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Marino Vs. Griese...is It A Slam Dunk?

Marino vs. Griese

  • Marino

    Votes: 62 89.9%

  • Griese

    Votes: 7 10.1%
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Recently someone posted the top 30 Miami Dolphins of all-time. No surprise Dan Marino was listed as #1. That would be my pick too, but I did consider both Bob Griese and Larry Csonka stars from those great 70's teams.

Miami was so fortunate to have Marino and Griese nearly back-to-back to continue being a team that was in the running year in and year out. The question is whether Marino is a slam dunk over Griese for that top spot?

Marino had the edge over virtually every quarterback in arm talent, confidence and quick release. He lifted a team the way few can. Griese was the consummate team guy, did all the little things, was accurate and smart. His hard count was maybe the best I've ever seen stealing a few vital first downs by drawing the opponent offsides.

Its hard to imagine Marino handing the ball off over and over and being patient. He loved putting the game in his own hands. Not necessarily a bad trait as he was the best player on the field in virtually every game he played. Griese was well suited for the ground and pound game of the 70's. Marino for the evolving passing game.

Obviously, Griese had a lot more talent to work with. He had a running game and a defense in most years he played. Marino usually had neither and still managed to put the Dolphins in contention.

Anyway, thought I'd put it out there. Obviously we were lucky to have both of these great Hall of Famers.
 
Griese was a piece to a puzzle and thrived in that role, Marino was the entire puzzle.

Was fortunate to watch both and enjoyed Griese's smarts and command of the game, Marino was simply fun to watch. A pure thrower of the football there was simply no one better at it.
 
C'mon man...... Griese was just hoping his glasses didn't fog up so he could see who he had to hand it off to. Dan was THE man, he is THE man, he will always be THE man. DAN THE MAN!!!!!!!
 
Griese was one of the most cerebral QBs to ever play - to this day. He called his own plays - think about that. What QB wouldn’t want to drop back and sling it all the time if entrusted w those duties? Yet Griese understood how to manage a game. He knew how to be patient and wait for the big play to open up. And when the team no longer was the smash mouth powerhouse it once was, he had no trouble adjusting and airing it out w the best in his day. Think 1977 when he led the NFL in passing.

Having said all that, Dan was easily the single greatest QB I’ve ever seen. He looked like a giant man amongst boys - his big shoulders intimidating as he sauntered up the LOS. He had such command of the pocket that the ball looked so small in his hand. As if protecting it wasn’t necessary - you weren’t going to get near him or it and it was going to come out. He saw EVERYTHING on the field and his brain processed it faster than anyone I’ve seen before or since.

Bob Griese is severely underrated in the annals of the sport though. All the way back to his brilliant play at Purdue.
 
I challenge you to do this. Imagine you had a time machine and could put Marino on Griese's teams and vice versa. Now what do you think the outcome would be? Would Griese even been in the Hall of Fame? Would he even have a ring?
 
Yeah. It's well beyond a slam dunk IMO. I really liked Bob but his best play by far was

handing off to Zonk or pitching to Merc. Bob was very cerebral and highly "functional"

in the system we had back then. Beyond that -- absolutely NO ONE on earth could have

predicted the talent (force) that was Marino way back in the early 70s. The stuff Dan did

was utterly inconceivable at that time.
 
royalshank said:
Griese was one of the most cerebral QBs to ever play - to this day. He called his own plays - think about that. What QB wouldn’t want to drop back and sling it all the time if entrusted w those duties? Yet Griese understood how to manage a game. He knew how to be patient and wait for the big play to open up. And when the team no longer was the smash mouth powerhouse it once was, he had no trouble adjusting and airing it out w the best in his day. Think 1977 when he led the NFL in passing.

Having said all that, Dan was easily the single greatest QB I’ve ever seen. He looked like a giant man amongst boys - his big shoulders intimidating as he sauntered up the LOS. He had such command of the pocket that the ball looked so small in his hand. As if protecting it wasn’t necessary - you weren’t going to get near him or it and it was going to come out. He saw EVERYTHING on the field and his brain processed it faster than anyone I’ve seen before or since.

Bob Griese is severely underrated in the annals of the sport though. All the way back to his brilliant play at Purdue.[/QUOTE

Hand the ball off to the three headed monstrosity behind me. Let the defense do the work. Try not to fling it to the other team on one of my twelve throws a game. Bloody genius.
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The traits of both HOF QBs are already well explained here, but I'll say that it wasn't until around 93 or so, based on Dan's long, high level productivity, that the scales started tipping in my mind towards Dan. Griese was very impressive. Sort of like a stronger armed, mentally sharper and more efficient Chad Pennington.
 
Dynastybuilder said:
Think of what Mahomes did last season, then remind yourself that's what Dan Marino did 25 years ago. The numbers are similar, but imagine what Marino could do in an offense today.
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Yes and the drop off between what Marino did in those days and the next guys was way bigger than Mahomes to next guys - which tells you a lot about the era.
 
BahamaFinFan78 said:
I challenge you to do this. Imagine you had a time machine and could put Marino on Griese's teams and vice versa. Now what do you think the outcome would be? Would Griese even been in the Hall of Fame? Would he even have a ring?
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Probably not but then I’ve often felt that Tom Brady and before him Joe Montana wouldn’t be HOF players had they played on those fins teams - yet Marino would have been dominant on any team.
 
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