He was the 6th QB drafted only because the enormous amount of QB talent in that draft, the fact that there was some concern that he would sign with the USFL and the fact that there were rumors of marijuana use.
He gets to Miami, plays great, but is a lousy teammate. Never wins one he shouldn't win. Chokes in the big ones. Bitches at his teammates on the field.
He barked at receivers who ran the wrong route that doesn't make him a lousy teammate. He won many games when the Dolphins were the underdog. So it amounts to "he didn't win a Superbowl". I can see him being marked down just a bit for that, but only a small bit. Football is a team game, and one where there is 22 starters. Where Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Charles Barkley, Elgin Baylor, Anthony Munoz, Barry Sanders, and O.J. Simpson not among the best at their sport ever because they didn't win a championship?
If he didn't get 40 pass attempts, he broods.
Not if they won. If he brooded it was about a loss not about not getting 40 pass attempts. Sure he wanted to have the ball in crucial moments. So did Michael Jordan and Jerry Rice. The difference is of course that they did win championships. And for most of Marino's career it made sense to give him a bunch of past attempts. They never had a running back who could consistently get the job done.
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