This week, The Post’s Andrew Marchand caught up with Dan Marino, the future Hall of Fame QB who’s now an analyst on CBS’ and HBO’s NFL preview shows.
Q: Did you ever think about being drafted by the Jets in 1983?
A: I thought I was going to be. They talked about drafting me. I had discussions with them prior to the draft and I thought they might draft me, but they didn’t.
Q: When they drafted Ken O’Brien, did you know who he was?
A: No, I didn’t know Kenny then.
Q: As a player, it probably was on purpose, but you weren’t the best interview subject, were you?
A: It was on purpose. To me, when I was a player, it was more important to win games, to keep the team cohesive. Sometimes you hear guys talk just because they want to want to get in the paper, and that is not always good for a football team.
Q: To you, who is the greatest quarterback of all-time?
A: I can’t sit here and tell you there was one great quarterback. No one deserves to say they are the best at that position because there have been so many great ones over the years. But if I had to pick a few it would definitely be [John] Unitas, [Joe] Montana and [John] Elway. I always loved Joe Namath. Joe Namath was a guy I loved to watch play as a kid. He and Terry Bradshaw, when I was playing down in the street, were guys I would try to be like.
Q: Does it annoy you that a lot of people lately have said Elway is the best, and the reason they pick him over you is because of the two Super Bowls he won with Terrell Davis and a good defense?
A: It does not annoy me. I was extremely happy with my career and what I did. I wouldn’t trade 17 years with the Dolphins, my experiences and what I did as far as consistency and taking pride in my job for a Super Bowl and having the opportunity to play in one city and play as long as I did. I wouldn’t trade that. I really wouldn’t.
To be considered in John Elway’s class and among the best quarterback of all-time is pretty special.