Dan Marino ranked as 10th best quarterback of all time
MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 13: Former Miami Dolphins player Dan Marino looks on prior to the game against the Cleveland Browns at Hard Rock Stadium on November 13, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images) | Getty ImagesContent! Get your hot, fresh offseason content here!
With football games being nothing but memories this time of year, plenty of outlets are churning out various lists and rankings to keep football fans satiated during the downtime between the Super Bowl and the NFL Scouting combine (which starts on Monday).
Bleacher Report recently ranked the 99 best quarterbacks of all time - and the legendary Hall-of-Fame quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, Dan Marino, made the top-10.
Marino checked in at number 10 on Bleacher Report's list - with every quarterback ranked ahead of him winning at least one Super Bowl.
Here is the entire top-10 list:
- Tom Brady
- Joe Montana
- Peyton Manning
- Patrick Mahomes
- Aaron Rodgers
- John Elway
- Brett Favre
- Drew Brees
- Steve Young
- Dan Marino
What was the reasoning behind Marino making the list at number ten?
Dan Marino is arguably the greatest pure arm talent in NFL history. Period. Full stop.
To call his right arm a cannon is an understatement. And in an era when 4,000 passing yards was a big year, Marino did the unthinkable and threw for 5,000 yards. It's legitimately the equivalent of 6,000 passing yards in a season today.
Not only was Marino the first quarterback to hit five grand, but it was over 25 years before Tom Brady and Drew Brees did it again-in 2011.
During that historic season (his second), Marino won both Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year. It was the first of three straight seasons that he led the league in passing-a feat he would accomplish five times over 17 years.
Marino tallied a gaudy 61,361 passing yards over a career that got him inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005. At the time, that was the most passing yards in NFL history.
Brett Favre didn't pass him until 2007."
Top Accolades: Hall of Famer, 1x MVP, 1x OPOY, 9x Pro Bowler, 3x All-Pro, 1x Bert Bell Award
Key Stats: Record: 147-93 (61.3%); Pass: 61,361 Yds, 420 TD, 252 INT, 59.4 Comp%, 86.4 Rating; Rush: 87 Yds, 9 TD; 33 4Q Comebacks; 47 GW Drives
Total Seasons: 17 (Miami Dolphins)