Dan Marino, not John Elway, is the Comeback King

[ZB9]

both Marino and Elway were both "comeback kings". There is not only one

as well as Joe Montana, Roger the Dodger...

[pfunk880]

Quote: Originally Posted by FootballSchemer

Good lord your wrong twice about the 4th QTR Comeback King Marino>Elway>Flutie ding ding ding!!

I assume you meant to say: Flutie>Marino>Elway?

[deaduck]

To be in the running for comeback king your team had to be losing near the end of the game.

Wouldn't a more impressive title be...My team is so far ahead my back up is playing the fourth quarter king?

[MattieShoes]

Quote: Originally Posted by deaduck

To be in the running for comeback king your team had to be losing near the end of the game. Wouldn't a more impressive title be...My team is so far ahead my back up is playing the fourth quarter king?

The "It doesn't matter if I'm in the game or not because my team is so good" king? Ben, step up to the podium.

[TheWatcher]

Can someone detail some meaningful games in which Dan Marino pulled a comeback, and when I say meaningful I'm talking playoffs.

Elway did that a number of times, and Joe Montana pulled a 92-yarder to win it against an extremely physical Bengal defense in a Super Bowl (SB 23) which trumps all.

[Jistic]

If Marino had Terrel Davis he would've had a ring too.

[rudyjuly2]

It's nice to know Marino is #1. But comparing comebacks is pointless when discussing which quarterback is better. I'm biased as a Dolphin fan and think Marino is better than Elway but there really isn't a right or wrong answer.

All I will say is that Marino never had a 1000 yard rusher until Karim Abdul-Jabaar who sucked. Marino's defenses all ranked in the bottom third of the league except a few times. Montana benefited from having super talented teams in every way. One year they ranked #1 in both total offense and defense and still lost in the first playoff game to Minny. Rings are great but football is the ultimate team game. It's very unfair to say Marino wasn't as good as an Elway or Montana just because of championships. The fact they only had one losing season under Marino is incredible considering how bad some of the Dolphin teams were.

[CW McGraw]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheWatcher

Can someone detail some meaningful games in which Dan Marino pulled a comeback, and when I say meaningful I'm talking playoffs. Elway did that a number of times, and Joe Montana pulled a 92-yarder to win it against an extremely physical Bengal defense in a Super Bowl (SB 23) which trumps all.

Unfortunately, every time Marino was leading a comeback, his team would screw up. In his rookie season in his first playoff game ever, he played bad for three quarters but got hot in the fourth. Right when he was about to get the ball back and finally beat the Seahawks, Fulton Walker fumbled the kickoff and Marino never got a shot.

Then in 1994, he drove the Fins down field within FG range to beat the Chargers, but Uwe Von Schamann missed the game winning FG.

IIRC, he lead a fourth quarter comeback against Joe Montana's Chiefs in the playoffs sometime in the early 90s.

No one's gonna dispute that Montana was the most clutch QB ever or that John Elway is near the top for what he did to the Browns in 80s. All I'm saying with this topic that when you gave the ball to Dan Marino with one drive to win the game, chances are he'd win it for you. In the playoffs, his team never gave him those opportunities. I remember hearing somewhere that Marino's average comeback was from 14 points back, Montana's was 10 or so, and Elways was around 3 behind.