Dan Marino

Daniel Constantine Marino Jr. (twitter: @DanMarino)

Position: QB
Height: 6-4    Weight: 224 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: September 15, 1961 in Pittsburgh, PA
College: Pittsburgh   (school history)
Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 1st round (27th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 145 (9th overall since 1950)
9-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2005

• 5/21 FootballPerspective.com: The Most Pass-Happy Coaches in NFL History: Yesterday, I looked at the most pass-happy active head coaches and offensive coordinators in the NFL. If you’ve been a loyal...
• 5/18 FootballPerspective.com: Longest Streaks without a 1,000-yard rusher: Two weeks ago, I looked at the longest streaks where a team failed to have a player rush for 100 yards. Richie asked me if I could...
• 5/14 CW Sports Blog: HOF Worthy: The Importance of Super Bowls for Quarterbacks: Throughout the realm of football media, an inordinate amount of time is spent discussing whether a quarterback has reached “elite”...
• 5/1 FootballPerspective.com: Where Does Tim Tebow Rank in the Pantheon of Great Quarterbacks: With the Jets releasing Tim Tebow, it appears that his NFL career may be over. If that’s the case, it’s time to reflect...

• 4/22 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of April 20, 2003: Strength of early picks in question Next weekend’s draft marks the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest drafts of all...
• 4/16 FootballPerspective.com: Do NFL teams properly value age when drafting quarterbacks?: For the most part, age is rarely discussed when talking about college quarterbacks. Outside of the Brandon Weedens and Chris Weinkes...
• 4/15 SideLion Report: Matthew Stafford is the New Sheriff in Town: The Detroit Lions started their offseason workouts today, and if they came out of the tunnel all at once like they do at a game,...
• 4/13 FootballPerspective.com: Fourth Quarter/Overtime Game-Winning Passing Touchdowns: Yesterday, I looked at the career leaders in 4th quarter (and overtime) game-winning touchdowns from scrimmage. Today I will do...

• 3/25 NFL Mocks: Miami Dolphins 1st Round Options: 2013 NFL Draft: The Dolphins haven’t had a true franchise QB since Dan Marino retired. Their front office finally thinks they have one in...
• 3/11 FootballPerspective.com: Quarterback Age Curves: Last summer, I looked at the age curves for running backs in an attempt to find out if there is a magical cliff at age 30 (there...
• 3/4 FootballPerspective.com: 2013 RSP Football Writers Project: My Picks in Rounds 1 and 2: Matt Waldman and Sigmund Bloom are once again running the RSP Football Writers Project this off-season. Last year, a salary cap...
• 3/1 FootballPerspective.com: Can you name the last non-first ballot HOF Quarterback?: Kurt Warner will be eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2 years, making him a potential member of the Class of 2015. Warner is an...

• 2/28 Money in the Banana Stand: Alex Smith Superstar: Now that an Alex Smith trade to Kansas City appears a fait accompli, long-suffering Chiefs fans are wondering what to make of...
• 2/20 FootballPerspective.com: Comparing rookie quarterbacks to their team’s prior year’s stats: Since 1990, there have been 48 rookie quarterbacks that threw at least 224 pass attempts, the necessary amount to qualify for...
• 2/16 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Sunday, February 17th: We all know that Tom Brady set the single-season passing touchdowns record in 2007, when he threw 50 touchdowns as the New England...
• 2/15 NFL Spin Zone: Kaepernick and Griffin III: Will the Option be an Option in the NFL: Will the option be an option in the NFL? In towns like Norman, Oklahoma, old men gathered to watch NFL games this year, and smiled...
• 2/13 FootballPerspective.com: Happy Valentine’s Day to The Quarterback in Your Life: There have been 35 quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for at least 30,000 yards. Given enough time, you could probably guess...
• 2/6 FootballPerspective.com: NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them: The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting...

• 1/29 FootballPerspective.com: How Super Bowl XLVII could impact the HOF chances of certain 49ers: On Sunday, I looked at how the football legacies of certain Ravens would be affected by a win in Super Bowl XLVII; today I will...
• 1/28 FootballPerspective.com: The Schottenheimer Index: Last week, Neil brought us the latest iteration of the Manning Index, showing which quarterbacks have overachieved in the playoffs...
• 1/27 FootballPerspective.com: How Super Bowl XLVII could impact the HOF chances of certain Ravens: Being a Super Bowl champion is a pretty nice bullet to place on your Hall of Fame resume. For players like Jerry Rice or Peyton...
• 1/22 FootballPerspective.com: The Manning Index (and The Brady Effect): Eight years ago — almost to the day — our old PFR colleague Doug Drinen wrote a Sabernomics post about “The...
• 1/21 FootballPerspective.com: Is Joe Flacco elite?: Just a guess, but I think that question will be asked quite a few times over the next couple of weeks. While the inanity of the...
• 1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Super Bowl History: Now that the Super Bowl matchup is set, I thought I’d start the two-week period with some Super Bow history. The table below...
• 1/20 Stripe Hype: NFL History: Is Tom Brady the Greatest Quarterback of All Time?:   It’s the golden age of the quarterback. Elite passers across the league have continued to put up big numbers this season....
• 1/9 FootballPerspective.com: Comparing Matt Ryan to the previous Mayors of Chokesville: For the second time in three years, the Atlanta Falcons are the NFC’s number one seed. Just like in 2010, the Falcons started...
• 1/4 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career passing stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses; today I will do the same but for quarterbacks. I looked at...
• 1/3 WSJ Daily Fix: A Career Year for Manning?: The Count: After losing a year to injury, the Broncos' star posted one of the most consistently good quarterbacking seasons in...

• 12/9 FootballPerspective.com: Larry Fitzgerald, innocent bystander: In the preseason, I wrote a post showing what percentage of each receiver’s receiving yards came from each of their quarterbacks....

• 11/28 Stripe Hype: Early Christmas in Cincinnati: “Red Rifle” and A.J. Green:   The holiday season is already finding its way onto the streets of Cincinnati. While the defense has established itself...
• 11/17 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: QB Playoff Wins by College: Watching Matt Barkley today against UCLA, I tweeted that Mark Sanchez is responsible for 4 of the 9 playoff wins by USC quarterbacks....

• 10/31 FootballPerspective.com: NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 8: My post for the New York Times this week takes a look at the triumvirate of Mike Tannenbaum, Rex Ryan, and Mark Sanchez. Rex Ryan...
• 10/27 FootballPerspective.com: Wins with quarterbacks drafted by that team: Good stat today by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who notes that Kansas City has gone 25 years without winning a game with a quarterback...
• 10/26 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 26, 2002: In 1971, a man named Don Smith was flying over Kansas, naturally, when he came up with the basic formula for the passer rating....
• 10/18 FootballPerspective.com: When should the Jaguars give up on Blaine Gabbert?: One of the most difficult decisions an organization has to make is when to admit its mistakes. The Jaguars drafted Blaine Gabbert...
• 10/13 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 13, 2002: Tim Couch doesn’t understand that there’s no crying in football. No whining, either. Not if you want to remain a starting...
• 10/4 FootballPerspective.com: Quarter-by-Quarter Team Win Probability Added: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a method of calculating a team’s win probability at the end of any given quarter, given...
• 10/3 FootballPerspective.com: NYT Fifth Down: Post-week 4: This week at the New York Times Fifth Down Blog I selected my quarter-season MVP: If The Associated Press named a most valuable...

• 9/24 FootballPerspective.com: Interceptions per Incompletion (or POPIP): I leave the baseball analysis to my brothers at baseball-reference.com, but I know enough to be dangerous. There’s a stat...
• 9/21 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of September 21, 2002: He is the NFL’s highest-rated quarterback. He has more touchdown passes than anyone. He has 8.76 yards per completion,...

• 8/30 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest QB of All-Time IV, Part II: Career Rankings: Yesterday, I explained the methodology behind the formula involved in ranking every quarterback season in football history. Today,...
• 8/24 FootballPerspective.com: The best fantasy football players since 1950: Bill Simmons wrote about LaDainian Tomlinson last month and called him the best fantasy football player of all-time. “Greatest...
• 8/16 FootballPerspective.com: Joe Namath has become football’s most misunderstood quarterback: A couple of years ago, my colleague Jason Lisk explained why Joe Namath is a legitimate Hall of Famer. With each passing year,...

• 7/23 paullebowitz.com: Strasburg Ambiguity Mars The Nationals’ Magical Season: How can anyone involved with the Nationals justify looking into Stephen Strasburg’s face and telling him that while the team...
• 7/20 FootballPerspective.com: The top receivers and the men who threw to them: Let’s start with some trivia before moving to today’s post: Only two quarterback-receiver pairs have ever topped the...
• 7/18 FootballPerspective.com: Quarterback wins over Pythagoras: No, this article isn’t an article about quarterbacks squaring off against ancient Greek mathematicians. Today, we’re...
• 7/18 Stripe Hype: Top Ten Worst Monday Night Football Bengal Moments:   While flipping channels last night I stumbled upon the NFL Networks Top 10 Gutsiest Calls. I don’t even know where it...
• 7/17 FootballPerspective.com: Random Perspective On: The 2012 New Orleans Saints: One of my law school professors was very quirky, even by law school professor standards. His preferred examination method was...
• 7/4 FootballPerspective.com: Franchise leaders — passing stats: Happy 4th of July! Before you head to your barbecue, I’d recommend you take a look at the incredible document our founders...
• 7/1 Stripe Hype: Week in Review: The Legacy of Ochocinco:   With the recent retirement of the great Ladainian Tomlinson, it seems natural to look around the league and look for other...

• 6/30 Stripe Hype: Bengals Records that may fall this Season:   This season holds a lot of promise for the young Bengals. No one should benefit more from a full off season of workouts...
• 6/30 Stripe Hype: Bengals Records that may Fall this Season:   This season holds a lot of promise for the young Bengals. No one should benefit more from a full off season of workouts...
• 6/29 Stripe Hype: Bengals Records that could Fall this Season:   This season holds a lot of promise for the young Bengals. No one should benefit more from a full off season of workouts...
• 6/29 Stripe Hype: The Legacy of Ochocinco:   With the recent retirement of the great Ladainian Tomlinson, it seems natural to look around the league and look for other...
• 6/28 Stripe Hype: The Legacy of Ochocinco:   With the recent retirement of the great Ladainian Tomlinson, it seems natural to look around the league and look for other...
• 6/13 paullebowitz.com: Did The Dolphins Sign Ochocinco For Hard Knocks?: HBO’s Hard Knocks wanted to have the New York Jets on for a second straight season but after the loud mouth of coach Rex Ryan...

• 4/24 Money in the Banana Stand: The Potential Peyton Problem: The Denver Broncos signed Peyton Manning to a 5-year, $96 million contract on Tuesday. Most NFL prognosticators believe the Broncos...
• 4/20 FanSided: NFL Mock Draft: Picks 1-12 Version 2.0: [caption id="attachment_9235" align="aligncenter" width="366" caption="Jan 2, 2012; Glendale, AZ, USA; Stanford Cardinal quarterback...
• 4/17 FanSided: The Sean 2012 NFL Mock Draft:   Now it's my turn to bring my first round mock draft to Stripehype.com. As a disclaimer, I want to let everyone know that...
• 4/12 Money in the Banana Stand: The Potential Peyton Problem: The Denver Broncos signed Peyton Manning to a 5-year, $96 million contract on Tuesday. Most NFL prognosticators believe the Broncos...

• 1/13 WSJ Daily Fix: Brees vs. Brady vs. Rodgers vs. MarinoThe Count: Three QBs this year threatened or soared past Marino's passing record, but did so in a very different NFL....
• 1/4 SideLion Report: Conversing with the Competition: Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints: It will be just about a month between meetings but Saturday’s game between the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints will...

• 9/20 WSJ Daily Fix: Newton Defies NFL’s Gravity: The Count: Rookie Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has racked up big passing numbers while reviving his team's moribund passing...

• 3/8 Arrowhead Addict: It’s Not That Easy To Pick A Lock: Last week, the Kansas City Chiefs named Kevin Ross to the team’s Hall of Fame. It was an unassailable choice, and gave us all...

• 1/16 AllGreenBayPackers.com: Aaron Rodgers – Throws Like Dan Marino and Runs Llike Steve Young: As I've watched Aaron Rodgers progress over the last few years, there have been things that have amazed me and things that gave...
• 1/11 WhoDatDish.com: 3/14/06 All Saints Day: March 14.2006 IS A DAY THAT SAINTS FANS SHOULD HAVE ENGRAVED IN THEIR MINDS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. TWO MONTHS BEFORE THAT...

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