Shula
Csonka (actually the whole 70's Dolphin team) :D
Marino
A.J. Duhe(one of my all-time favs)..or Zach. ...to difficult too just pick four, but that's a good start.

 

Shula, Langer, Marino and Zach Thomas.

Mt Rushmore was supposed to also have a "Hall of Records" at it's base in a room cut out of stone, in there the entire 1972 should have bronze busts displayed.

We can put JT's bust all the way in the back of the room behind a small office ficus tree until he retires.

 

I couldnt find the individual votes. The closest I found was this.

Florida (Dan Marino, Don Shula, Bobby Bowden, Tim Tebow)

As a Gator fan I vote we impeach Bowden :tongue2:

 

No nancy boys allowed...

Drop JT add ZT.

Three chins and one damn fine QB....

Marino
Shula
Zonk
Zach

 

From what I read it is for sports in general and the blogger is trying to break it down by teams. I think having to pick 5 from sports in general is much more interesting.

 

Young and bored mate...

Joe Delamielleure...

and John Hannah not ringing any bells.... :wink2:

 

Don Shula
Dan Marino
Larry Czonka
Zach Thomas

 

Joe Robbie
Shula
Marino
Csonka

 

Wayne H. Huizenga!
Don Shula
Dan Marino
Larry Csonka

 

Marino, Griese, Shula, & Csonka.

Honorable mentions to Richmond Webb & Joe Robbie, IMO.

 

Fixed that Yets list fur yah. Looks much better now. :tongue2:

Damn... I had the wrong one at first. I fixed my fix.

 

bro.. please do not alter anyones quotes. Quote him and then add the change to "your" post and you are ok.

 

Shula Marino Stephenson Little.

 

shula, marino, zonk, zach thomas

 

They'd be my 4 too!:up:

 

Those were my 4

 

(L-R) Robbie, Griese, Marino, Shula

 

Muck, Celtkin, Mindwarp, FFIC


imo

 

Dan Marino
Dan Marino
Dan Marino
Dan Marino

where's Bruce Smith and Andre Reed?

 

Dan Marino, Don Shula, Larry Csonka, Eddie Moore.

 

Jets
Joe Namath
Don Maynard
Curtis Martin
Joe Klecko

Miami
Don Shula
Dan Marino
Zach Thomas
Larry Csonka

New England
Tom Brady
Bill Belichick
Tedy Bruschi
Andre Tippett

Buffalo
Marv Levy
Jim Kelly
Bruce Smith
OJ Simpson

 

Looks about right to me, except for Bruschi maybe.

 

I couldn't think of a 4th Patriot and since he has been there so long, played very well and is a fan favorite, I put Tedy in there. I've yet to meet a New England fan that doesn't LOVE him.

 

Gap, you should have put up a poll with a bunch of different choices so we could vote on our own. :D
As for my picks, I'm going to go with three that should be pretty obvious:

• Dan Marino: Dan is the reason I became a Dolphins fan in the first place. He is arguably the best pure passer in NFL history. Favre's taken some of his records, but the man was an incredible competitor and elevated some otherwise mediocre Miami teams into playoff contenders.
• Don Shula: He's one of the best head coaches of all time, and was the man who lead the 1972 team to the NFL's only undefeated record. Shula is not only the best Dolphins coach, but he may be the best coach in NFL history, period.
• Larry Csonka: Csonka holds the unusual distinction of being one of the few offensive players ever called for unnecessary roughness, after he delivered a vicious stiff arm that put the opponent on the ground. The guy just looked for ways to to get involved in physical contact on the field. The standard for NFL fullbacks.

For my last pick, there's a lot of names out there that have a lot of value to me. The backbone of the 70s team is easy. You could take Dick Anderson, Jim Langer, Nick Buoniconti, Larry Little, Bob Kuechenberg, or Paul Warfield and no one would complain. I'm also partial to the 80s receivers. Guys like Mark Clayton and Mark Duper. Underrated players like A.J. Duhe, Dwight Stevenson, and John Offerdahl. Newer Dolphins like Zach Thomas, Jason Taylor, and yes, even Ricky Williams. All those guys are valid, to some extent. But my last choice is a little bit out of the box.

• Jake Scott - Scott gets forgotten by most casual fans, who only know him as "the guy who wore #13 before Marino." Think about it this way: without Jake Scott, there might not be a 1972 undefeated team. Scott seemed to play his best football when it mattered most, and his key fourth quarter interception against the Redskins helped to seal the Super Bowl, and in process the immortality of that magical 1972 season. Scott went to 5 Pro Bowls and was a 2 time All Pro. The fact that he isn't a member of our Ring of Honor is criminal.

So there you have it. The others are fine, but my quartet is Marino, Shula, Csonka, and Scott.

 

Lucas
Feely
Culpepper
Harrington

A rock solid reminder of what not to do after the best qb of the franchise's history retires.

 

And i don't know many Dolphin, Bills or Jets fan who doesn't hate him :lol:

How about for a 4th Viniteri? Mr. Clutch won them a couple superbowls in heroic fashion. But not sure if the pats fan base still likes him or not since his departure.

 

You can't have a kicker on your Mount Rushmore. :lol:

 

Top 4:
1. Shula
2. Marino
3. Csonka
4. Griese

Bottom 4:
2,344: Erik Kumerow
2,345: Jerry Wilson
2,346: Ray Lucas
2,347: Tom Olivadatti

 

Marino, Shula, Csonka and Jason Taylor

 

Shula, Csonka, Griese, Marino.

I really regret you younger guys didn't get to see the greatness of those early 70s teams.

As time fades the memories, it seems a no-brainer to pick Marino as the greatest Miami QB, but I tell you, when Dan was still playing, it was a very, very close question in my mind whether he, or Griese, was the better Phins QB, despite all the records.

He was referred to as, "the surgeon" and "the professor". The team's play expressed his intelligence. I don't know how else to say it, and that doesn't truly express what it was like to watch him lead the team. I've never seen another QB's personality expressed t through a team's play so thoroughly as that. Joe Montana might be the closest, but it was his risk taking and confidence that was communicated through the 9ers play more than sheer intelligence.

 

Agreed. Pennington frequently reminded me of Griese in that respect. That's why he and Marino are in the center of my Rushmore, with the front office and coaching legends (Robbie and Shula) flanking them.

 

Yeah, but with Griese led teams, you almost got the feeling that he was "toying" with the other team - that it was almost like a 14 year old kid of superior intellect playing a game with an average 9 year old. There was never any doubt what the outcome would be, but he allowed the kid to entertain himself awhile before teaching him a lesson.

I don't see that with Pennington, but yeah, his play is the closest thing on a Phins team to Griese sine Griese left.

 

Don Shula
Dan Marino
Larry Csonka
Zach Thomas or Griese... cant decide which...

 

True. The Patriots were irrelevant before 2001 anyway, might as well throw another one on from this era.

 

Nick Buoniconti
A.J. Duhe
John Offerdahl
Zach Thomas

Linebackers......baby :up:

 

Your youthfulness is shining through. Vince Costello makes Tom Olivadotti look like Dick LeBeau. Chuck Studley was also worse than Tom O, IMO

"In Arnsparger's place, Vince Costello became the Dolphins defensive coordinator. All through the second half of that Raiders game, and even more on the plane ride home from Oakland as they drank away the defeat, players blamed Costello for that loss. He stayed with a three-man rush throughout the game. He didn't allow talent to win, they felt. By all accounts, a season of bad defensive coaching climaxed with such a horrendous day in Oakland that even years later players felt a season, maybe even an era, was lost. Costello's Dolphins career didn't last the flight home. He resigned on the plane."

http://www.miamidolphins.com/newsit...0thanniversarycelebration/tacostretchboys.asp

 

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