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BlueFin said:Man where do you start with this post?
A) Its almost laughable to have to defend Marino against the likes of a journeyman like Fiedler, but lets start with Dan got us to three AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES and a superbowl, Jay won one wildcard playoff game.
B) Jay had nothing to work with on offense? At running back he's had 3 1000 yard rushers, Lamar Smith singlehandedly won the lone wildcard game we did win. The last two he's had Ricky Williams, who only led the entire league in rushing in 2002. Marino never had a consistent runningback. Marino did have receivers, Jay has had Chambers and McMichael. Maarino got us to a Superbowl with the leagues 19th ranked defense out of 28 teams, Jay has had consistently strong defense among the best the league.
In closing, Marino got us in contention with a much worse overall football team. 2002, Jay had the leagues leading rusher, top five defense and he couldn't drive us into the playoffs even. Jay throws as many interceptions as he does touchdowns and that is inconsistency, his playoff numbers are among the worst of any QB to ever play the game.
Sorry Blue...........if 1,000 yard rushers were the key to SuperBowls then alot of teams would've had one by now. There is no doubt that the difference between Marino and Fiedlers eras are that they were/are so lopsided to one side of the team.............Marino was in the offensive system...........Fiedler's playing for a defensive minded team. There's a reason we consistently place in the 20's in offensive rankings.
Jay's hasn't found his consistency since Week 6 @ Denver in 2002 and he's definately thrown some bad balls .........true.........but to continue to lay blame on one man for this teams ills is ridiculous. That offense has been putrid as a whole for a couple years now.........the whole offense......... Chambers has needed time to develop, I remember in the beginning all he was good for was pitch and catch "Go deep Chris, go get it" style of football. McMichael is as inconsistent as Jay is and still hasn't learned to block. Besides those two alone are still not enough pieces to make things happen for this team.