The seven myths as to why Dan Marino never won a Super Bowl

[gtb1943]

In 1966, Jim Taylor rushed for 705 yards and averaged 3.5 yards per carry. Elijah Pitts rushed for 393 yards and averaged 3.4 yards per carry. Paul Hornung rushed for 200 yards and averaged 2.6 yards per carry. You impressed by that???? Not even a rusher with 750 yards and no one close to 4 yards per carry.

Marino had much better than that MANY years at Miami. THANK YOU FOR PROVING MY POINT and blowing the myth that you need a great running attack or great running back to win a Super Bowl. THANK YOU!

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1966.htm#all_team_stats

this post just showed how little you know about football history.
Comparing mid 80's to mid 60's football
by the way, Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung were way past their primes by that time
and guess what, that was 14 game schedule which I am sure you did not know

 

[gtb1943]

I pointed out there was only one game Marino had good stats in a post-season loss. Oh yes, you can have good stats and lose. All the other games he was putrid.

your posts are putrid

 

[tunahelper]

Marino had one thousand yard rusher his entire career, and two midgets at WR. And no D.

How do people come up w/ the crapp?

Put a young Marino on the 90's SB teams and it would be all time glory. I am an Aikman fan but please Marino was Michael Jordan of QB's. I mean the guy talks stats and he put 5000 and 48tds in the 80's!!!!!

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

Put a young Marino on the 90's SB teams and it would be all time glory. I am an Aikman fan but please Marino was Michael Jordan of QB's. I mean the guy talks stats and he put 5000 and 48tds in the 80's!!!!!

I've heard it said stats are for losers. Stats are nice. Wins are the best ones. Big game wins even better.

 

[gtb1943]

I've heard it said stats are for losers. Stats are nice. Wins are the best ones. Big game wins even better.

and you are the one glorifying stats over everything else; proving that stats truly are for those without knowledge of the game

 

[Flamma]

I've heard it said stats are for losers. Stats are nice. Wins are the best ones. Big game wins even better.

You're acting as if QBs are like pitchers in MLB. They're not. A QBs success is largely determined by his supporting cast. Marino excelled despite not being on a legit contender. Marino's teams past 1984 just weren't that good. Look at Montana's stats in the 1986 playoff game against the Giants. They were terrible. Was it because Montana laid an egg? Or the Giants, as a team, were that much better.

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

You're acting as if QBs are like pitchers in MLB. They're not. A QBs success is largely determined by his supporting cast. Marino excelled despite not being on a legit contender. Marino's teams past 1984 just weren't that good. Look at Montana's stats in the 1986 playoff game against the Giants. They were terrible. Was it because Montana laid an egg? Or the Giants, as a team, were that much better.

No quarterback can succeed without help this is true, but he can certainly lose a game all by himself. Making poor decisions, throwing into double coverage, throwing interceptions, throwing pick sixes, etc.

 

[gtb1943]

No quarterback can succeed without help this is true, but he can certainly lose a game all by himself. Making poor decisions, throwing into double coverage, throwing interceptions, throwing pick sixes, etc.

you really need to talk to someone about your obsession

 

[kskboys]

Put a young Marino on the 90's SB teams and it would be all time glory. I am an Aikman fan but please Marino was Michael Jordan of QB's. I mean the guy talks stats and he put 5000 and 48tds in the 80's!!!!

Marino might be the best of all time.

 

[Flamma]

No quarterback can succeed without help this is true, but he can certainly lose a game all by himself. Making poor decisions, throwing into double coverage, throwing interceptions, throwing pick sixes, etc.

How many of these playoff losses was Miami favored to win, but instead brought down by Marino's terrible play? The bad loss was in 1985. The Patriots weren't even the best team. They should have been beaten by the Raiders. But besides that game, who were they expected to beat? And where were they going anyway?

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

How many of these playoff losses was Miami favored to win, but instead brought down by Marino's terrible play? The bad loss was in 1985. The Patriots weren't even the best team. They should have been beaten by the Raiders. But besides that game, who were they expected to beat? And where were they going anyway?

There were playoff games he had the better defense. Ever think of that????

In 1983 at home against Seattle, Miami lost 27-20. Marino threw two interceptions in 25 passes and had a passer rating of 77.6 wasting Miami’s number one ranked defense in the NFL. Seattle’s defense was ranked 24th out of 28 in the NFL in points given up.

In 1990, in a playoff game at Buffalo, Marino would again throw two interceptions and had a passer rating of 72.1. The Dolphins that year had the fourth best scoring defense in the NFL. The Bills had the sixth best scoring defense in the NFL.

The 1995 season ended with a playoff loss at Buffalo where Marino would throw three interceptions and had a passer rating of just 63.4. Miami had the 10th best scoring defense in the NFL.

So much for the myth Marino didn’t have a better defense than Miami’s playoff opponent.

With one exception, Marino would throw at least two interceptions in every one of Miami’s season-ending playoff games throughout his entire career. It’s hard to win when your quarterback throws two interceptions in any game, especially a more pressure-packed post-season one.

Here's proof he wasn't even getting sacked and he was a turnover machine:
Despite his lack of mobility, from 1988-1989, Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins put together one of the most remarkable streaks in NFL history. The Dolphins went 759 consecutive pass attempts without allowing a sack. It’s a record that will likely never be broken.

Yet despite that great pass protection, Marino threw a career-high 23 interceptions in 1988 and in 1989, he led the NFL in interceptions thrown with 22.

I'm done with you dude. It's like Mark Twain said, "No amount of evidence will ever convince an idiot."

Still waiting on why he didn't win at Pitt.

 

[Flamma]

1983 was his rookie season. You think they should have gone to the SB if not for Marino? Go ahead, make a list of all of the rookie quarterbacks that made it to the SB.

Jim Kelly threw interceptions in 1990 and 1995 too. The problem here is, you're trying to make a case as to why a QB never won a super bowl, but he wasn't on many teams that could get to the SB. Buffalo was way better than the Dolphins in 1990. Miami was like the 3rd best team in the AFC. In 1995, that 9-7 team wasn't going to the super bowl no matter who was under center. Had the Dolphins squeaked out a win against the Seahawks in '83, they're not beating the Raiders. I could see if all of these examples were like 1985, when they got a gift team in the championship game and still blew it. But none of the other examples are.

There is some luck involved to get to a SB, let alone winning one. Rarely do teams make it without the talent necessary.

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

1983 was his rookie season. You think they should have gone to the SB if not for Marino? Go ahead, make a list of all of the rookie quarterbacks that made it to the SB.

Jim Kelly threw interceptions in 1990 and 1995 too. The problem here is, you're trying to make a case as to why a QB never won a super bowl, but he wasn't on many teams that could get to the SB. Buffalo was way better than the Dolphins in 1990. Miami was like the 3rd best team in the AFC. In 1995, that 9-7 team wasn't going to the super bowl no matter who was under center. Had the Dolphins squeaked out a win against the Seahawks in '83, they're not beating the Raiders. I could see if all of these examples were like 1985, when they got a gift team in the championship game and still blew it. But none of the other examples are.

There is some luck involved to get to a SB, let alone winning one. Rarely do teams make it without the talent necessary.

Or when their QB throws two interceptions in a big game in the post-season. #Minor detail