[dinoparty]

QB - 1 Montana, 2 Elway, 3 Unitas
Marino was overrated. He would complete tons of passes, but it never seemed to have much of a practical effect on the team's success. I think he stunted the running game, like Dan Fouts.
Defensive line...Howie Long? Please....

[Alberta's Child]

I disagree with your assessment of Marino. Put him on the 49ers or Redskins in the 1980s, and he could have won as many as 8 Super Bowls. He played on some of the most one-dimensional teams I've ever seen. And it wasn't because he "stunted" the running game, either -- those Dolphins teams simply had miserable running backs for the most part. Go back through his career and look at the no-name mediocrities who led that team in rushing while he was their quarterback.

No joke -- one year their leading rusher was a free agent who they had signed away from his job at a UPS warehouse in New Jersey (Bernie Parmalee, I think?)

[birbear]

Marino was overrated. He would complete tons of passes, but it never seemed to have much of a practical effect on the team's success. I think he stunted the running game,

What running game? The Dolphins never had a decent runner in all the years Marino played.

Marino is the classic example that a QB can't run the whole team. He could throw, and his receivers could catch, but other than that, the Dolphins had nothing.

And yet, Marino still made the hall of fame.