NFL Week 15: What's the Morrall to the story?

That post PROVES you didn't watch him play.

 

I did watch him play quite a bit, Simon. Not as much as you did, but enough to have an opinion on the topic. Marino had a tremendous feel for the pocket and an ability to buy time without being able to run fast, but his lines weren't as bad in pass protection as you are making them out to be.

 

Your disavowing the ridiculous "he was a statue" drone at least gets you a seat at the table.

But Marino always set, and fired. He gladly took incompletions instead of sacks. Which makes his QB rating even more fucking remarkable.

He had five years of Dwight surrounded by drek to begin his career, and then Webb on the blindside from 1990 till the end.

That was it.

Yes, children, the release was THAT quick.

 

He also gladly forced balls into coverage rather than taking sacks, but overall the results were worth it most of the time. Marino came into the league at about the time when I started watching the NFL seriously, so I remember well just how good he was in his prime. I think a lot of people remember him at the end, when he couldn't move at all, so they underestimate that part of his game.

I think perhaps you aren't giving the lines he played with quite enough credit. You don't hit that many deep balls without some help up front, no matter how quick your release is. But I think we're on close enough ground to agree to slightly disagree.

 

The whole premise was that Marino didn't get help from his offensive lines, which he did. I don't care how quick your release is, you don't go through a season and only get sacked 10 times and not have good pass protection.

 

Marino's release was lightning-quick. No one sane is debating that.

 

He was sacked 6 times in 612 dropbacks 20 years ago with one of the worst collections of talent the league has ever seen.

The offensive line was very bad.

 

I'm not debating his release. It was as fast as anybody I've seen. There have been some pretty quick defensive linemen, too.