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MIAMI -- For all the rhetoric surrounding the Miami Dolphins' never-ending quest to find Dan Marino's legitimate successor, nothing can top hearing from the legendary Hall-of-Fame quarterback in person weighing in on the situation in South Florida.Marino, looking fit and like he could still strap on a helmet and zip a few passes down the field, was back inside the home team's locker room at Sun Life Stadium on Saturday morning addressing the media before the first annual Dan Marino Foundation WalkAbout Autism. After talking about the event, expected to raise more than $500,000 to benefit numerous autism organizations, Marino gave his opinion on current Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne, who struggled in his third season.
"I think that obviously at that position it's tough, and if you're not putting up numbers and winning games as much as you like you're always going to have criticism," said Marino, whose 5,084 passing yards in 1984 still is an NFL single-season record. "I think the kid's worked hard. He's had to deal with a lot and I think he's going to grow from that and continue to grow. He has the potential to be a starter and win in this league and he's showed that already, so why not? Why can't he be really good?"
Ever since he retired following the 1999 seasons, Marino has seen 15 different quarterbacks start at least one game for his former team and only two (Jay Fiedler in 2001 and Chad Pennington in 2008) not miss a start during the regular season. Now the Pittsburgh native keeps busy on the set of NFL Today on CBS as one of the pregame show's regular hosts and is getting ready to watch his hometown team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, shoot for their seventh Vince Lombardi Trophy next Sunday.
Pittsburgh will take on the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV in Dallas at Cowboys Stadium and Marino, while rooting for the Steelers with his heart, is picking the Packers to win the game. He expects it to be close.
"I'm from Pittsburgh so because of that I want to see the Steelers win, but Green Bay, just the way they're playing offensively, they're like the hot team right now, so I'm going to pick them but I want to see Pittsburgh win," Marino said. "For me when you look at Green Bay, they've played real well through the playoffs but they only scored 14 points against Chicago because they scored on defense, too.
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