Dan Marino never won a Super Bowl. Here's what left him empty-handed.
This might be the most requested video we've ever had, so thrilled to finally present Dan Marino's episode of "Untitled." Well, it's Ryan's episode of "Untitled" about Dan Marino, but you get it.
I don't think any of us fully understood how absurd Marino's career was - in a few different senses of the word "absurd." MVP in his first full season as starter, his name lining the league's record books, two of the most accomplished coaches the league has ever seen, and a level of disfunction that makes the shortcomings more frustrating and the success even more impressive. Achieving that at the same time is a very impressive feat - just probably not as sweet as a Super Bowl win would've been.
Check out this episode to fully understand what happened over 17 years in order for Dan Marino to finish his career untitled.
Written and produced by Ryan Simmons
Directed by Jiazhen Zhang
Edited by Jiazhen Zhang, Phil Pasternak, and Mike Das
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when is the bill russel episode
@The Ultimate Wilt the stilt
With the standard the Hall of Fame has set for itself, Eli Manning belongs. But if he never won a Super Bowl, he wouldn’t be in the conversation. His stats wouldn’t get him there alone like Marino.
Heres why Dan failed point blank period the dolphins organization,i give credit to some for sayn it,but they didn't spend money on what they needed and rode the studs they did have into the dirt without thought on support players . I'm from wisconsin yet i can name a mass of dolphin players even David woodley,or a wisc native John offerdahl?I admitt i wasn't a fan i was a phinnatic!
Before watching, I'm going to say No Run Game!
Please do the next untitled on Tony Gwynn! 2 WS appearances but no ring. One of the best to ever pick up a bat!
Cause Marino wear number 13 bad luck
Laces out, Dan!
That wasn't the ending Marino deserved, but at least it proves that my Jags were one good at football.
I always just assumed it was the devils bargain for the perfect season.
Off topic but the bengals could never beat the 49ers
In a nutshell? The NFC was just too strong in the 80's and the Bill's dominated the early 90's. Then he tore his achilles and was never the same. Still the most exciting QB to watch and a fiery competitor.
"Dan Marino is one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the NFL" - Dan Marino
Because he didn't play for the STEELERS!!!
Dan Marino was ..... a little overrated? His passer rating was top 5 six times, which is really good. But he only led the league once. Roger Staubach led to league 4 times in 8 years as a starter. Ken Anderson led the league 4 times.
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Marino should have never stayed in Miami. I love my Dolphins, but that franchise did nothing to help Marino.
Because people kept telling him he’d be back.
The Passing Game, entertaining football experience and The Running Game. Entertaining offense makes a crowd gasp at the snap of the ball and again when a running back takes the handoff. But only happens if the running back has gained the fans respect by 3rd down conversions or somehow being the quarterback and the teams BAIL OUT MAN ON 3RD DOWN
Laces Out
Q) Why did Dan Marino never win a Super Bowl? A) He only had one team good enough to make it. They lost. Against the 49ers. Everybody lost against the 49ers.
At the end of every episode I shed a tear
A good class. Elway. Kelly..
There are many great players who neve won a Super Bowl besides Marino; Fran Tarkenton, Jim Kelly, Dan Fouts, Warren Moon, Eric Dickerson, Barry Sanders, Philip Rivers, OJ Simpson, Donovan McNabb, Gayle Sayers to name but a few. Many never even got to play in one. For these players, it just wasn't meant to be.
Wait a minute, the Buffalo Bills have some of the craziest moments and records in NFL history. Norwood's super bowl losing kick, 4 straight super bowl losses. How do they not have a deep rewind of any sort?? Are you guys planning anything for them?
Rumor has it that he never wanted the Dolphins to help balance the offense. Back then you needed a good running game. dolphins never really did Marino only wanted WRs
Jim Kelly...
Laces out
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Dolphins always been a boo boo team.
great regular season quarterback
The Redskins would have picked him next. Probably a different outcome for him.
The Dolphins of the late 80s were very similar to the Saints team of 2014-2016. Both teams had potent offenses that ranked near the top of the league and quarterbacks who were setting one record after another but their defenses ranked near or at the bottom. For this reason, both teams were not playoff contenders during those periods.
Can you do Larry Fitzgerald?
What left Marino empty handed-I wonder how he played when he had his best chances for success-in his 4 championship games. Dan played in 3 Conference Championship games and 1 Super Bowl. How did he play in those 4 games? In the '84 Conf. Champ. game he was very good, but in the other 3, not so much.
In the other 3 which were all losses, Dan had 4 TD's BUT 6 INT's and 2 fumbles, an avg. Passer Rating UNDER 60, 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 ?
Ray Finkle
DO STEVE LARGENT!!!!!
His stats are by far the best in history considering his era was much less conducive to passing
No running game. No offensive line. No defense. It was just Marino. Jimmy Johnson ruined the rest of what was left.
Dan played mediocre in some big playoff games. Stop with the excuses
Because he bumped into Roger Craig. The Miami defense said after the game they couldn't deal with Roger Craig.
He didnt win a superbowl but he jad some cool TV shows in Baywatch and Knight Rider.
Is the Jersey.
Squish the fish baby
You don’t need a whole video to explain this, just two words : JIM KELLY! Wooo!
Being a life long Dolphins fan it's difficult to see things any other way when concerning Dan Marino, however I always found it somewhat flattering that when the subject of your favorite football team came up, no matter what team the others in the conversation backed, they'd always speak of Marino with such adoration and enthusiasm. It was like every football fan in the world was a fan of Marino. Winning season or losing season, Super Bowl ring or not, I've never talked to a person who's eyes didn't light up when speaking of Marino. He was not an "underdog", he was a player who's ability and talent transcended the game itself and was probably viewed by most as being an individual master of an art form more than a showpiece member of a legendary squad. Another name that was spoken with the same universal adoration was Barry Sanders.
Rb, defense, the end
That damn Ray Finkle
Because defenses actually played defense back in the day and the quarterbacks got hit
I wonder how a quarterback as text book as Dan Marino, never wins a super bowl and someone as unconventional looking as Tom Brady wins 7? Could moneyball movie have it right? Scouts can't see the things that matters the most in finding a winner?
Cuz he was overrated and had zero leadership ability. coke head Dan
Karim Abdul-Jabbar got over 1k yards in 1997 and drafted Pro Bowlers Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas.....why cant you mentioned that???
I got him in my top 5!!!
Miami never had a good defense to support Marino
He played for the dolphins
Because the laces weren't out ....Dan 😂
can u name any perennial pro bowlers or hall of famers on this team besides Marino I think the dolphins got in too a malaise of bad drafting and quite frankly coaching shula was a great coach no doubt after those 2 losing seasons back to back they should have let shula go hard to say a lot of times coaches get set in their ways and don't try new concepts especially if you won throughout your career sometimes new fresh energy with fresh concepts are needed
The best pocket passer ever!(teams win championships)
This narrative reminds me of a player i know today...
Short answer: The 90's bills that were an objectively better team Long Answer: The 90's bills that were an objectively better team. Fact is the dolphins didnt do much to help marino and as a result he couldnt ever get over Kelly's bills that had more overall talent.
Dan Marino was a great QB in the NFL but the reason why he never won a Super Bowl in his NFL career is a lack of a running game, a defense and the Dolphins organization let him down
Him throwing laser beams to recievers/backs who were only 15ft away certainly didn't help.
Who here didnt know football is a team game?
Good video. Pretty informative. Thanks. Always kinda wondered WHY HE REALLY never won. This helped. Thank you.
Wish he would have won a SB...
Marino was ready to give up at 31. Brady just won another at 43. Man. Unreal.
If only that damned Ray Finkle hadn't botched that field goal.
It definitely has Bill Walsh and the 49ers to blame. But it sucks because he truly is the best Qb. No one could throw a ball like him.
Bruh, 3 of the 6 qbs taken in this draft were Jim Kelly, Elway, and Marino. What a draft
Bruh, 3 of the 6 qbs taken in this draft were Jim Kelly, Elway, and Marino. What a draft
Really well done video, highlights the multitude of variables that go into winning the super bowl.
Dan didn't win a super bowl, bcuz he wasn't the NFL puppet scripted, chosen one!!! Unlike Tom Brady who is the greatest puppet scripted goat of them all!!!! Dan Marino, was a better thrower of the pig skin than brady!!!
reason: Buffalo Bills
No run game. Simple
I'm about to watch the video right now so I'm saying this before I saw this video but I'm a dolphins fan since 1984 and I always thought that for how good they were in the regular season they just weren't built to win in the playoffs no running game no power not a strong defense to be able to rely on they were predicated on speed but rain and snow and cold reduce speed and they didn't have the power to make up for it.
Because he didn’t have Andre Reed, Thurman Thomas, Don Bebe(spelled wrong probably sorry)
Bad defenses, the end.
All those 8-8 dolphins teams would’ve been 2, 3, and 4 win teams with any other QB.
Marinos first 2 years are a lot like Mahomes
Was born before 1994
Which is worst Kelly and Buffalo loses 3 straight super bowl or Marino never won a Super Bowl?
I don’t need to watch the video it’s because they had a mediocre to poor defense And no running game. Which means the teams knew exactly what the dolphins offensive game plan was Marino throwing the ball 40 times a game that’s why
We never really had a decent running back it was all on Dan's Rifle Arm
"Wide right", everyone knows Ray Finkle was the reason. They would have won that game. And then being kidnapped by Louis Einhorn,just crazy!
is it possible his pay was an issue? ya know - he was getting paid so much that they couldnt afford other good players?
He was a one man team basically. Miami never adequately built around him. Still can’t believe the Steelers passed on him because of some partying rumors. Kinda of hilarious he ended up in Miami in the 80s considering lol
Simple .JOE COULD RUN (SCRAMBLE)LEFT .RIGHR OR UP THE MIDDLE.JUST LIKE THE KID FROM K.C.DID AGAINST THE 49ERS IN LAST YEARS S.B.AS MY ANALYSIS projected in both super bowls.
They had no defense.period.offense is what sells tickets in THIS NEW ERA OF NFL PRODUCTIONS.
Imagine if Pittsburgh would’ve drafted him!!
Marino might have not won a superbowl but at least he didnt lose 4 superbowls like Jim Kelly!!!
Do one on how Steven Gerrard never won a Premier League
"REcords that stood until other Hall of Famers broke theM"......oh no.....try records that stood until the NFL made playing defense virtually impossible making all of Marinos numbers no longer untouchable.....Or he would have every record still
Another answer. No running game.
Because he had a shitty moron coach
Playing for a team that wasn't worth being in the Playoffs and having to drag said team there each year with only the help of the Kicker and the Coach Pete Stoyanovich and Don Schula was the main reason he left empty handed. And the same with Warren Moon and the Oilers. Montana and the Niners had nothing to do with it.
And he is why the Dolphins will never win a Superbowl I call it the Marino curse
Screw Brees, Marino’s stats are more impressive given how tough his era was.
the tight wallet didnt help Marino at all.....Kelly and Marino were great to watch but its crazy that neither one won a super bowl. I'm a niner fan and as much as bills and dolphins hated each other man the cowboys in the 90's were a real thorn on our side.
shula as much as I loved him he should of been fired
Maybe because he wore #13. Wilt scored 100 points in 1 game but he only won 1 title. He also wore #13.The #13 is not associated with anything good. I heard so many horrible events and more than any # of the month just google it.I graduated from a peer counseling class on Friday Jan.13,2012. I was browsing you tube about 5 years later and was reading about the sinking of the Concordia which happened Jan.13,2012. I’m very superstitious and I won’t do anything on that day
Cause the Steelers didn't draft him because of an "internally dropped ball".
Packers doing this to Rodgers.
my poor phins
Cry baby his whole career that’s why