Chargers v Dolphins is one of my favorite games to rewatch every so often. Fouts and Marino just put on a clinic all game. So much fun! I remember watching it live on TV.
If you are talking about the 1982 game that went to overtime that Kellen Winslow went crazy then Marino wasn't there yet. he came the next year. David Woodly and Don Strock were the qb's for the Dolphins. hell of a game.
Back when the Chargers actually cared about fans, before they did San Diego dirty since the city said no to using tax dollars for a new stadium. Dan Marino, the greatest qb to not win a Super Bowl.
@@rapid13 And he told you that Marino was not on that legendary game if that's what you were referring to, although Fouts was. Marino and Fouts rarely played against each other because they were on different divisions.
Darrell Green is such a beast. Starting cornerback at 42. Still fastest man on the team when he was over 40. (Deion Sanders and Champ Bailey were on that team. ) 83 was a great year for me. Green is drafted, Redskins win superbowl and Orioles win World series.
@@noble6882 exactly. Thats why redskins and Orioles are my teams. Even though my great uncles company (psi-net) had the naming rights to the ravens stadium when they first opened. He gave us box access for their first superbowl year and we (my dad and I) still stayed loyal to the skins. Funny thing is the skins beat the ravens both years they won the sb.
Do you remember when there was a televised competition among the football players. The fastest runner, obstacle course and many other competitions all on display. Darrell Green was a participant many times. He was always the fastest.
Which is what made him the perfect quarterback to match up against the 1985 Bears, a game which is arguably bigger in NFL history than many Super Bowls.
@@big8dog887 What about The Raiders and the Fins? 84. Marino's 2nd year. LA was coming of the super bowl against the skins, the Fins were headed to Marino's First. Duper & Clayton, were killing it. In Miami, the Raiders upset the Fins. Fins 🐻 Bear's was on Monday night. The Bear's were undefeated Fins pulled it out. Check me, off the top of my head?
There was also some who also had great careers in the 1983 nfl draft like Roger Craig, Henry Ellard, Gary Anderson, Darryl Talley(Jim Kelly teammate), and Curt Warner.
Eric Dickerson, Richard Dent, Charles Mann, Wes Hopkins, Leonard Marshall, Johnny Hector, Dave Duerson, Mark Clayton, Tim Krumrie, Karl Mecklenberg, and Anthony Carter were all drafted that year. Carter was drafted by Miami then traded to Minnesota. Imagine how Marino's career would have turned out had Miami held onto him.
how could I not remember this draft class my first year in high school the best time for music and styles and good TV shows wow where did the time go!!!
This draft was the best quarterback draft class ever. But I think the 1989 draft was the best all positions draft ever. Just read who was drafted in 1989: Troy Aikman, Barry Sanders, Deion Sanders, Derrick Thomas, Eric Metcalf, Steve Atwater, Andre Rison, Carnell Lake, Darryl Johnston, Mark Stepnoski, Tony Tolbert, Tony Martin, Dave Meggett, Mark Sclereth, and Bobby Humphrey. That 89 draft class was loaded with greats from all positions, not just QB. And all the beforementioned pro-bowlers went on to have great careers, some of them became 1st ballot hall-of-famers!
Eric was an amazing talent.I still remember how effortless his stride seemed. He was a time bomb in every game exploding for at least one run over 50+ for a touchdown. He was one of kind.
Dan Marino is the greatest pure passer in NFL history. Buddy Ryan ran his fat mouth to Jimbo Covert about blitzing Marino, who was Covert's college roommate and he told Ryan that would be a mistake. Miami hung 38 points on the 85 Bears in their only loss that season. The guy threw for 5000 yards and 48 tds when most QBs would be lucky to do half as much.
What they've left out in the Elway story is that the Colts' head coach Frank Kush had done everything he could to destroy Jack Elway, John's father, career when they were both college coaches. Elway said at the time, his decision had nothing to do with Baltimore the city or the people but had everything to do with who was the Colts' coach.
John Elway was an easy player to fall in love with, but he had his growing pains....... during his rookie season he was BENCHED in favor of Veteran Steve Deberg. Mile High had fans holding signs that read, "ELWAY NOWAY". Still, it was inevitable that he would become a remarkable QB.
Just wanted to give props to the visual design team. Great execution of 2.5D graphics and transitions. And to the research team for their meticulous research. It's a great channel, I just wish we could put faces to the team.
Poor Dan Marino. Only one SB loss and was beat every year by Jim Kelly! Marino was such a loser... Even Bubby Brister has more SBs and rings than Dan Dan the philandering man! 😅
That is sad...but Marino only got there once and loss and Dan the Man is said to be a much better QB. At least Kelly can say he got there more than Marino.
@billtingting7106 100% although at the end of the day they were all lucky enough to play football for a living and make millions Dan atleast got alot more fame like magazine covers, movie rules etc while living in frieken Miami during the 80s & 90s which is a bonus onto itself Just found the Kelly thing to be an amusing spate of bad breaks. Especially considering he was on the best team of that era
Kelly was a great field general, and the Bills had some memorable battles against Marino led Dolphins teams. Talent wise those Buffalo teams were as good as any, but from some reports, they liked to party too much, and Marv Levi's coaching style might not have been the right recipe to handle that group of players.
I remember watching Washington State play Stanford when Elway played there. WSU scored with not too much time left in the game (under two minutes) and I remember thinking Elway is going to lead them down to win the game to win. Which he did. Broke my heart and I was glad we never had to face him again!! The guy was a great QB and I am glad he had the success he did in Denver and in life.
Saw Stanford play Arizona State in 1982. Kind of a flip side. Elway got Stanford the lead with about one minute left. Enough time for ASU to get down the field for the winner with less than 10 seconds remaining.
Yeah but stud left tackles don't win Super Bowls or create winning records. What's worse is that Indy traded Hinton away (along with Andre Rison) to draft one of the greatest QB busts of all time in Jeff George.
As a life-long Raiders fan who grew up watching football during the Bronco's Elway era...this is the first time I heard that we could have had Elway instead. I hated Elway cause he dominated the AFC West. I cannot believe the commissioner veto'd our trade!?!? W T F. Can they do that? How TF was that allowed? Al Davis was right about Elway, willing to bet the future of the franchise on him and yet some suit, with too much power, shot him down!?!? UNBELIEVABLE. We need major compensation for that BS tampering.
A great Draft. They rate Eric Dickerson as the best Nr2 Overall Pick. Have they never heard of Lawrence Taylor? LT is the best Nr2 overall Pick of all time.
I would say the 89 draft was the greatest ever. No doubt the 1st round of the 89 draft was the greatest first round ever. 4 of the first 5 picks were Aikman, Barry Sanders, Deion Sanders and Derrick Thomas. Literally 4 of the first 5 picks ended up being HOFs.
@@elizabethchase6528 I didn’t whole, but here’s the list Mike Singletary Lawrence Taylor Ronnie Lott Howie Long Ricky Jackson Russ Grimm Kenny Easley Sam Mills Are you happy now since YOU couldn’t look it up yourself you 2 year old!
Thank goodness Elway went to Denver. 1983 was the year I started watching football as a 13 year old. Elway was electric and made me a Broncosfan.. Growing up in western PA, Kelly should have been able to handle the cold. I did! Still can't get over that the Steelers passed on Marino.
As a Chiefs fan, I still can't get over the choice of Todd Blackledge over Jim Kelly and Dan Marino. What a AFC West rivalry we could've had with Elway vs. Kelly or Marino!
Heck you've got Patrick Mahomes NOW! Be thankful. Think how Chicago Bears fans feel.....they had the #1 pick the season Mahomes fell to KC. What goes around comes around.....
The only thing thing this makes me nostalgic for is Pete Rozelle. Unlike Goodell, he had the interest of the SPORT front and center, NOT MAXIMUM REVENUE!
This draft also consisted of HOF Richard Dent, Mark Bortz, Mark Clayton, Charles Mann, Greg Townsend, Anthony Carter, Karl Mecklenburg and Jesse Sapolu. My NY Jets drafted Ken O’Brien. What if the NY Jets drafted Dan Marino?
Also LT Jimbo Covert was a HOFer for the Bears. Covert, Gault, Duerson, Bortz, Richardson and Thayer were all drafted by Bears in 83 and started for SB champs 2 years later. C Jay Hilgenberg I believe was a rookie free agent that year too.
The Chargers apparently offered the nos. 20 and 22 picks, their 1984 first-round pick, and quarterback Ed Luther but not the no. 5 pick. “They weren’t giving that up, they’re not getting to first base,” Accorsi would later say. Al Davis and the Raiders got involved, but the Raiders had the no. 26 pick, and Accorsi was steadfastly sticking to getting a top five or six pick in any trade for Elway because, as he later stated, he had a plan, and that was to draft quarterback Dan Marino from Pitt at that point. The Raiders contacted Bears GM Jim Finks, who held the no. 6 pick. What happened next is still disputed. There were supposedly two groups of players offered for the Bears’ no. 6 pick: defensive end Howie Long and defensive back Ted Watts from Group A, and defensive backs Mike Davis, Vann McElroy, and Kenny Hill, and linebacker Jeff Barnes from Group B, and the Bears could take one from each group. No one seems to know what happened next. There are conflicting stories about the failed trade: One story is that Finks claimed there was a misunderstanding and wanted both Long and Watts from Group A; another story is that Davis decided against trading Long; yet another story, conspiratorially claimed by Davis, was that long-time nemesis NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle had interfered with the trade. Whatever the truth was, one fact was certain: the deal never happened.
For what it’s worth, the 1983 draft doesn’t have the most HOFers of any draft in NFL history. The 1964 draft had 10, although that draft was a little bit top heavy, as it was nowhere near as deep as the 1983 draft. However, 1957 had 9 HOFers and was just as deep, with a ton of great players aside from just the ones with busts in Canton. And while we’re not far enough into the future to be able to determine how many HOFers they’ll have, I imagine 2011 will have a considerable amount as well
As a Seahawk who was 11 years old when this draft happened, you see Curt Warner being drafted right after Dickerson and he's basically the reason why we went to that '83 AFC Championship game, only to lose by the Raiders because often irratic Dave Kreig laid a huge turd and the Raiders destroyed us, even after us beaten them twice during the regular season. The Raiders went to destroy the Redskins in the SB, so I'm hear to tell ya, that those Seahawks were the 2nd best team in the league that year. If not for that damn Kingdome turf that got Warner's knee, there's no telling how far he'd gotten in the league but anyone who is old enough and ever got to see him play, would argue that even given the very small selection size, similar to Gale Sayers and Bo Jackson, Curt Warner would absolutely be in that discussion of the best ever.
The joke of the time was that by going to the NFL Dickerson had to take a pay cut. To understand the joke watch the ESPN 30 for 30 Pony Excess. It's about SMU violating every NCAA rule imaginable. His teammate Craig James also was drafted here. Went to the Super Bowl with the Patriots along with Tony Eason.
It happened because the colleges changed their red shirt rule in 1982 allowing an extra year if the player missed a year due to injury. This allowed players who would have come out in 1982 to come out in 1983.
The six quarterbacks taken in the first round were the most in NFL history. (The 2024 draft also has six.) Thus, it was the draft of the Year of the Quarterback. The 1983 NFL draft class is known for those six quarterbacks drafted in the first round, four of whom made the Pro Bowl: Elway and Marino (both nine-time Pro-Bowlers), Kelly (four-time Pro-Bowler), and O’Brien, who was a two-time Pro-Bowler and led the NFL in passer rating in 1985. Four of the quarterbacks played in 11 Super Bowls, though winning only two: Elway was 2-3 in Super Bowls, Kelly was 0-4 in Super Bowls, and Marino and Tony Eason each lost one. From 1984-1993 (except 1988), although they lost every one, these quarterbacks appeared in 9 of 10 Super Bowls. Elway, Marino, and Kelly all made the Hall of Fame. (Of the six quarterbacks taken in the first round, only Blackledge was a bust.) Of the 53 quarterbacks who have been drafted in the first round from 1967-1997 (no players drafted after 1997 have the made the Hall of Fame as of 2016), only six have made the Hall of Fame, and three of those were drafted in the 1983 class. The other three are Bob Griese (1967), Terry Bradshaw (1970), and Troy Aikman (1989). (There are 81 quarterbacks drafted in the first round from 1967-2007, and only Peyton Manning, drafted in 1998, and Aaron Rodgers, drafted in 2005, should add to the list.) Three Hall-of-Fame quarterbacks in one draft in one first round. There is not a better first round in the history of the NFL draft than the 1983 class. There are a total of six Hall of Famers in the first round alone: the three quarterbacks-Elway, Kelly, and Marino-and Dickerson, Matthews, and cornerback Darrell Green, drafted with the last pick in the first round (no. 28) by the Redskins. The next highest total number of Hall of Famers in the first round for a draft class is four: 1967 and 1989. From 1967-1997 there have been 66 players drafted in the first round who made the Hall of Fame, and six (11%) of those players came from the 1983 draft class. The 1983 first-round draft class also has five players on the NFL’s list of 100 greatest players: Elway (no. 23), Marino (no. 25), Dickerson (no. 52), Green (no. 75), and Matthews (no. 78), which is the most of any first-round draft class in NFL history. Other players like Warner (the running back, not the quarterback), Hinton, Byrd, Jim Covert, Joey Browner, and Don Mosebar were also drafted in the first round. There were a total of 15 Pro Bowlers in that first round out of 28 players.
Roger Craig should definitely be a Hall of Famer. Gary Anderson shouldn't be penalized solely for the 1998 NFC title game miss. Darryl Talley might have a case as well. Come the next one to two decades we'll see how 2011 stacks up as a Hall of Fame legacy.
The Bears actually won the Superbowl in January of 1986 but it was for the 1985 football season! There were 2 Pinback Buttons or more that came out around that time and 1 says 1985 and the other says January 1986/the date of the 1985 nfl football season SUPERBOWL! "I know too much!"
Dan Marino fell to #27 overall, there were drug rumors as mentioned, but he was 17-23 in TD-INT as a senior (4-year career:79-69).... his stats were mediocre for a national college star.....If anything, he was lucky to get Don Shula and a good coaching staff with the Dolphins, and all the passing records were due to having two 5-9 Mark's (Super Duper & Clayton).
Bobby Beathard said on a draft show a few years ago, the Redskins were going to take Marino at 28, if Miami did not take him with the 27th pick. Imagine Marino with Joe Gibbs. Marino would have multiple Super Bowl rings. Wining Super Bowl 17 probably cost the Redskins Super Bowls in the future. Bad part, it would wipe out Doug Williams win. Now imagine if Bobby would have moved up in second round and got Green. Two first ballot HOFs in a row😊
The San Diego Chargers had the opportunity to obtain John Elway via TRADE, but in traditional Charger style....BLEW IT! In the "GREATEST Draft in NFL History (1983)", the Chargers had three FIRST ROUND PICKS, including #5, #20, & #22. Dan Fouts was holding out and wasn't yet under contract. It was reported that the Colts were offering Elway to the Chargers for the RIGHT package. I believe they wanted TWO of the Chargers First Rounders (#5 & #22). Getting back a Top 10 Draft Pick would have assured Baltimore of being able to obtain another elite QB. Other players were being discussed to be included as well, including former 4th round pick and Chargers back-up QB Ed Luther. Owner Gene Klein would not pull the trigger! Some speculated that Klein used the "Elway to San Diego" rumors to get Veteran and future HOF quarterback Dan Fouts to sign his new contract. In retrospect, the Chargers could have done MUCH MORE with their three picks. The ended up with LB Billy Ray Smith, RB/WR Gary Anderson (who began his career with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL) and DB Gil Byrd. Good players, four PRO BOWLS between them, but not one of the three are in the Hall of Fame.
So crazy to think that when the Steelers were in their drought in the 80s Dan Marino falls to them. Lot of close calls in the playoffs while Dan was playing. I think he would’ve been all the difference for one of those 80s or 90s teams to win it all.
Crazy I didn’t know Richard Dent who was drafted by my Bears , was drafted in the 8th round which doesn’t exist anymore. We had 2 hall of famers from that draft .
Marino slid because he had a knee injury in his junior year, and the stupidity of the teams that passed him, with the Jets being, by far, the dumbness of them all because they passed on him for a Div 2 QB no one had heard off.
I may not have been born in 83 but it still makes me sick knowing Pittsburgh skipped over Marino, i understand they still have a defensive mentality and Rivera was starting to come on it makes me think if they could of squeezed in another ring with Marino at the helm.
I was around back then and I feel the same way about Dallas passing on him as well, especially given the disaster that was Gary Hogeboom and Steve Pelleur.
more than one SB had they taken Marino. they had some really good teams that came up short due to lack of a true franchise QB till Ben came on the scene.
Wow!!! I never knew the Raiders made a deal for John Elway and it was accepted. It’s crazy the NFL commissioner blocked it . Imagine Elway on the Raiders . Wow!!!
My only trivia question relates to this video: Name three players who were drafted by the KC Royals who went on to become starting quarterbacks in the NFL? . . . . John Elway, Dan Marino, Todd Blackledge.
As great as this draft is, it's also arguably a jumping the shark moment for the Steelers. Bradshaw was getting long in the tooth and still recovering from elbow surgery at the time of the draft so they were going to need a young QB soon and they had a golden opportunity to draft the already local legend Dan Marino who'd literally been playing football in Pittsburgh his whole life. Instead Noll wanted to bolster the defense and went with Gabe Rivera. How good Rivera might've been we'll never know because he ended up paralyzed in a drunk driving accident shortly into his rookie year. Meanwhile Bradshaw played one game that season before calling it a career. The Steelers would never win more than 9 games in a season under Noll again and they would be stuck in a two decade search for a franchise QB, never mind a QB of Marino's caliber.
It wasn't just the Steelers that jumped the shark that year. The Dallas Cowboys had the opportunity to pick Marino or Ken O'Brien as their next QB and either one of them could have helped slow or even prevent the slide into losing records that Dallas experienced after 1985. Relying on the likes of Gary Hogeboom and Steve Pelleur after Danny White broke his throwing wrist sealed the fate of the team and brought an ignominious end to Coach Landry's legendary career. It's ironic that the two greatest teams of the 1970s both passed on the player that could have saved them from so much misery down the road.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Personally I would've said them getting leapfrogged in the 85 draft by Bill Walsh to get Jerry Rice was where it really went wrong for them. The Cowboys at least tried to get a QB in 83 and there's probably a universe out there where Elway gets traded to the Cowboys
@@bigbearkat2010 yeah that one didn't help either, especially with the terrible luck that Mike Sherrard had with injuries when he was with Dallas. But if they get Jerry and Sherrard stays healthy then it's a sure bet that they don't end up drafting Michael Irvin in 1988. So I don't think that loss hurt them nearly as bad as striking out on a replacement for Danny White until they finally got Aikman in 89. A QB can't win a Super Bowl all by himself but if a team has completely garbage players available at that position odds are strong that it's not going anywhere no matter how good the rest of the team is.
What killed Marino's draft stock was his Wunderlicht score of 12. It's the intelligence test the NFL uses. Average is 25. Just goes to show, intelligence isn't easy to measure. It's not even easy to define.
12:30 ...The announcer says that Marino's marks would eventually be surpasses by 'one quarterback or another'.....errrrr....NO. Those marks were surpassed by ONE QUARTERBACK: TOM BRADY. Tom Brady ranks first all-time in: Wins: 251. Pro Bowls: 15. Super Bowl MVP Awards: 5. Completions: 7,753. Attempts: 12,050. Passing Yards: 89,214. Passing Touchdowns: 649.
The Cowboys also reportedly made a stronger offer than the Broncos which would have included Danny White who was a top QB in the league at that time. For some reason Jim Irsay vetoed it.
The Dolphins could have had Darrell Green---he was the next player taken after Marino. Imagine the Killer B's with Green added in. Green played good enough to help his team win 5 championships--3 Conf. and 2 S.B.'s. Marino played good enough to help his team win only 1 championship--the '84 Conf. Champ.
Why did Marino only have 1 championship--here are his stats from his 3 championship game losses; he had 4 TD's but 6 Int's and 2 fumbles, an avg. Passer Rating of 59, and he led his offense to an avg. of only 12 p.p.g. How can a team win championships when their QB is playing like that ?? They can't and the Dolphins didn't.
Marino was the best in the class. Then Kelley, then Elway. Dan Reeves's top rated defense got Denver to 3 Super Bowls where Elway made an ass of himself. He was just as bad against Green Bay, but Terrell Davis had his back. Elway had the unfortunate reality of playing for Dan Reeves, as already mentioned. Put him in Buffalo or San Francisco and he has their numbers.
Elway had a great last game vs. Cal before draft ending w/famous kick-off win hitting the T-bone player in the end zone. Disrespected Michael Penix is the Dan Marino of the 2024 draft enjoy
Chargers v Dolphins is one of my favorite games to rewatch every so often. Fouts and Marino just put on a clinic all game. So much fun! I remember watching it live on TV.
If you are talking about the 1982 game that went to overtime that Kellen Winslow went crazy then Marino wasn't there yet. he came the next year. David Woodly and Don Strock were the qb's for the Dolphins. hell of a game.
@@ufcman8015 Reading is hard, I know. My comment pretty much says Fouts and Marino, ya?
Back when the Chargers actually cared about fans, before they did San Diego dirty since the city said no to using tax dollars for a new stadium.
Dan Marino, the greatest qb to not win a Super Bowl.
@@rapid13 And he told you that Marino was not on that legendary game if that's what you were referring to, although Fouts was. Marino and Fouts rarely played against each other because they were on different divisions.
I remember Winslow going to the sidelines from exhaustion. The chargers offense was sick with Wes chandler , Winslow,Joiner , Chuck Muncie
Darrell Green is such a beast. Starting cornerback at 42. Still fastest man on the team when he was over 40. (Deion Sanders and Champ Bailey were on that team. ) 83 was a great year for me. Green is drafted, Redskins win superbowl and Orioles win World series.
Yeah cause Washington didn't have a baseball team at the time right? Had to go with the next closest team in Baltimore😄
@@noble6882 exactly. Thats why redskins and Orioles are my teams. Even though my great uncles company (psi-net) had the naming rights to the ravens stadium when they first opened. He gave us box access for their first superbowl year and we (my dad and I) still stayed loyal to the skins. Funny thing is the skins beat the ravens both years they won the sb.
Do you remember when there was a televised competition among the football players. The fastest runner, obstacle course and many other competitions all on display. Darrell Green was a participant many times. He was always the fastest.
@@rbsanta2024 i dont remember them. (Born in 88) Im aware of them and how dominant DG was though.
Probably the greatest last 1st rounder EVER in the NFL draft. Just the perfect for a Redskins team that needed secondary help badly.
Darrell Green til this day is my mom's favorite NFL Player of all time. We live in Virginia. Washington is our team.
Still can’t beat the giants tho 😂
Darrell Green is arguably the best cornerback ever, topping even Sanders.
Dan Marino had the quickest release ever. He wasn't sacked much because of it. He never won a Super bowl, but came close.
Which is what made him the perfect quarterback to match up against the 1985 Bears, a game which is arguably bigger in NFL history than many Super Bowls.
@@big8dog887 What about The Raiders and the Fins? 84. Marino's 2nd year. LA was coming of the super bowl against the skins, the Fins were headed to Marino's First. Duper & Clayton, were killing it. In Miami, the Raiders upset the Fins. Fins 🐻 Bear's was on Monday night. The Bear's were undefeated Fins pulled it out. Check me, off the top of my head?
Too bad Marino ran into the Bills from 88-99 or he probably would have won a SB. Couldn't get out of his own division most of the time.
@@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle The NFC owned the AFC during the time.
@@big8dog887 The Bears ONLY loss that season, a Monday night shredding by Marino and company. I watched that game live that night and loved it!
There was also some who also had great careers in the 1983 nfl draft like Roger Craig, Henry Ellard, Gary Anderson, Darryl Talley(Jim Kelly teammate), and Curt Warner.
Damn, I thought you misspelt Kurt Warner for a hot second there aha
The Beats had a great first round, Jimbo Covert who was Marino’s roommate at Pitt, and Willie Gault.
@@jojijoestar7233 same i was like no way he played since 1983
@@jpmnky they got Richard Dent in the 8th round that year too. Dave Duerson as well. The Bears did the best of all of them that year.
Eric Dickerson, Richard Dent, Charles Mann, Wes Hopkins, Leonard Marshall, Johnny Hector, Dave Duerson, Mark Clayton, Tim Krumrie, Karl Mecklenberg, and Anthony Carter were all drafted that year. Carter was drafted by Miami then traded to Minnesota. Imagine how Marino's career would have turned out had Miami held onto him.
how could I not remember this draft class my first year in high school the best time for music and styles and good TV shows wow where did the time go!!!
I remember watching Marinos first NFL game, it was obvious in that game that he was going to be great.
i remember watching him at Pitt and i knew he was going to be a great QB!
I remember partying with him at PITT. He was going to be a real head case.
@@mrautomatic9087 Why's that maybe that's why he never won a SB!
How many rings did he win?
@@Rockhound6165 he has 2 rings why u ask
This draft was the best quarterback draft class ever. But I think the 1989 draft was the best all positions draft ever. Just read who was drafted in 1989: Troy Aikman, Barry Sanders, Deion Sanders, Derrick Thomas, Eric Metcalf, Steve Atwater, Andre Rison, Carnell Lake, Darryl Johnston, Mark Stepnoski, Tony Tolbert, Tony Martin, Dave Meggett, Mark Sclereth, and Bobby Humphrey. That 89 draft class was loaded with greats from all positions, not just QB. And all the beforementioned pro-bowlers went on to have great careers, some of them became 1st ballot hall-of-famers!
Bobby Humphrey was nothing special in the NFL
Hell of a class 4/5 top picks were first ballot HOFs
@@DMS-pq8 David Meggett is your role model though.
Funny how next year (1984), we also got the greatest draft in NBA history
1996 is the greatest nba draft
2003 is the greatest nba draft
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Eric was an amazing talent.I still remember how effortless his stride seemed. He was a time bomb in every game exploding for at least one run over 50+ for a touchdown. He was one of kind.
That Pony Express backfield at SMU was something special - Dickerson and Craig James
Dan Marino is the greatest pure passer in NFL history. Buddy Ryan ran his fat mouth to Jimbo Covert about blitzing Marino, who was Covert's college roommate and he told Ryan that would be a mistake. Miami hung 38 points on the 85 Bears in their only loss that season. The guy threw for 5000 yards and 48 tds when most QBs would be lucky to do half as much.
Crazy the first two picks and last two picks of the first round were first ballot HOFers.
What they've left out in the Elway story is that the Colts' head coach Frank Kush had done everything he could to destroy Jack Elway, John's father, career when they were both college coaches. Elway said at the time, his decision had nothing to do with Baltimore the city or the people but had everything to do with who was the Colts' coach.
I'm curious...what did frank kush do exactly?
That alcoholic owner was a trainwreck as well
I recall John Elway stating that he only wanted to play for a team WEST of the Mississippi.
@@jasona9 elway overrated. Only won on terrells play.
@@awilliams5007 have really watch him played, 5 superbowl visit and 2 rings
I remember falling in love with Elway after this draft. This is the year I really started paying attention to football on Sundays.
John Elway was an easy player to fall in love with, but he had his growing pains....... during his rookie season he was BENCHED in favor of Veteran Steve Deberg. Mile High had fans holding signs that read, "ELWAY NOWAY". Still, it was inevitable that he would become a remarkable QB.
Just wanted to give props to the visual design team. Great execution of 2.5D graphics and transitions. And to the research team for their meticulous research. It's a great channel, I just wish we could put faces to the team.
1974 Steeler draft had four hall of famers and one free agent hall of famer.
Poor Jim Kelly. One of the alltime greats, hates the cold but gets OVER A DECADE IN FREEZING BUFFALO. Then gets to 4 super bowls only to never win 1
Poor Dan Marino. Only one SB loss and was beat every year by Jim Kelly! Marino was such a loser... Even Bubby Brister has more SBs and rings than Dan Dan the philandering man! 😅
That is sad...but Marino only got there once and loss and Dan the Man is said to be a much better QB.
At least Kelly can say he got there more than Marino.
@billtingting7106 100% although at the end of the day they were all lucky enough to play football for a living and make millions
Dan atleast got alot more fame like magazine covers, movie rules etc while living in frieken Miami during the 80s & 90s which is a bonus onto itself
Just found the Kelly thing to be an amusing spate of bad breaks. Especially considering he was on the best team of that era
Kelly was a great field general, and the Bills had some memorable battles against Marino led Dolphins teams. Talent wise those Buffalo teams were as good as any, but from some reports, they liked to party too much, and Marv Levi's coaching style might not have been the right recipe to handle that group of players.
I don’t blame Elway for not wanting to play for the Colts
Is that why he poached Peyton Manning?
Art schlicter didn’t want to either
He didn't want to play for the Packers, either. Elway's a big baby.
@@KamikazeJusticeToo bad.
~~ and it was a pleasure to see Elway get destroyed in 3 super bowls in 4 years ..
Thats the year i got married, in August and im still going strong with my foreign wife 41 years later, 83 was a great year.
Foreign women.....is the way to go 👍🏽
Aww❤
Congratulations to you both!
@@truthseeker9454 thank you so much
I was born in 83 😀
To be fair had the Jets chosen Marino, they likely would have ruin him.
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To be fair... Miami ruined Marino too! 😆
Marino won shit in Miami.. ZERO SUPERBOWL WINS! The only stat that matters, so therefore the scrub dolphins ruined marino
I remember watching Washington State play Stanford when Elway played there. WSU scored with not too much time left in the game (under two minutes) and I remember thinking Elway is going to lead them down to win the game to win. Which he did. Broke my heart and I was glad we never had to face him again!! The guy was a great QB and I am glad he had the success he did in Denver and in life.
Saw Stanford play Arizona State in 1982. Kind of a flip side. Elway got Stanford the lead with about one minute left. Enough time for ASU to get down the field for the winner with less than 10 seconds remaining.
He's the best college player I've seen in person in 50 years of following college football.
I know hes not john elway, but chris hinton was a stud left tackle, he went to 7 pro bowls and got a 1st team all pro
Yeah but stud left tackles don't win Super Bowls or create winning records. What's worse is that Indy traded Hinton away (along with Andre Rison) to draft one of the greatest QB busts of all time in Jeff George.
As a life-long Raiders fan who grew up watching football during the Bronco's Elway era...this is the first time I heard that we could have had Elway instead. I hated Elway cause he dominated the AFC West. I cannot believe the commissioner veto'd our trade!?!? W T F. Can they do that? How TF was that allowed? Al Davis was right about Elway, willing to bet the future of the franchise on him and yet some suit, with too much power, shot him down!?!? UNBELIEVABLE. We need major compensation for that BS tampering.
Raiders could have drafted Dan Marino 😢
As a Raider fan since the mid 70s I didn’t know that either, but not surprising at all
Bro blitz is a top youtuber
So true 😋
I think why Elway didn't want to play for Baltimore was because Jack Elway couldn't stand Colts ciach Frank Kush.
The quarterbacks were 2-9 in the Super Bowl. 0-9 for a long time until the Elway and Davis led Broncos won back to back Super Bowls in the late 90s.
A great Draft. They rate Eric Dickerson as the best Nr2 Overall Pick. Have they never heard of Lawrence Taylor? LT is the best Nr2 overall Pick of all time.
Well done. Professional vid and commentary. Detailed info on these NFL greats.
And a Shoutout to Jim Kelly for playingbin my HomeTown Houston Gamblers team. I had a team poster on my wall in my room!❤
Boomer Esiason was also taken in the second round of that draft by the Bengals. He turned out to be pretty good also. 😊
Wrong draft, 84
In 84, a horrible draft.
Boomer was drafted the following year.
Greatest draft in NFL history.
You not only had the QBs, but also Darrell Green and Eric Dickerson.
And lineman(Bruce Matthews for my Oilers) and some stout defensive guys
And Richard Dent
I would say the 89 draft was the greatest ever. No doubt the 1st round of the 89 draft was the greatest first round ever. 4 of the first 5 picks were Aikman, Barry Sanders, Deion Sanders and Derrick Thomas. Literally 4 of the first 5 picks ended up being HOFs.
Compare to the '64 draft and get back to me....
@@chrisgullett4332 Compare to '64 draft and get back to me
1981 NFL Draft also had 8 Hall of Famers, with LT, Ronnie Lott, Howie Long…….
@@elizabethchase6528 didn’t want to name them all, LT changed the game none of the ‘83 class even came close to that!
@@elizabethchase6528 I didn’t whole, but here’s the list
Mike Singletary
Lawrence Taylor
Ronnie Lott
Howie Long
Ricky Jackson
Russ Grimm
Kenny Easley
Sam Mills
Are you happy now since YOU couldn’t look it up yourself you 2 year old!
@@elizabethchase6528 plus 12 Super Bowl Wins to 6 Super Bowl Wins!
Thank goodness Elway went to Denver. 1983 was the year I started watching football as a 13 year old. Elway was electric and made me a Broncosfan.. Growing up in western PA, Kelly should have been able to handle the cold. I did! Still can't get over that the Steelers passed on Marino.
Crazy draft class for sure. Marino and Dickerson are two of my fav players ever.
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing.
As a Chiefs fan, I still can't get over the choice of Todd Blackledge over Jim Kelly and Dan Marino. What a AFC West rivalry we could've had with Elway vs. Kelly or Marino!
Heck you've got Patrick Mahomes NOW! Be thankful. Think how Chicago Bears fans feel.....they had the #1 pick the season Mahomes fell to KC. What goes around comes around.....
The only thing thing this makes me nostalgic for is Pete Rozelle.
Unlike Goodell, he had the interest of the SPORT front and center, NOT MAXIMUM REVENUE!
This draft also consisted of HOF Richard Dent, Mark Bortz, Mark Clayton, Charles Mann, Greg Townsend, Anthony Carter, Karl Mecklenburg and Jesse Sapolu. My NY Jets drafted Ken O’Brien. What if the NY Jets drafted Dan Marino?
Also LT Jimbo Covert was a HOFer for the Bears. Covert, Gault, Duerson, Bortz, Richardson and Thayer were all drafted by Bears in 83 and started for SB champs 2 years later. C Jay Hilgenberg I believe was a rookie free agent that year too.
Henry ellard
Can you do a video about where the 19 wide receivers drafted before Stefon Diggs are now
Who the f cares! That dudes a crybaby diva
The year the Pats took Tony Eason, passing on Dan Marino...😢
@@elizabethchase6528I doubt that seriously. Montana, Rice, Taylor, Craig, etc. was a machine. The Steelers outside of Marino didn’t have the players.
An oddity with Ken O'Brien and Darrell Green there were two Division 2 players taken in the first round.
The Chargers apparently offered the nos. 20 and 22 picks, their 1984 first-round pick, and quarterback Ed Luther but not the no. 5 pick. “They weren’t giving that up, they’re not getting to first base,” Accorsi would later say. Al Davis and the Raiders got involved, but the Raiders had the no. 26 pick, and Accorsi was steadfastly sticking to getting a top five or six pick in any trade for Elway because, as he later stated, he had a plan, and that was to draft quarterback Dan Marino from Pitt at that point. The Raiders contacted Bears GM Jim Finks, who held the no. 6 pick.
What happened next is still disputed. There were supposedly two groups of players offered for the Bears’ no. 6 pick: defensive end Howie Long and defensive back Ted Watts from Group A, and defensive backs Mike Davis, Vann McElroy, and Kenny Hill, and linebacker Jeff Barnes from Group B, and the Bears could take one from each group. No one seems to know what happened next. There are conflicting stories about the failed trade: One story is that Finks claimed there was a misunderstanding and wanted both Long and Watts from Group A; another story is that Davis decided against trading Long; yet another story, conspiratorially claimed by Davis, was that long-time nemesis NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle had interfered with the trade. Whatever the truth was, one fact was certain: the deal never happened.
For what it’s worth, the 1983 draft doesn’t have the most HOFers of any draft in NFL history. The 1964 draft had 10, although that draft was a little bit top heavy, as it was nowhere near as deep as the 1983 draft. However, 1957 had 9 HOFers and was just as deep, with a ton of great players aside from just the ones with busts in Canton. And while we’re not far enough into the future to be able to determine how many HOFers they’ll have, I imagine 2011 will have a considerable amount as well
2017 might be in that argument sooner rather than later.🤔
@@zionnewkirk4838 yeah most likely, although 2017 has a bit of the 1964 or 1967 thing where it isnt quite as deep as some of the other great drafts
'89 draft was pretty damn good too producing 6 HOFrs in the 1st round, 4 in the 1st 5 picks.
As a Seahawk who was 11 years old when this draft happened, you see Curt Warner being drafted right after Dickerson and he's basically the reason why we went to that '83 AFC Championship game, only to lose by the Raiders because often irratic Dave Kreig laid a huge turd and the Raiders destroyed us, even after us beaten them twice during the regular season. The Raiders went to destroy the Redskins in the SB, so I'm hear to tell ya, that those Seahawks were the 2nd best team in the league that year. If not for that damn Kingdome turf that got Warner's knee, there's no telling how far he'd gotten in the league but anyone who is old enough and ever got to see him play, would argue that even given the very small selection size, similar to Gale Sayers and Bo Jackson, Curt Warner would absolutely be in that discussion of the best ever.
Eric Dickerson really didn't disappoint with the Rams 1st Round 2nd overall pick SMU RB 5:00
Dickerson really was the man. Had he not blown out his knee he would have been an all time great.
The joke of the time was that by going to the NFL Dickerson had to take a pay cut. To understand the joke watch the ESPN 30 for 30 Pony Excess. It's about SMU violating every NCAA rule imaginable. His teammate Craig James also was drafted here. Went to the Super Bowl with the Patriots along with Tony Eason.
@@Daniel4KC Would have been? He scored 96 TDs (26th all time).
@@Daniel4KC Lol. You mean the Hall of Fame member Eric Dickerson? Put down the pipe.
@@atgdcommish608probably meant he might have had another 20-30 TDs added to the total. Giving him the top spot for a while.
It happened because the colleges changed their red shirt rule in 1982 allowing an extra year if the player missed a year due to injury. This allowed players who would have come out in 1982 to come out in 1983.
‘83 and ‘89……probably the best ones
Loved watching Dickerson run, he seem so smooth!
The six quarterbacks taken in the first round were the most in NFL history. (The 2024 draft also has six.) Thus, it was the draft of the Year of the Quarterback. The 1983 NFL draft class is known for those six quarterbacks drafted in the first round, four of whom made the Pro Bowl: Elway and Marino (both nine-time Pro-Bowlers), Kelly (four-time Pro-Bowler), and O’Brien, who was a two-time Pro-Bowler and led the NFL in passer rating in 1985. Four of the quarterbacks played in 11 Super Bowls, though winning only two: Elway was 2-3 in Super Bowls, Kelly was 0-4 in Super Bowls, and Marino and Tony Eason each lost one. From 1984-1993 (except 1988), although they lost every one, these quarterbacks appeared in 9 of 10 Super Bowls. Elway, Marino, and Kelly all made the Hall of Fame. (Of the six quarterbacks taken in the first round, only Blackledge was a bust.)
Of the 53 quarterbacks who have been drafted in the first round from 1967-1997 (no players drafted after 1997 have the made the Hall of Fame as of 2016), only six have made the Hall of Fame, and three of those were drafted in the 1983 class. The other three are Bob Griese (1967), Terry Bradshaw (1970), and Troy Aikman (1989). (There are 81 quarterbacks drafted in the first round from 1967-2007, and only Peyton Manning, drafted in 1998, and Aaron Rodgers, drafted in 2005, should add to the list.) Three Hall-of-Fame quarterbacks in one draft in one first round.
There is not a better first round in the history of the NFL draft than the 1983 class. There are a total of six Hall of Famers in the first round alone: the three quarterbacks-Elway, Kelly, and Marino-and Dickerson, Matthews, and cornerback Darrell Green, drafted with the last pick in the first round (no. 28) by the Redskins. The next highest total number of Hall of Famers in the first round for a draft class is four: 1967 and 1989. From 1967-1997 there have been 66 players drafted in the first round who made the Hall of Fame, and six (11%) of those players came from the 1983 draft class.
The 1983 first-round draft class also has five players on the NFL’s list of 100 greatest players: Elway (no. 23), Marino (no. 25), Dickerson (no. 52), Green (no. 75), and Matthews (no. 78), which is the most of any first-round draft class in NFL history. Other players like Warner (the running back, not the quarterback), Hinton, Byrd, Jim Covert, Joey Browner, and Don Mosebar were also drafted in the first round. There were a total of 15 Pro Bowlers in that first round out of 28 players.
Roger Craig should definitely be a Hall of Famer. Gary Anderson shouldn't be penalized solely for the 1998 NFC title game miss. Darryl Talley might have a case as well. Come the next one to two decades we'll see how 2011 stacks up as a Hall of Fame legacy.
Not to nitpick but the Gary Anderson in this draft was a RB. The kicker was drafted in 1982.
Of course Bruce Allen gave jim Kelly the insider information. Jon Grudens convos with Bruce Allen were what got him fired from the raiders.😂
The Bears actually won the Superbowl in January of 1986 but it was for the 1985 football season! There were 2 Pinback Buttons or more that came out around that time and 1 says 1985 and the other says January 1986/the date of the 1985 nfl football season SUPERBOWL! "I know too much!"
Dan Marino fell to #27 overall, there were drug rumors as mentioned, but he was 17-23 in TD-INT as a senior (4-year career:79-69)....
his stats were mediocre for a national college star.....If anything, he was lucky to get Don Shula and a good coaching staff with the Dolphins,
and all the passing records were due to having two 5-9 Mark's (Super Duper & Clayton).
Bobby Beathard said on a draft show a few years ago, the Redskins were going to take Marino at 28, if Miami did not take him with the 27th pick. Imagine Marino with Joe Gibbs. Marino would have multiple Super Bowl rings. Wining Super Bowl 17 probably cost the Redskins Super Bowls in the future. Bad part, it would wipe out Doug Williams win. Now imagine if Bobby would have moved up in second round and got Green. Two first ballot HOFs in a row😊
The San Diego Chargers had the opportunity to obtain John Elway via TRADE, but in traditional Charger style....BLEW IT! In the "GREATEST Draft in NFL History (1983)", the Chargers had three FIRST ROUND PICKS, including #5, #20, & #22. Dan Fouts was holding out and wasn't yet under contract. It was reported that the Colts were offering Elway to the Chargers for the RIGHT package. I believe they wanted TWO of the Chargers First Rounders (#5 & #22). Getting back a Top 10 Draft Pick would have assured Baltimore of being able to obtain another elite QB. Other players were being discussed to be included as well, including former 4th round pick and Chargers back-up QB Ed Luther. Owner Gene Klein would not pull the trigger! Some speculated that Klein used the "Elway to San Diego" rumors to get Veteran and future HOF quarterback Dan Fouts to sign his new contract. In retrospect, the Chargers could have done MUCH MORE with their three picks. The ended up with LB Billy Ray Smith, RB/WR Gary Anderson (who began his career with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL) and DB Gil Byrd. Good players, four PRO BOWLS between them, but not one of the three are in the Hall of Fame.
Please make a “how good was jamaal Charles actually”
I Know I’m not the only one who notice that random floating box on the left hand corner around 7:33 it showed a few times before and after as well
So crazy to think that when the Steelers were in their drought in the 80s Dan Marino falls to them. Lot of close calls in the playoffs while Dan was playing. I think he would’ve been all the difference for one of those 80s or 90s teams to win it all.
Crazy I didn’t know Richard Dent who was drafted by my Bears , was drafted in the 8th round which doesn’t exist anymore. We had 2 hall of famers from that draft .
ALL i remember when it was the Pittsburgh Steelers pick was asking my dad why didnt we pick #13 Dan Marino ?
Marino slid because he had a knee injury in his junior year, and the stupidity of the teams that passed him, with the Jets being, by far, the dumbness of them all because they passed on him for a Div 2 QB no one had heard off.
Well…they ARE the Jets! 😅
And best single draft by a team ever was the 1965 Bears, getting Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers both in the first round!
I may not have been born in 83 but it still makes me sick knowing Pittsburgh skipped over Marino, i understand they still have a defensive mentality and Rivera was starting to come on it makes me think if they could of squeezed in another ring with Marino at the helm.
I was around back then and I feel the same way about Dallas passing on him as well, especially given the disaster that was Gary Hogeboom and Steve Pelleur.
more than one SB had they taken Marino. they had some really good teams that came up short due to lack of a true franchise QB till Ben came on the scene.
Wow!!! I never knew the Raiders made a deal for John Elway and it was accepted. It’s crazy the NFL commissioner blocked it . Imagine Elway on the Raiders . Wow!!!
My only trivia question relates to this video:
Name three players who were drafted by the KC Royals who went on to become starting quarterbacks in the NFL?
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John Elway, Dan Marino, Todd Blackledge.
As a Steelers fan I’m still pissed that they didn’t draft Marino. Bradshaw was done at that point.
As great as this draft is, it's also arguably a jumping the shark moment for the Steelers. Bradshaw was getting long in the tooth and still recovering from elbow surgery at the time of the draft so they were going to need a young QB soon and they had a golden opportunity to draft the already local legend Dan Marino who'd literally been playing football in Pittsburgh his whole life. Instead Noll wanted to bolster the defense and went with Gabe Rivera. How good Rivera might've been we'll never know because he ended up paralyzed in a drunk driving accident shortly into his rookie year. Meanwhile Bradshaw played one game that season before calling it a career. The Steelers would never win more than 9 games in a season under Noll again and they would be stuck in a two decade search for a franchise QB, never mind a QB of Marino's caliber.
It wasn't just the Steelers that jumped the shark that year. The Dallas Cowboys had the opportunity to pick Marino or Ken O'Brien as their next QB and either one of them could have helped slow or even prevent the slide into losing records that Dallas experienced after 1985. Relying on the likes of Gary Hogeboom and Steve Pelleur after Danny White broke his throwing wrist sealed the fate of the team and brought an ignominious end to Coach Landry's legendary career. It's ironic that the two greatest teams of the 1970s both passed on the player that could have saved them from so much misery down the road.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Personally I would've said them getting leapfrogged in the 85 draft by Bill Walsh to get Jerry Rice was where it really went wrong for them. The Cowboys at least tried to get a QB in 83 and there's probably a universe out there where Elway gets traded to the Cowboys
@@bigbearkat2010 yeah that one didn't help either, especially with the terrible luck that Mike Sherrard had with injuries when he was with Dallas. But if they get Jerry and Sherrard stays healthy then it's a sure bet that they don't end up drafting Michael Irvin in 1988. So I don't think that loss hurt them nearly as bad as striking out on a replacement for Danny White until they finally got Aikman in 89. A QB can't win a Super Bowl all by himself but if a team has completely garbage players available at that position odds are strong that it's not going anywhere no matter how good the rest of the team is.
gabe rivera was great i know that because my dad played against him in highschool
1983 was a special year for so many reasons…😢
The Pittsburg Steelers don't make many mistakes in the draft, but they did in 1983 not drafting Dan Marino.
Absolutely…Marino in Pittsburgh would have been EPIC 😮
Thanks to the Colts, Elway went and played for my favorite NFL team for 18 years and 2 SB wins.
The 2017 NFL draft is looking pretty good too: Patrick Mahomes, Christian McCaffrey, TJ Watt, George Kittle, Myles Garrett, Cooper Kupp, etc.
What killed Marino's draft stock was his Wunderlicht score of 12. It's the intelligence test the NFL uses. Average is 25. Just goes to show, intelligence isn't easy to measure. It's not even easy to define.
with all the controversy surrounding Elway threatening baseball, I think the Colts should have picked Dickerson.
First televised draft. 8 am on a Tuesday morning. The entirety of the draft was held on one day. 😳 😮😊
For the record the best 2nd overall pick of all time is LT🔵🔴⚪️🏈💯
And in 1974 the Steelers drafted Lambert, Swan, Stallworth, Webster and Shell. That's 5 HOF'S in one draft.
Everyone had a little Marino envy back in the day. I remember when Marino and Elway went toe to toe in 1984. He made Elway look like a bust.
There was actually a trade under consideration where Elway could have wound up playing for the Seahawks.
Boy did the Jets blow that pick. Dolphins must have been shocked being handed Marino.
Rozelle really screwed the Colts. I would be pissed about that forever if I were a Colts fan.
12:30 ...The announcer says that Marino's marks would eventually be surpasses by 'one quarterback or another'.....errrrr....NO. Those marks were surpassed by ONE QUARTERBACK: TOM BRADY.
Tom Brady ranks first all-time in:
Wins: 251.
Pro Bowls: 15.
Super Bowl MVP Awards: 5.
Completions: 7,753.
Attempts: 12,050.
Passing Yards: 89,214.
Passing Touchdowns: 649.
Tht colts org at tht time was doo doo
The Cowboys also reportedly made a stronger offer than the Broncos which would have included Danny White who was a top QB in the league at that time. For some reason Jim Irsay vetoed it.
Marino changed the game. Period.
The Dolphins could have had Darrell Green---he was the next player taken after Marino. Imagine the Killer B's with Green added in. Green played good enough to help his team win 5 championships--3 Conf. and 2 S.B.'s. Marino played good enough to help his team win only 1 championship--the '84 Conf. Champ.
Why did Marino only have 1 championship--here are his stats from his 3 championship game losses; he had 4 TD's but 6 Int's and 2 fumbles, an avg. Passer Rating of 59, and he led his offense to an avg. of only 12 p.p.g. How can a team win championships when their QB is playing like that ?? They can't and the Dolphins didn't.
For the 199 over all pick we take Tom Brady
My Steelers blew it by not drafting Marino.
People say the Jets dropped the ball but Marino was a Pittsburgh Panther and a local talent. He was an easy fit.
The Steelers and 25 other teams many of whom needed QB's.
@@A_RUclips_Commenter Not to mention the Jets doesn't have the best history for QB development, they likely would have ruin him.
Make a video about 1943 when Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined into one team
Marino was the best in the class. Then Kelley, then Elway. Dan Reeves's top rated defense got Denver to 3 Super Bowls where Elway made an ass of himself. He was just as bad against Green Bay, but Terrell Davis had his back. Elway had the unfortunate reality of playing for Dan Reeves, as already mentioned. Put him in Buffalo or San Francisco and he has their numbers.
Do you have a video on John Elway?
Steelers drafted 5 hall of famers on their own in 1974 so how is that not the best draft class of all time??
Dan Marino was drafted next to last in the First Round by the Miami Dolphins.
The class of 1960 becomes the most star-studded in NFL football 🏈 history
So glad kelly calls buffalo home! Funny because he never left! Jim " machine gun" kelly
Pro-Bowl is voted by the fans, and not to be confused with All-Pro. I thought of that with Bruce Matthews whom is both.
Elway had a great last game vs. Cal before draft ending w/famous kick-off win hitting the T-bone player in the end zone. Disrespected Michael Penix is the Dan Marino of the 2024 draft enjoy
1983 draft was indeed legendary
Amazing
If the Steelers would have chosen Dan Marino they have been to more Super Bowls! It would have been a perfect pick after Bradshaw retired!