Dan Marino Era Dolphins RB's

[amfootball]

Dan Marino...still rated as my #1 qb of all time....but Peyton is getting closer and closer....I go back and forth between Dan and Unitas all the time...I guess I just like them all for different things.

The thing with Marino is he could never beat Kelly's Bills. He had some great teams in the early 90's but Kelly always beat him.

[amfootball]

I tend to agree. He beat the 85 Bears defense and was the only one that did that season. I would love to see what Manning could do against that D..if anything. I mean you didn't out smart them because they could just overwhelm you

But remember who he lost in the AFC champ game at home with a three pick performance. ;)   Honestly that had to be the worst loss of his career. That Pats team was not very good at all.

[-JJ-]

But remember who he lost in the AFC champ game at home with a three pick performance. ;)   Honestly that had to be the worst loss of his career. That Pats team was not very good at all.

Was it 3. It was really Craig James running that sealed that game. Whatta ya mean- that was a pretty good team. John Hannah.

 

Tony Eason- well until the Bears D gunned shy'd him for life.

 

edit- oh and Don Blackmon, Andre Tippett, Stanley "steamer" Morgan, Steve Nelson <ahem>, Claborn, Roland James...

 

and Raymond Berry coach

[amfootball]

Was it 3. It was really Craig James running that sealed that game. Whatta ya mean- that was a pretty good team. John Hannah.

 

Tony Eason- well until the Bears D gunned shy'd him for life.

 

edit- oh and Don Blackmon, Andre Tippett, Stanley "steamer" Morgan, Steve Nelson <ahem>, Claborn, Roland James...

 

and Raymond Berry coach

I thought the 1985 Fins team was the best team Marino had. I may be wrong as I have not looked at all his seasons. But previous to that game, the Pats had never won at the old Orange Bowl.

 

I believe the Pats were the last seed into the playoffs that year and had to win three road games - at NY, at Oakland, at Miami. Probably should have lost all of them but they were on a magic carpet ride until that Bears team.

[-JJ-]

I thought the 1985 Fins team was the best team Marino had. I may be wrong as I have not looked at all his seasons. But previous to that game, the Pats had never won at the old Orange Bowl.

 

I believe the Pats were the last seed into the playoffs that year and had to win three road games - at NY, at Oakland, at Miami. Probably should have lost all of them but they were on a magic carpet ride until that Bears team.

Maybe that was the year Marino had his best. I know he was talked a lot about.

 

Yeah they were the first team as a WC to win 3 on the road.

 

Pats did have some magic-mostly backed up by Raymond Berry fundamental football. Every practice he would have the players stand in a circle and bounce the football around to get the feel the way it bounces.

 

Playoffs-

1st game in NY against the Jets- fumble for a score.  Then Oakland-KO at 4pm and sun in their eyes. Boom fumble for a score. You could just feel the magic.

Miami same thing plus a strong motivation to squish the fish and finally win in the Orange Bowl.

Even the opening  quarter in the Bears game they got a fumble and had a lead for a short time. Then the Bears defense as expected just shut it all down.

 

They also got there because of Andre Tippet. After having leads in a game and then finding every which way to lose at the end, Tippet finally went on a rage against the players in the locker room after such a loss. Then they started winning

[southwest1]

I got the sheet music years ago but it's too hard to play on guitar..all those songs are for piano:)

Try to find sheet music for percussion. You wanna talk about a needle in a haystack. LOL! 

[amfootball]

Maybe that was the year Marino had his best. I know he was talked a lot about.

 

Yeah they were the first team as a WC to win 3 on the road.

 

Pats did have some magic-mostly backed up by Raymond Berry fundamental football. Every practice he would have the players stand in a circle and bounce the football around to get the feel the way it bounces.

 

Playoffs-

1st game in NY against the Jets- fumble for a score.  Then Oakland-KO at 4pm and sun in their eyes. Boom fumble for a score. You could just feel the magic.

Miami same thing plus a strong motivation to squish the fish and finally win in the Orange Bowl.

Even the opening  quarter in the Bears game they got a fumble and had a lead for a short time. Then the Bears defense as expected just shut it all down.

 

They also got there because of Andre Tippet. After having leads in a game and then finding every which way to lose at the end, Tippet finally went on a rage against the players in the locker room after such a loss. Then they started winning

It was a great run and came out of nowhere kind of like 2001. I loved that 1985 team but when discussing Marino it has to be brought it up that he lost at home to the lowest seed in the AFC. And really that was his penchant in the post-season. People can blame his team if they want and that is probably partly true but he was never able to do enough to win the post-season either. He was for sure the best pure passer of the ball IMO but far from being the best QB.

[-JJ-]

It was a great run and came out of nowhere kind of like 2001. I loved that 1985 team but when discussing Marino it has to be brought it up that he lost at home to the lowest seed in the AFC. And really that was his penchant in the post-season. People can blame his team if they want and that is probably partly true but he was never able to do enough to win the post-season either. He was for sure the best pure passer of the ball IMO but far from being the best

We beat then 31-14- Dan had 2 TDs and 2 INTS -  48% pass compl. Not his best game.

 

1984 was the year he threw 48 TDs which I think is better than Manning & Brady because of passing rules.

[Warhorse]

Klusons will be better quality. I'm guessing the gold/pearloid would be more attractive depending on the model strat & color

combination. Do you hang at any guitar related forums as well?

Klusons look so much better than the Sperzels, which is what everyone seems to like putting on their Fenders. I have a 62 reissue that was made in Japan in 88. Love that guitar. Seafoam green.

[coltsfansince65]

Klusons look so much better than the Sperzels, which is what everyone seems to like putting on their Fenders. I have a 62 reissue that was made in Japan in 88. Love that guitar. Seafoam green.

Bet you chose the seafoam Green because of the dude in your avatar.    Klusons are what were originally used in the 50s & 60s so they are the logical choice & the better quality as well.

[Synthetic]

I am glad I started this thread now, it's great to see so many people also look into the Dolphins and find them interesting.

 

 

 

The 90's had some of my favorite Dolphins teams that never made it anywhere.

 

I remember them putting up a great rivalry with the Bills

 

 

Here's some rather insanity

 

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199512300buf.htm

 

64 passes from Marino, only 14 rushes total on the day but still 70 yards with the rush.

 

 

Seems they were doomed to drop this one anyway since Buffalo had over 300+ yards rushing on the day.

 

 

1992 Team that lost the AFFCG to Buffalo before the Bills went to get massacred by Dallas

 

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199301170mia.htm

 

I felt that 92 team was special. They lost a couple divisional games and got crushed SF and NO's defenses, but other than that they looked like one of the top 5 teams that year. No question they still would have been crushed by Dallas in the Super Bowl, but it would have been more interesting than to see the turnover fest that came of the Bills poor play against a Dallas team ready for them.