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Which WR tandem would you prefer?

Duper and Clayton did a good job, but Bruce-Holt was just a more talented tandem.

Hands down, I prefer the Rams tándem, for one main reason: the Marks brothers without Dan Marino were not the same, while Bruce produced with Chris Miller, Tony Banks and an aging Mark Rypien, plus both Bruce and Holt produced with Marc Bulger when Kurt Warner was injured and then left.

Got to go with Miami here. Their passing attack was certainly ahead of its time:
- in '84, Marino put up 5,084 passing yards at a time where you just didn't pass that much. QBs in today's NFL pass-happy league don't put up those kind of numbers.
- in '84, Clayton had 18TDs. Bruce/Holt top out 13 and 12 TDs, respectively

You have to wonder what the Dolphins would do if they do if they played in today's league?

esorrells wrote:Got to go with Miami here. Their passing attack was certainly ahead of its time:
- in '84, Marino put up 5,084 passing yards at a time where you just didn't pass that much. QBs in today's NFL pass-happy league don't put up those kind of numbers.
- in '84, Clayton had 18TDs. Bruce/Holt top out 13 and 12 TDs, respectively

You have to wonder what the Dolphins would do if they do if they played in today's league?

Good point, it was more difficult to throw during Marino's era for a number of reasons. Defensive players were allowed more contact with receivers, the QBs weren't protected as much by how the game was called, and Warner had Marshall Faulk in the backfield. It's scary to think how potent those Dolphins teams would have been with a HOF-caliber back on that team.

L.C. Greenwood wrote:

esorrells wrote:Got to go with Miami here. Their passing attack was certainly ahead of its time:
- in '84, Marino put up 5,084 passing yards at a time where you just didn't pass that much. QBs in today's NFL pass-happy league don't put up those kind of numbers.
- in '84, Clayton had 18TDs. Bruce/Holt top out 13 and 12 TDs, respectively

You have to wonder what the Dolphins would do if they do if they played in today's league?

Good point, it was more difficult to throw during Marino's era for a number of reasons. Defensive players were allowed more contact with receivers, the QBs weren't protected as much by how the game was called, and Warner had Marshall Faulk in the backfield. It's scary to think how potent those Dolphins teams would have been with a HOF-caliber back on that team.

That '84 Dolphins O with...Marshall Faulk (with Martz as OC) - ouch! Still, they wouldn't have a D hence not at all be able to top SF. Rams' D was at least good enough to complement Greatest Show to SB-victory.

74_75_78_79_ wrote:

L.C. Greenwood wrote:

esorrells wrote:Got to go with Miami here. Their passing attack was certainly ahead of its time:
- in '84, Marino put up 5,084 passing yards at a time where you just didn't pass that much. QBs in today's NFL pass-happy league don't put up those kind of numbers.
- in '84, Clayton had 18TDs. Bruce/Holt top out 13 and 12 TDs, respectively

You have to wonder what the Dolphins would do if they do if they played in today's league?

Good point, it was more difficult to throw during Marino's era for a number of reasons. Defensive players were allowed more contact with receivers, the QBs weren't protected as much by how the game was called, and Warner had Marshall Faulk in the backfield. It's scary to think how potent those Dolphins teams would have been with a HOF-caliber back on that team.

That '84 Dolphins O with...Marshall Faulk (with Martz as OC) - ouch! Still, they wouldn't have a D hence not at all be able to top SF. Rams' D was at least good enough to complement Greatest Show to SB-victory.

Very true. I didn't consider DEFs in my analysis, per the original question. If it was whole team, I would go with the Rams. But in terms of just a WR duo, I thought the Dolphins guys were truly something special.