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Dan Marino: The True 4th Quarter Comeback King

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I found this on Footballoutsiders.com. Basically, many of Elways "comebacks" were classified incorrectly and Marino is actually the leader.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/walkthrough/2009/walkthrough-comeback-king

Scott Kacsmar, a researcher who does data projects for Pro-Football-Reference.com, researched Elway's comebacks and made several startling discoveries:

Many of his comebacks weren't comebacks at all. They were "fourth-quarter, game-saving drives," as the Daily Camera called them, or Game Winning Drives (GWDs) in Kacsmar's words. In many of these games, Elway wasn't rallying the Broncos back from a deficit, he was driving the Broncos to victory after the opponent tied the game.
Dan Marino had many GWDs of his own, but the Dolphins' public relations department didn't classify them as comebacks. In fact, Marino had more GWDs than Elway, by a 51-49 margin.


EDIT: Sorry already posted.
 
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