There are a few “are you kidding me” throws in that game that I never tire of looking at. I think the 3rd and 15 where Marino throws it off his back foot, fading away - like about 30-35 yards in the air on a frozen rope to Clayton for a 20 something hard hookup was just so “not normal”. I don’t think Aaron Rodgers could make that throw. Insane.
exactly, lost to a patriots team with tony eason at QB... would've been a great SB against miami
Crazy that 4 of the 6 QBs selected in the ‘83 draft led teams to the SB. What a class.
Their winning percentage in those Super Bowls is pretty crazy too— not crazy good though.
he was a huge dolphins fan at the time, he had the game on. I became a dolphins fan that day watching Marino. For all the younger posters here, Marino was , is the greatest passer the nfl has ever seen. There’s no one even close to him. Not Brady, manning or Bree’s. If Marino was playing in this era of football he would be averaging 80 tds and 10,000 yards per season. Marino was magical.
Yeah I know. They all came in the league as the NFC was just starting its run of dominance winning 15 in a row. And all those guys - all 6 - went to AFC teams who were out physicalled in every SB by the Skins, 69ers, Cowboys, Giants and Bears 1x. Had some of those guys like Marino, Kelly and Elway went to the NFC they likely win a lot of SBs. Elway got lucky very late in his career as they pricked Davis and he basically won that first SB single handed. I think Elway had a 24 QBR in that game or something.
At one point, Elway, Marino, and Kelly were 0-8 in Super Bowls. The really obnoxious thing is that Elway not only redeems himself in the late 90s, he also makes the All-90s team based on those later Broncos squads.
Good memory. Those ads were published in the papers down here too. I certainly remember them and this was well before the Internet age. I was 11 1/2 and in the sixth grade. Only watched the first half on tv. Listened to the rest of the game on the radio, surreptitiously.
YES! I still have them in a box in my basement! Great find! I'm not sure if I have the flipper one. My dad discovered the laminating machine at the school he worked at and so we have a lot of 85 Bears stuff!
I didn’t know that. All 90’s. Ridiculous. He was at his best between 85’-‘89.
I know that Bears team gets that accolade a lot but I really think the ‘84 49ers were better. At 15-1 (they also lost to the loser of the AFC championship game for their 1 loss - in OT) were better. They had passing, running, great o-line, Joe Montana and a sick defense with that nasty line + Keena Turner and the 4 studs in the secondary. I didn’t think they had a weakness where the ‘85 Bears had a couple. One we exposed but it took a QB w a great release to beat that rush and the second was their passing game. It really wasn’t anything special. Heaven help them if you could get a lead on that team. But alas, they were so good no one could really do it.
