“They must figure if they can get it out of David Woodley, you’ve got to figure they think they can get it out of Dan Marino.” It didn’t take long for them to realize their mistake ...

David Woodley, who started at quarterback for the ... with 5,928 career passing yards and 508 pass completions, behind Dan Marino and Bob Griese. He holds the Miami rookie record, with 176 pass ...

Dan Marino played his college days at the University ... During most of his rookie year, he served as a backup to David Woodley. When Marino did get the chance to start, he would set records ...

Dan Marino couldn’t do it. Neither could fellow Hall of Famer Bob Griese. Ditto for David Woodley, the phenom of 1980, and George Wilson Jr., a converted punter who was among three rookie ...

“That's the mystery of David Woodley,” said John Ed Bradley ... “When they drafted Dan Marino,” Woodley later told Pierce, “I was expendable.” Miami traded Woodley to the Pittsburgh ...

After taking over in Week 6 for David Woodley, Marino led Miami to the playoffs ... Check out the draft order for Round 1, with Dan Parr identifying the top five positions of need for each team.

Johnny Unitas. Bob Griese. Earl Morrall. Don Strock. David Woodley. Dan Marino. That’s not many quarterbacks for a 33-year coaching career. But Don Shula seemed to have a knack of picking the ...

but it didn't take long for other NFL teams to realize that Dan was the man. Marino replaced an injured David Woodley as the starting quarterback six games into his rookie season and was named the ...

At the end, David Woodley didn't want to sleep ... A few months later, the Dolphins drafted wonder kid Dan Marino, and Woodley's name became a trivia question in Miami football history: "Who ...

It’s probably fair to say quarterback David Woodley, who the Steelers traded ... s biggest stage led to the Dolphins not passing on Dan Marino like 26 other teams had already done (including ...

In four years with the Miami Dolphins, David Woodley replaced a future Hall of ... Eight months later he was replaced by Dan Marino, who went on to become the most prolific passer in NFL history.