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Not all that surprising when you think about it. I'm way too cynical to think that Marino is doing this out of any sense of "justice" and certainly not out of the goodness of his heart.
Aikman and Montana have both been critical of Brady throughout this farce, but they both hang their hats primarily on their SB wins and SB MVP's for their reputation and so are competing with him for recognition in that area. So, they are taking this as a chance to tear him down.
Marino relies for his reputation on his stats, where Brady, in a sense, isn't competing with him. So, Marino has no big stake in tearing him down. In fact, by building Brady up a bit, Marino helps his own case against the guys who played closer to his time.
I really don't think that Marino needs any help from me, but I did see his entire career. He was so good that he makes most top tens even though he never won a title. I'd take him over any QB playing today except for Brady.
I know some might think I'm joking but I'm dead serious about one other thing. Dan Marino lost out when he went to one of the worst clutch coaches of all time, Don Shula. I don't think any HC in the history of the NFL has done less with more than Don Shula.
Shula coached for 32 years and for almost all of those years he had either Johnny Unitas, Bob Griese or Dan Marino, with a little Earl Morrall thrown in. And in all that time he won two titles, and those only came after he cheated to get to Miami.
He also coached a Baltimore Colts team that won multiple titles before and after he arrived, but none during his time there. The only time his Baltimore team made it to the SB they lost to, get this, the Jets. No really, they did.
All of that in spite of being on the competition committee and starting the Polian trend of rule changing that is more common today. You could say that Shula invented the strategy of changing rules to help his team.