""Look, I'm tired of catching the ball for short, first downs," he told Marino. "I want the touchdown. I'm going to run five steps, hit (the cornerback) with an elbow to get space, and I need you to throw it over his head so I can catch it running in the end zone." "Nat," Marino said, "I'll throw it right by his ear. He turns around, he'll get it in the face." The cornerback didn't turn. The ball buzzed his ear. Moore caught the touchdown."
""Just like I told you," Marino said four decades later at a weekly sports luncheon hosted by Kim Bokamper, their former teammate at his Fort Lauderdale restaurant, Cut &Catch. Those were the days - and they still are in the retelling. By his second season in 1984, Marino became the youngest quarterback to start a Super Bowl. He's still the youngest, too, 35 days younger than New England's Drake Maye for this this Super Sunday."
Nat Moore recalled asking Dan Marino in 1983 for a deep touchdown throw, describing a play where he would create space and Marino would throw over the cornerback's head. Marino executed by putting the ball "right by his ear," the cornerback didn't turn and Moore scored. Marino became the youngest quarterback to start a Super Bowl by his second season in 1984 and remains younger than New England's Drake Maye by 35 days. Marino embraced fame, once arriving in San Francisco in wraparound sunglasses and joking "The Terminator is here." The 1984 Dolphins opened 11-0, won the AFC East and reached the Super Bowl.
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