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Who was Marino's number 1 WR when he had Duper and Clayton? They seemed to be quite similar to one another.

Thoughts?
 
Duper. He was the speed guy. A bigger threat deep down the field

Clayton was just as dangerous in different ways.

Having both was such a luxury and so exciting to watch. Those were fun times!
 
I miss those guys . Its a shame we cant get Duper and Clayton inducted into the hall fame.
 
Which ever one was open at the time. They both were #1's...
 
I guess Clayton, he had more receptions than Duper and also had the short-lived single season receiving touchdowns record that Jerry Rice obliterated later on. He was a five time pro-bowler opposed to Duper's three. They were both excellent wide outs though.
 
Clayton and Dupers Numbers were very similar throughout their career.
Clayton broke the TD record in 1984 with 18.

My thoughts?

How many Super Bowls did they win?

Basically, we had 2 John Jaylors and no Jerry Rices.
You take out a Duper or a Clayton and put a Jerry Rice next to them...you have a Super Bowl victory instead of dissapointment.
 
JMarino said:
Clayton and Dupers Numbers were very similar throughout their career.
Clayton broke the TD record in 1984 with 18.

My thoughts?

How many Super Bowls did they win?

Basically, we had 2 John Jaylors and no Jerry Rices.
You take out a Duper or a Clayton and put a Jerry Rice next to them...you have a Super Bowl victory instead of dissapointment.
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I disagree, the Dolphins lack of a Super Bowl win in the 80's was hardly a product of the lack of a high powered offense. Clayton and Duper were both legitimate number one WR's, i don't think that merits a comparison to John Taylor. Plus the lack of a quality defense is what kept the Dolphins from the championship in those days.
 
SpaceMountain16 said:
I disagree, the Dolphins lack of a Super Bowl win in the 80's was hardly a product of the lack of a high powered offense. Clayton and Duper were both legitimate number one WR's, i don't think that merits a comparison to John Taylor. Plus the lack of a quality defense is what kept the Dolphins from the championship in those days.
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And the lack of a good ground game, which made Miami's offense as good as the passing was, one dimensional. Which when playoffs come around, as you see, teams that are one dimensional on offence do not survive no matter how great their ground game or pass attack is, without the balance, playoff caliber team defenses really exploit the team's weaknesses on offense.
 
I don't buy that^

A lack of strong defense I can understand, but in '80s when their passing game was THAT good... if it really was THAT good then it would have opened up the run. You can win the Superbowl with Trent Dilfer as your QB as long as you have a strong defense and a good RB. If Miami had a solid defense to go along with that high-powered passing game the Dolphins probably would have won a Superbowl no matter who suited up as running back. I'd say Miami's running game was probably less of a factor in the lack of success than the defense was.
 
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Duper. I know Clayton had better numbers. Clayton had better hands. Duper was the one that stuck fear into the hearts of the Defenses. There was ALWAYS a Safety rolled over to Duper's side. Duper let Clayton be Clayton. I will add...It wasn't an Irvin/Harper relationship either.
 
the thing with marino he really didn't have #1 wr, he just had a go to guy on third down that he knew would keep the chains moving. byars, mcduffie, clayton, duper, my fave jensen, the list goes on and on.
 
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