[Rummyfan]

Dan Marino played in one Super Bowl, and his Dolphins lost. And yet if I'm building an NFL roster with players whose NFL careers began after the mid-1970s, he'd be my starting quarterback -- hands down. He's the best pure passer of the last 40 years.

In that Super Bowl Marino faced the Niners and Joe Montana. The Dolphins D didn't pressure Montana. Ball game.

Further Marino never had a workhorse back - Elway never won the championship till he had Terrell Davis - or a true game-breaking receiver.

But I agree, the best pure passer of the last forty years.

[Alberta's Child]

Marino never had a workhorse back and he never had dominant receivers either. Guys like Mark Duper and Mark Clayton were good, but having Marino throwing the ball turned them into Pro Bowl players.

The one thing Miami had that really fit Marino's quick-release style perfectly was an offensive line that could pass-block exceptionally well.

There are four NFL quarterbacks who have been sacked more than 40 times this season -- including Dak Prescott, the league leader with 48.

Dan Marino was once sacked 47 times -- over five seasons. This included ridiculous seasons like 1987 (sacked 9 times), 1988 (6 times), and 1989 (10 times).

Just think about that for a moment ... SIX sacks over an entire NFL season when he led the NFL with more than 600 pass attempts and over 4,400 yards passing.