1. With Marino, it didn't matter how much time was left, if you were within one score, you always believed he could tie it or win it.
Check out the Browns Monday night game Week 2, 1992, if you can, or 1999 Week 5 at Indy. I think Week 5 1990 is the Pete Carroll "choke motion" game where Marino tore the heart out of the Jets. All are perfect examples.
2. 1984 was like nothing I had ever seen. Marino, every week, was unstoppable and was putting up numbers no one had ever seen. Yeah, Manning, Brees, Brady topped him, but barely, and the rules were different when they did it. Also, go back and watch those 1984 games. Shula still wanted to pound the football and a lot of TD's were scored from in close via Pete Johnson and the running game, whereas Manning was throwing 2 yard TD's. If Shula had wanted, Marino could have easily thrown another 10 TD's instead of having someone keep pounding them in. But that was the game back then. You HAD to run the ball short distance.
3. I remember the MNF game when we were losing 27-0 against the Raiders in 1983, I was in 10th grade. Horrible game. Marino comes in during the 4th quarter and leads two straight TD drives(Woodley was still the starter). Raiders were probably playing a soft defense, but still Marino looked like a man among boys, in total control, and zipped it all over and was not able to be stopped. I remember thinking when I went to bed, that Marino was going to be a superstar. And I grew up a Penn State fan, and at the time HATED Marino because he was a Pitt guy. Earlier that year, I came home from work one afternoon, my mom said to me, Hey the Dolphins drafted Marino. Kind of mocking because he was the enemy. But I just said, Well, I am a fan now. And boy did he not disappoint.
4. Another underrated, somewhat forgotten game to check out in the 1990 Divisional Playoff game vs Kansas City. They pounded Miami for three quarters and led 16-3 going into the 4th quarter. They should have just kept running the ball, we couldn't stop them. KC got cute with the pass a couple of times, we lucked out, and Marino came alive with 2 TD drives in the fourth to take the lead. We lucked out again when a holding call, I believe, pushed KC back out of field goal range. They tried the FG and missed it at the buzzer.
Wow, sorry, long post. I could go on forever about Marino.