Dan Marino choked in every big game, bigtime. He had great teams and still lost.
He never had a good running game or defense. Bob Griese had both when he played for Miami.
Answer: One
Question: How many times did a Dolphins running back rush for 1,000 yards or more during Dan Marino's 17-year NFL career?
Answer: 10
Question: How many different defensive players were named to Pro Bowl rosters during Dan Marino's 17-year NFL career?
Compare this to teams like the 1985 Bears or the 1984 49ers (yes, they were a dominant defensive team even though they were known for their offense) -- which each sent five defensive players to the Pro Bowl in a single season.
Answer: One (linebacker John Offerdahl)
Question: How many defensive players were among the most dominant players at their positions for several years at a time during Dan Marino's 17-year NFL career?
These are not the kind of facts and figures that one would associate with a great team. In fact, a review of their offensive figures will show that their ground game for the most part was downright awful during those years. During Marino's career, their leading rushers included such mediocre no-names as Andra Franklin, Woody Bennett, Tony Nathan, Lorenzo Hampton (he led the team with an astonishing 414 yards rushing in 1988), Troy Stradford, Sammie Smith, Mark Higgs, Bernie Parmalie, Karim Abdul-Jabbar (the real star of this group -- he rushed for 1,116 yards in 1996), and J.J. Johnson. Most people who aren't long-time Dolphins fans probably don't even remember most of these names.