Who was better?

[BillsNYC]

Jim Kelly or Dan Marino?

[WG]

Passer: Marino hands down!

Overall QB: Kelly hands down!

[Pride]

I agree

Dan was the prototype pocket passer.

Kelly was the prototype field general and motivator.

if I had a choice who I wanted on my team in the SB? Kelly.

[clumping platelets]

I agree with wys

[Ebenezer]

Jim Kelly...no comparison...Marino could through for ever...he couldn't lead girl scouts to sell cookies.

[THATHURMANATOR]

I hate to say it but Marino

BUT Jimbo did OWN Marino in head to head matchups!!!

[BillsNYC]

Marino never had the supporting cast that Kelly had...not even close.

[WG]

Not true. He never had the RB that Kelly had, but that's about it. He had some very good OLs and WRs.

Kelly didn't have what Marino had in WRs but he had Thurman which I agree was huge.

Marino, on a team w/ the Hogs like Rypien had when they won the SB would have been awesome. But the way that Miami approached football back then was silly. They tried to win it all w/ a passing game. I'm not quite sure to this day whether they tried to draft some RBs but just failed, or didn't pay too much attention. I know that in the twilight of Marino's career they tried. But during the '80s and early '90s? Not so sure.

They had D at times. So IMO, if they had had a decent RB, then they would have won a SB somewhere along the line.

[Pride]

Originally posted by BillsNYC
Marino never had the supporting cast that Kelly had...not even close.

I knew this argument would be brought up. I feel that Miami always tried to get a RB that could carry the load, but with Marino and the mark's brothers on your team, they just couldn't get the RB involved enough.

They went through 4-5 RB's that one season, trying to find "the one".

Even Jimmy Johnson couldn't change their gameplan. With Marino on your team, there is no such thing as a running game, and that is why Marino shot himself in the foot.

[BillsNYC]

what? mark "super" Duper was as good as Reed? c'mon now, he never had the wr's that kelly had..and thomas for us was also a receiver, so you have to take that into account.

[Ebenezer]

Marino quit on every interception he ever threw...did he EVER make a tackle??

[BillsNYC]

this is the weakest argument i've ever seen....

[THATHURMANATOR]

Who cares how many tackles he made? He didn't play defense.


OMG I never thought I would ever defend Dan Marino in my life!!!!

[lordofgun]

BillsNYC is no longer cool.

[BillsNYC]

i'm rooting for jimbo...but nobody is making a good case...and that scares me!

Originally posted by lordofgun
BillsNYC is no longer cool.