3	8.1	7.56
1985	24	MIA	QB	2	2	45292	45	93	48.4	486	3	3.2	3	3.2			39	5.2	4.4	10.8	243	61.5	1	14	1.1	5.02	4.22	1	1
1990	29	MIA	QB	2	2	45292	42	79	53.2	544	5	6.3	2	2.5			64	6.9	7	13	272	85.6	2	8	2.5	6.62	6.74	1	1
1992	31	MIA	QB	2	2	45292	39	74	52.7	435	4	5.4	2	2.7			30	5.9	5.7	11.2	217.5	77.3	4	25	5.1	5.26	5.13
1994	33	MIA	QB	2	2	45292	46	67	68.7	519	5	7.5	0	0	23	57.2	31	7.7	9.2	11.3	259.5	116.4	2	13	2.9	7.33	8.78
1995	34	MIA	QB	1	1	0-1	33	64	51.6	422	2	3.1	3	4.7	19	42.2	45	6.6	5.1	12.8	422	63.4	0	0	0	6.59	5.11
1997	36	MIA	QB	1	1	0-1	17	43	39.5	141	0	0	2	4.7	6	27.3	42	3.3	1.2	8.3	141	29.3	4	21	8.5	2.55	0.64
1998	37	MIA	QB	2	2	45292	49	71	69	478	1	1.4	3	4.2	20	47.1	56	6.7	5.1	9.8	239	74.7	2	12	2.7	6.38	4.81	0	1
1999	38	MIA	QB	2	2	45292	28	55	50.9	291	2	3.6	2	3.6	14	37.5	27	5.3	4.4	10.4	145.5	63.5	3	19	5.2	4.69	3.83	1	1
Career				18	18	45514	385	687	56	4510	32	4.7	24	3.5	82	40.2	64	6.6	5.9	11.7	250.6	77.1	22	141	3.1	6.16	5.54	3

 

 

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