Dan Marino turns 62: A look at the Hall of Fame QB’s five greatest moments during his Dolphins career

rewrite this content material with complete duration and stay HTML tags Peyton Manning had a front-row seat to greatness on Oct. 10, 1999. In his moment yr as the Colts quarterback, Manning watched as his youth idol, Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino, engineered a vintage comeback that concluded with his game-winning landing cross with underneath 30 seconds final. Marino loved a antique efficiency in what was once one of the ultimate memorable moments of an iconic career. The 6th quarterback decided on in the 1983 draft, Marino retired following the ’99 season as the NFL’s all-time main passer. His fast unlock and cannon proper arm produced greater than 61,000 passing yards and 420 landing passes. A five-time league passing champion, Marino is appeared via many as the greatest natural passer in league historical past. His 1984 marketing campaign is one of the maximum outstanding seasons in league historical past. The league’s MVP that season, Marino threw for then league information 5,084 yards and 48 touchdowns. In birthday celebration of Marino’s 62nd birthday (hewas born Sept. 15, 1961) here is a look at his five greatest moments during his 17 years as the Dolphins’ quarterback.  5. Marino outduels Bledsoe to kick off Comeback Player of the Year season Marino erased any doubts that he was once nonetheless an elite participant in Week 1 of the 1994 season. After lacking the ultimate 11 video games of the ’93 season after tearing his Achilles, Marino threw for 473 yards and five touchdowns in main the Dolphins to a 39-35 win over the Patriots. Marino threw 3 second-half landing passes to Irving Fryar that integrated the game-winning rating. In one of the maximum exciting season openers in league historical past, Marino and Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe blended to throw for 894 yards and 9 touchdowns. Marino gained Comeback Player of the Year that season whilst main the Dolphins to an AFC East department identify.  4. Marino tames the mythical ’85 Bears protection Buddy Ryan’s famed “46” protection wreaked havoc on the NFL in 1985. The most effective quarterback that had luck in opposition to Ryan’s unit that season was once Marino, who threw 3 touchdowns in opposition to Chicago’s protection in entrance of a “Monday Night Football” target audience on Dec. 2, 1985. Marino’s luck that night time led Miami to a 38-24 win over the Bears and disadvantaged Chicago of the difference of becoming a member of the ’72 Dolphins as the NFL’s most effective undefeated groups. Mario’s fast unlock was once one of the causes he had luck in opposition to Chicago’s ferocious cross rush that terrorized the league en path to a franchise-first Super Bowl identify. 3. The faux spike Marino had 47 game-winning drives during his career. But his most renowned one happened past due in the 1994 season. Trailing the Jets with underneath 30 seconds final, it was once assumed via everybody that Marino would spike the ball as a way to prevent the clock. But as a substitute of spiking the ball, Marino hit Mark Ingram for the game-winning, 8-yard landing cross. The rating capped off the Dolphins’ incredible comeback from a 24-6 deficit. Each of Marino’s 4 landing passes that day went to Ingram, together with 3 in the fourth quarter by myself. Marino completed the sport with 359 yards on 31 of 44 passing.  2. 1984 AFC Championship Game Making Marino’s first AFC Championship Game additional particular was once the incontrovertible fact that it was once performed in opposition to his youth crew: the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh was once one of the 26 groups who handed on Marino in the ’83 draft in spite of questions at quarterback. Marino confirmed the Steelers what they had been lacking on Jan. 6, 1985. In what stays the highest-scoring sport in AFC Championship Game historical past, Marino threw for 421 yards and 4 touchdowns whilst main the Dolphins to a 45-28 victory. And whilst they got here up brief in opposition to Joe Montana and the 49ers in Super Bowl XIX, Marino’s 318 passing yards was once at the time tied for the second-highest general in Super Bowl historical past. 1. The 1984 common seasonAs alluded to above, Marino’s 1984 season is one of the greatest single-season performances in league historical past. His 48 landing passes that season shattered the earlier mark held via George Blanda, who threw 36 touchdowns in the AFL in 1961. That mark is the fifth-highest general in league historical past, tied with Aaron Rodgers. The most effective quarterbacks to throw extra touchdowns in a season are Manning, who holds the report with 55 in 2013, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes. Only seven quarterbacks have since joined Marino on the listing of 5,000-yard passers. The closest any person had come to achieving 5,000 passing yards prior to Marino was once former Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts, who threw for 4,802 yards 3 years previous.  Marino evolved an ancient rapport that season with Clayton and Duper, who stuck a blended 144 passes for two,695 yards and 26 touchdowns. The trio would proceed to pile up numbers in combination for the best part of a decade, as Duper and Clayton stay the franchise’s career receiving leaders.  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