Without Saying Dan Marino, who’s the first player you think of when you see miami Dolphins Logo

Joe Montana left the 49ers for the Chiefs. Peyton Manning left the Colts for the Broncos. Tom Brady left the Patriots for the Buccaneers. And just last offseason, Matthew Stafford left the Lions for the Rams.

Quarterbacks switching teams late in their storied careers isn’t a new thing in the NFL, with the two most recent Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks, Stafford and Brady, winning in their first year with their new teams.

Legendary Dolphins QB Dan Marino, considered by many the greatest to never win a Super Bowl, said he wonders how his Hall of Fame career would’ve turned out if he did the same.“I played 17 years for the Dolphins and they were kind of going in a new direction with a new coach, and I had offers to go play other places and really thought about it, and maybe had a chance to win a championship like Matthew Stafford has done.”

Both the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers showed interest in Marino late in his career. The Vikings made the playoffs in each of the last four seasons Marino played in the NFL, and the Steelers made the playoffs twice in that same timeframe.

Signing with either could have put Marino on a path to a championship, but that would’ve meant leaving Miami.