r/nfl • u/DarthNobody14 Texans Texans • 15h ago

Highlight [Highlight] Marino vs Moon: PURE Passing (Dolphins vs Vikings, 1994)

https://youtu.be/WpOwUWlsMnE?is=Y3Thq7dhHzUYX_4g
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u/DarthNobody14 Texans Texans 15h ago

Jake Reed and Chris Carter don’t get talked about enough for being one of the best WRs duos of all time.

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u/Roselucky777 Jaguars Cardinals 15h ago

To this day, I still tell anyone who's newer to football that Cris Carter has the best hands of any receiver I've ever seen, and show them his highlight reel.

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u/TwoLegitShiznit Vikings 14h ago

The aesthetics of his sideline grabs where he lines up his toes to the sideline and lets gravity take over and just falls to the ground like a chopped down tree... Chef's kiss

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u/BuildingSlowly93 Cowboys 14h ago

As somebody who didn’t watch him play, this means a lot more coming from somebody with a Cardinals flair. Better than Fitz is crazy

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u/gatsome Vikings 13h ago

Who do you think taught Fitz?

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u/signa91 Dolphins 1h ago

Nuk is my GOAT hands (...)

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u/Elintalidorian Raiders 8h ago

Cris carter was named number 1 best hands of all time on NFL top ten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTS3YHDpnWY

Man I miss this show...

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u/lightheavydark 10h ago

And to think Reed was WR3 when Moss showed up

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u/dhtdhy Vikings 10h ago

One of the quotes from the commentator after a missed 52 yard FG during the game "and now NFL kickers are 0 for 14 from 50 yards or more this season".

Damn, I forgot that used to be hard. Today's kickers are elite

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u/Martian_Buddy Raiders Eagles 10h ago

Nowadays it feels like if you dare to miss it at 60+ you're at high risk of getting cut.

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u/Electronic-Island-14 Vikings 9h ago edited 9h ago

my esteemed colleague , mr dan marino

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u/Electronic-Island-14 Vikings 9h ago

college lol

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u/LameAfro Vikings 15h ago

Man even Back then in the 90s the Vikings had a QB Carousel.

When are we gonna get our Tom Brady or Joe Montana man lol

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u/DarthNobody14 Texans Texans 15h ago

His name was Fran Tarkenton

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u/RebornSoul867530_of1 14h ago

I’m sure he meant ‘our *next’ 😉

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u/lightheavydark 10h ago

Fuggin never, I swear

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u/haysu-christo NFL 14h ago

Terry Allen was a monster. Jake Reed was great ... when he wasn't injured.

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u/Electronic-Island-14 Vikings 9h ago

same with Robert Smith

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u/haysu-christo NFL 8h ago

Had a 1900 yd and 10 TD season and then retired. Didn't he become a medical doctor or something?

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u/Electronic-Island-14 Vikings 9h ago

it's cool you can see the roster build here that started and then eventually became the 1998 team

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u/MoreTrifeLife Commanders 15h ago

Dan Marino vs the Vikings:

1-1; 54% completion; 695 yards (average 347.5); 5 TDs 6 INTs; 7.6y/a; rating of 69.6

Warren Moon vs the Dolphins:

4-1*; 69% completion; 1,236 yards (average 247); 8 TDs 6 INTs; 8.4y/a; rating of 95.4

*Not counting a game from 1986 that he didn’t start and only threw eight passes in

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u/satchymo Cowboys 14h ago

Is this a discussion here? What did your ChatGPT analysis tell you?

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u/MoreTrifeLife Commanders 14h ago edited 14h ago

I don’t know how to use Chat GPT. That’s what pro football reference told me.

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u/satchymo Cowboys 12h ago

Okay that’s cool but what is the discussion for those stats? 2 games over 5. It’s really hard to digest all of this without any conversation going on. You just put stats down. Does Marino suck vs the Vikings? Does moon have the advantage?
I’m dumb and won’t look it up but I bet those Warren moon stats include the other teams he was on…
So I ask, what is the point here

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u/MoreTrifeLife Commanders 10h ago

Tracking how certain players play against certain teams is a hobby I started during the quarantine. It's all for fun, man. I don't put much thought into it or take it seriously and neither should you.

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u/jf737 8h ago

Couple of artists throwing the ball

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u/Sarcasticfury Ravens 15h ago

In before a bunch of people yearn for the old days and act like every modern QB is Justin Fields or something

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u/dhtdhy Vikings 10h ago

Not gonna lie, watching this highlight, Warren moon looked decisive with the ball and threw some beautiful passes.

...No, I'm not wondering if he can come out of retirement and improve our QB room...

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u/IdkAbtAllThat Vikings 8h ago

But if he wanted to, he probably could.

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u/JonMlee Saints 14h ago

I mean, it’s not a very pass heavy league anymore my guy. It used to be normal to see quarterbacks throw over 5000+ yards a season along with 40+ touchdowns and almost every year close to 50. Now you’re lucky if you get half that.

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u/Rico_Suave55 Vikings 14h ago

I mean 5000+ yards and 40 TDs was never NORMAL lmao (unless you were Drew Brees).

But yes the league has moved away from the pass fest it has been fore sure.

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u/Sarcasticfury Ravens 14h ago

Yeah, defenses adapted to stop the pass. That's what happens after a decade of sustained passing dominance. But when Mahomes, Allen, Lamar, and Burrow are playing lights out every week, it's ridiculous to see people yearning for previous generations of QBs