Dan Marino is one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. Over his 17-year career with the Miami Dolphins, he threw for 61,361 yards and 420 touchdowns. While Marino spent his whole career in Miami, he’s from Pittsburgh, a slight sore spot for some Steelers fans. The Steelers had the opportunity to draft Marino but instead chose Texas Tech DT Gabe Rivera. That decision haunted them for years. However, analyst Pete Prisco isn’t sure Marino would’ve had the same success had he played for his hometown team.
“If Dan Marino had ended up in Pittsburgh playing quarterback for the Steelers, rather than playing in the conditions in south Florida and Miami, he would have been an entirely different quarterback,” Prisco said Tuesday on the 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe podcast.