[Alberta's Child]

You make it sound as if the Miami Dolphins were losing every single game in which Marino played. That's not the case at all.

While most people remember great performances in big playoff games, Marino's greatest performance came in a regular-season game back in December of 1985 (this would have been his greatest game even if he had won four Super Bowls). That was the famous Monday night game in which the Dolphins shredded the Chicago Bears and their vaunted 46 Defense under Buddy Ryan by a score of 38-24 -- the sole blemish on the Bears' record in their 15-1 season and legedary playoff run to a Super Bowl title.

This was a Bears team whose defensive unit was arguably the best of all time. They gave up 31 points in the first half of the game, and could not come up with an answer to Miami's passing attack.

There were at least a half-dozen Hall of Fame caliber players on that Bears' defense. I suspect many of them would tell you that Dan Marino was the best quarterback they ever faced.

[Badeye]

Marino was a great quarterback, the stats don’t lie.

Anyone that says otherwise is just a tad ‘bitter’ he didn’t play for their team.

[Dick Vomer]

....Dolphins shredded the Chicago Bears and their vaunted 46 Defense under Buddy Ryan by a score of 38-24 -- the sole blemish on the Bears' record in their 15-1 season........They gave up 31 points in the first half of the game, and could not come up with an answer to Miami's passing attack.

well it looks like they held them to 7 points in the second half.....

He was good, a big guy with a big arm...... So was Bobby Douglas...Roman Gabriel....Marino had a quick release and was good.... but great? He's better than me, but not better than Roger Staubach or Bradshaw or Starr or Dawson or Sonny Jurgenson ...... or even the "other" great Dolphin.... Griese... or Namath..