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Backup quarterback Damon Huard, while playing consistently in leading the Dolphins to a 5-1 record this year with Marino out, is still unproven as a starter...
...healthy Marino, by most accounts, gives the Dolphins a much better chance...
...true that both Favre and Bledsoe are younger than Marino, but the circumstances surrounding their subpar seasons are eerily similar...
Combine those factors and a much less talented receiving corps and you have Marino's season in a nutshell...
...obvious that Marino is no longer the player who once threw for 5,084 yards and 48 touchdowns in a single season, and there is no guarantee that after 17 seasons and at age 39, he will ever fully recover from his injury. Nonetheless, to write him off before he has a chance to rest and without letting him fight for the starting spot in summer camp would be both unwise and unfair...