I always felt we would win some with Marino. I was so bummed when the Redskins beat us in the Superbowl the year before we drafted Dan, and then I remember losing to the Niners in the Mid-80's. Hopefully we won't go another 40+ years without winning one...but some teams have never even played in a Superbowl.
that was a d lineman Kim Bokamper who batted the ball up in the air while rushing theisman, ran under it and caught it between the 3 yd and goal line - it was a sure TD and would have put the game away at 24-13. It would have iced the game because the skins would no longer have been able to ground and poind is for 3.5 yards on every play - there was not enough time left. But alas, ironic that Redskin QB Theisman's best play of the game was jarring that ball out of Bokampers hands. It wasn't a drop - it was an awesome play by theisman. Other than saving the game, he threw 2 picks and was stifled.
bob Griese was anything but overrated. In fact it would be easier to make the case that he was underrated despite the fact he's in the HOF. He was a thinking man's QB - smartest guy on the field who called his own plays. If the defense couldnt stop the run, he unselfishly kept calling it. When he felt he had reeled them in, he'd call Warfields number for a bomb and a TD. He didn't care about stats. He called the game like a great chess pro. Knowing how to draw defenses offsides in critical moments in games, calling the plays that made the best sense for the situation (vs caring more about throwing and racking up yards), run or pass. In this way he was an earlier version of Joe Montana. Highly mobile as a youngster, intellectual for the position and as even keeled as they came. Didn't have the biggest arm but it wasn't a noodle either. His arm strength was, well, just like Montanas. Could make every through and had gorgeous touch down the field. Don't let the number of pass attempts fool you. This is a guy who could beat you in the air all day long if your defense asked for it. On turkey day in '77 he through 6 TDs and while his teammates encouraged him to throw another one in a goal to go situation in order to tie the record of 7, he called a run play for the score, saying afterwards that it would have been selfish to throw it there.
