re: Joe Burrow's Greatness

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I will reference Dan Marino again. If you could go back in time to right after the 1984 season when the 49ers beat Marino and the Dolphins in the Super Bowl. You could have found ppl that would have bet there life saying you wrong that Marino would never win a Super Bowl and even more so that he would never get to another Super Bowl.

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There's a ton of posters here today who weren't alive to witness that but you are correct. Even those who were around tend to remember Marino in his later years especially the "last legs" Marino where he played after tearing his Achilles.

Marino had a huge chip on his shoulder after he fell in the 1983 Draft after rumors of cocaine usage at Pitt hurt his draft stock. Marino & Elway were supposed to go 1 & 2 that draft but Marino fell all the way to the Dolphins at 27.

At the end, he still had the big arm & quick release but he was completely immobile by that type & sitting duck in the pocket. Young Marino was athletic as they come to go along with the big arm & quick release. Marino put the 1984 Dolphin team on his back to get to the Super Bowl.

Why Dan Marino's 1984 Season is the Greatest in NFL History

Montana

Mahomes inherited a team that made the playoffs and had a head coach that was paving his way to Canton.

Marino same thing.

Bengals were the laughing stock of the NFL 2 short years ago with a rookie head coach they just hired.

Montana isn't close to Burrow.

- Dan Marino
- Joe Montana
- Peyton Manning
- Tom Brady
- Patrick Mahomes
- Joe Burrow

In their first full season as a starter, the only one who is on Burrow's level is Dan Marino & Patrick Mahomes, throwing for more yards and more TD's. None come close to Burrow's completion percentage.

Montana…not even close in his 1st full year.