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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco
No...but Dan Marino, Jim Kelly, Warren Moon, Eiason, and Fouts are a standard of the time. Plus these were QBs that played from the pocket and defenses were allowed to hit the QB. Not in today's league.
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Denver faced Moon once or twice, and I think Kelly once. I don't think they played Marino until one of his final seasons, after he was washed. Kosar was the one who usually stood between them and a SB appearance, along with a bunch of guys that descended into obscurity.
The AFC was far weaker than the NFC in those days. Which is why Denver was blasted by 4 TDs every time they went to the SB.
And yeah, QBs took more hits in those days. They were also taking hits from athletes that were smaller, less powerful and slower. There's a reason that a QB who weighed 200 dominated that era.