01-11-2022, 08:09 PM
I think fred is on to something, but I also believe these young guns have the right mindset. I remember that '84 season, and I believe the consensus was that Marino would only improve and the Dolphins would be perennial Super Bowl contenders for a decade. As it turned out, they did host the AFC title game the following year, only to lose in a downpour (from memory) to a New England team that would be Bear chow in the Super Bowl. I think that may be the game that haunts Marino more than any other, outside the Super Bowl loss. The Dolphins were the team that gave Chicago its only loss that year by scoring 38 on arguably the greatest single season defense of all time.
That 1984 season remains far and away the most dominant season a QB has put together in my lifetime. I don't know that Marino is the greatest QB of all time, but he's undoubtedly the greatest QB in his first 1.5 seasons- he started the last half of the '83 campaign and was nearly as dominant.
That 1984 season remains far and away the most dominant season a QB has put together in my lifetime. I don't know that Marino is the greatest QB of all time, but he's undoubtedly the greatest QB in his first 1.5 seasons- he started the last half of the '83 campaign and was nearly as dominant.
