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The Dan Marino Mythology
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Don't you remember when Lorenzo Hampton and Tony Nathan were running nikkas over??im waiting for @murksiderock to bring up the Dolphin runner teams had to gameplan for that Marino had.
fukk your stat whoring. Who was the Fish runner who had defensive coordinators scheming for during Marino’s time?
murksiderock
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Bullshyt. What is the purpose of posting those rushing numbers as if teams facing the dolphins went into games, saying “look out for that guy!!” In the backfield?
You posted a bunch of irrelevant game total stats as if that equals what teams schemed for when facing Marino’s Dolphins.
fukk outta here. Not a single player in the backfield gave teams someone other than Marino to scheme for so your post was trash and pointless.
I’d son any of these stat geeks you are cosigning. You really thought you were going to post game total rushing stats and think it made a point.
There was not a single threat in the backfield that Dan Marino ever handed the ball off to his playoff career.
Not a solitary one.
You're arguing a point I'm not even contesting
, it's all good bruh...
NYC Rebel
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Don't you remember when Lorenzo Hampton and Tony Nathan were running nikkas over??
fukking Ron Davenport.
I remember him getting all those cheap receiving touchdowns his rookie season from Marino and everyone thought he was going to be special.
Bum ass Andra Franklin too
fukking Ron Davenport.
I remember him getting all those cheap receiving touchdowns his rookie season from Marino and everyone thought he was going to be special.
Miami had NO RUNNING BACKS
I forgot about Ron Davenport
I remember when they drafted David Overstreet and thought he was gonna be the answer
I remember when they drafted David Overstreet and thought he was gonna be the answer
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Man like Bernie Parmaleeim waiting for @murksiderock to bring up the Dolphin runner teams had to gameplan for that Marino had.
fukk your stat whoring. Who was the Fish runner who had defensive coordinators scheming for during Marino’s time?
A UPS delivery man until he got signed up for the Dolphins playoff run.
Close to 70 if he played today
NYC Rebel
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From Queens, New York.Man like Bernie Parmalee
A UPS delivery man until he got signed up for the Dolphins playoff run.
Between Patrick Ewing and Dan Marino, I don’t know who’s organization did worse by them.
From Queens, New York.
Between Patrick Ewing and Dan Marino, I don’t know who’s organization did worse by them.
- Lorenzo Hampton (1985-1989): Hampton was a first round pick of the Dolphins following their Super Bowl appearance. The club recognized the need for a running game and thought Hampton would be the answer. They were wrong and it would not be the last time. Hampton peaked with 830 yards in 1986 but was done by 1989 with a yards per carry rate below four.
- Sammie Smith (1989-1991): Another first round pick (ninth overall) to go poorly for Marino and the Dolphins. Smith was very talented and put together a great college career at Florida State. However, he was at FSU in the late 1980s (presumably on cocaine the entire time). He ran for 831 yards in 1990, but that was about all he ever contributed as he was out of Miami after the following season. In 1996 he was busted with cocaine (FSU, man) and spent seven years in prison and it’s hard to succeed in the NFL when you’re in prison.
- Mark Higgs (1990-1994): Higgs was not drafted by the Dolphins, but signed as a free agent prior to the 1990 season. He topped the 900 yard mark twice while in Miami and was of the better backs to be paired with Marino. He wasn’t much on average though, never once averaging four yards per carry. Sadly, Higgs was a total dud out of the backfield as a receiver, never once catching more than 16 balls in a single season. He has since started his own business and coaches HS football.
- Terry Kirby (1993-1995): Kirby is one of my favorite Marino backs. Kirby actually had a pretty decent career, spending his first three years in Miami. He rushed for only 1,035 yards in those three seasons, but was a terrific weapon as a receiver. In fact, he caught 75 balls during his rookie season and 66 in his final season. He is the brother of mediocre baseball player, Wayne Kirby. What a family.
- Bernie Parmalee (1992-1998): The longest tenured Marino back, Parmalee was only a starter for two years. He topped the 800 yard mark twice as he made a decent duo with Terr Kirby in 1994 and 1995. He would stay in Miami for a few more seasons, primarily as a back up and totaled just under 2,000 yards in his seven seasons with the Dolphins. This past February he was hired as the tight ends coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Karim Abdul-Jabbar (1996-1999): Ladies and Gentleman, I give you the only 1,000 yard rusher to ever team with Dan Marino. This should tell you just how anemic the running game was during Marino’s career. The hilariously named Abdul-Jabbar was drafted by the Dolphins in the third round out of UCLA (not be confused with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). He ran for 1,116 yards in his rookie season, but got those yards averaging just 3.6 a carry. In 1997, his second season, Abdul-Jabbar led the NFL with 15 rushing touchdowns (BIG). However, his career was over two years later. He has had at least three different names in his lifetime, recently changing it because he was sued by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I’m not making that up.
- Lawrence Phillips (1997): Phillips played only a half season with Marino in 1997. He is notable on this list though because it’s when Marino’s career was coming to a close and the Dolphins were desperate. Phillips had a shady history legally before joining the Dolphins but they needed some pop. He provided only 44 yards and was in the news constantly for being a son of a bytch. During his career and after, the talented Phillips has been arrested numerous times for violent offenses. In 2009 he was sentenced to 31 yearsin prison.
- Cecil Collins (1999): Lawrence Phillips Jr. Collins had a TON of problems while in college, so much so that he was kicked out of LSU. Still, the poor Dolphins needed a running game, so they took the talented Collins in the fifth round of the NFL draft. He ran for over 400 yards as a rookie during Marino’s final season. It ended up being Collins’ final season as well. The winter of his rookie season, he broke into a woman’s house to “watch her sleep”. This stunt, coupled with previous charges landed him in prison for 15 years (he’s due out in 2014).
They force fed Kareem to get that 1000 mark with his 3.6 ypc anything to finally get a 1000 yards
Karim Abdul Jabbar when he was at UCLA I think had a big game against the Hurricanes in college
I think he tore em up for like 300 yards
He didn't do anything in the NFL
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Im surprised Sammie Smith could snort a line the way he fumbled everything he touched.
Never saw a RB with a bigger fumbling problem
I still remember watching Marino's last game 
I was rooting for the the Jags, too, but I was like:
Get zipped up in plastic, when it happens, that's it
I was rooting for the the Jags, too, but I was like:
Get zipped up in plastic, when it happens, that's it
62-7I still remember watching Marino's last game
I was rooting for the the Jags, too, but I was like:
Get zipped up in plastic, when it happens, that's it
I didn’t like those Dolphin teams when Jimmy was there so I was kinda happy but it was sad to see Marino go out like that
That 90 yard TD run by Fred Taylor though?
The 1999 Jacksonville Jaguars might‘ve been the greatest video game team ever I was KILLING with them on NFL 2K 