Raider fan....Montana was the greatest. I don't like all this modern comparison nonsense with Brady. Give me a break! Joe called his own plays......nuff said.
I find it amazing how every time Montana is mentioned as the best ever they bring up today's rules. The fact is the rules changes that benefited the offense happened in 1977 and 78 before Montana was drafted in 79 or started in 81.
I agree they are more heavily enforced now but fact is Montana benefited from the no touching the receiver past 5 yds and no head slap to the O lineman and O lineman being allowed to pass protect with their arms extended and hands opened as much as any QB did.
That is not true. The rules today benefit offenses way more than the 1979 rule changes did. For example you will never see another saftey like R.Lott because the new rules prevent player from hitting Wrs while they are in the air. Which means they have a 80% like chance of making the catch since they are protected by rules that prevent them from nasty tackles that would dislodge them from the football. Wrs have no fear of going over the middle in todays NFL ERA, its too soft
@YBRR88 You are referring to a rule change from just last year.
Fact is in 1977 O linemen were, for the first time, allowed to extend their arms when they pass protect and allowed to open their hands when the pass block as well.
D linemen in 77 were prevented, for the first time, from head slapping the O linemen while pass rushing which slowed their pursuit to the QB
78 was the first season in which a receiver was not allowed to be touched past 5 yds. Montana benefited from all of this
To answer your question mason, there will always be comparison's between QB's. Thankfully, Tom Brady has yet to earn the "right." Plus for some people its how they played rather then # of championships. Im not disputing wins or anything, because even if the 1972 dolphins played the easiest schedule of their year they still won it all. So there will be always comparisons.
the one great thing that stands out from montana is the " I am about to go throw left and then plants his foot and makes that dart of a pass up the middle for a strike..." one of a kind.... the other thing , is his canny to run when he was younger....He was the best
Roger Craig should be in the hall of fame. He is all over this highlight. Only Marshall Faulk has rushed and rec for over 1000 yrds in a season. He's so underrated
@skins4life21taylor Absolutely. Craig was instrumental in the WC offense and its success. His duality as a RB and WR was a weapon like no other for the 49ers.
@thepalmetto and it's been 20-25 years and every team that runs the WC offense has been looking for the next Roger Craig. But no only Marshall i would say is better. BUT Roger Craig did his work on a muddy baseball field while Faulk was in a dome..
magic, is to surprise all the players so much the ref is the one in the way as well with that tactic so unplanned and effective, all ballls and others would gain to learn of the way of planning replan on it tactical upon the failure of another plan already then
As young niner fan, I always fell into the trap of thinking Joe's a winner vs Elway or Marino etc, who had greater talent. I was wrong. Joe was the better athlete.
Nearly EVERY single TD was to the right man who got it in stride. Beautiful, catchable passes. Sorely lacking in the big armed QB's today. Brady comes closest.
Timing, accuracy, vision, anticipation and COMPOSURE in addition to running/jumping is what made Jordan superior to every other "next Jordan" Its the same for Montana
I think that Brady's in the pocket presence comes close to Montana, but Brady isn't very good when pressure gets to him (he isn't a good scrambler). Aaron Rodgers may be the closest overall QB to Montana. Rodgers is devastating on the run, reads defenses, doesn't mind broken plays, and is calm. Montana was a combination of Brady and Rodgers.
@TainoMantis Well I can't argue with your logic....I also have to add that it's kind of in vogue to say Montana had a weak arm. Which is really stupid when you look at those 30-40 yard strikes.
I'd dare any clown saying Montana did not have a strong arm to try and throw ONE 30yd pass on any NFL corner and see if he doesn't close it out and make a pick. Much less throw one while on the move.
It wasn't an Elway cannon or Fouts/Marino lightning trigger but it was by no means average either.
I've noticed that Montana didn't throw a perfect spiral. The ball tended to sail into a fade instead of cutting through the air in an arc. I don't know if this is what gave him his high accuracy, but defenders were always just out of reach of his passes. His ability to throw that type of pass on the run and his calm, cold demeanor made him a frightening quarterback to play against.
@TainoMantis That's true. Bill Walsh always stressed to Joe accuracy and throwing a catch-able ball. He never stressed tight spiraling missiles. Receivers need a catch-able ball in order for the West Coast offense to produce. If a guy catches a 3 yard out route but is immediately tackled because the ball is behind him, the play is a failure. When the receiver can catch it in stride he's able to get up-field into space and rack up the "yards after catch."
in any way, Marino is only a record man, but Joe Montana it´s the greatest QB, and... numbers not win a super Bowl, then who is the best between they both????
@boogieboardteeth Im glad you see the light. B.walsh and Montana was like the best thing to hit the NFL since toothpaste. Montana had everything B.walsh looked for in a QB. He was the cool guy of the NFL, undefeated in SB, did commercials, video games, mastered the new WCO, never threw an INT in a SB and one of only two QBs to throw for a TD in the 4th quarter in every SB. He was the QB when the 49ers the NFL record of 18 wins straight on the road! He also was the QB of T.Brady favorite team.
Joe Montana! The Greatest big game Quarter Back of all time. Unlike that bumb Steve Young who couldnt get past the Packers and was owned by the Cowboys. Joe Montana overcame every challenge there was. No team owned the 49ers when Joe was there. Joe Montana and the 49ers were the best team in the 80's. But 49ers were not the best team in the 90's when being lead by Steve Young. If Joe Montana was still there in the early 90's the 49ers would have won more than just one Super Bowls. Curse u George
@TheRgordon16 Dude, I agree. There is no one I'd rather have QBing my team than Joe Montana. He's been winning big games his whole life ('78 NCAA Champ & SB '81'84'88'89) The guy had it all, including the "Cool name" As for 49ers Tm of 80's... definately.But you can argue they were also Tm of 90's... From 90-99, they won the most gms, played in the most Conf Champ Gms, and seeing as the SB is played in Jan, they do in fact have 2 SB's in the 90's. Strong claim for Tm of 90s...just a thought
"Some of the guys seemed more than normally tense," Montana recalled, "especially Harris Barton, a great offensive tackle who has a tendency to get nervous." As usual, Montana was just focusing on the situation...Just then he happened to spot the late actor John Candy in the stands. "Look" he said, 'isn't that John Candy." It was hardly what his teammates expected to hear in the huddle with the Super Bowl on the line. But it definitely broke the tension.
The GREATEST QB of all time..Throwing to the GREATEST WR and arguably the GREATEST player of all time...both playing with the GREATEST DB RONNIE LOTT...CRAIG, HALEY, ETC...all playing for each other under the GREATEST COACH of ALL time...For a time there was none finer than a 49ER....Peotry in motion..brings me to tears
Well the good news is the 49ers just got a shipment of DVDs and VH1s from "NFL Films" of the West Coast Offense installation videos that B.walsh and O.Cs left for the 49ers. Perfect system to groom young players on offense. Shouldnt be long before the 49ers are back to their art form of success.
Joe had every element of the ideal quarterback, what could he not do??? there may be quarterbacks with more yards or touchdowns, but statistics do not win games.
Even when he was off target and he did have a game or 2 like that, Timing or just was out of sync he still found ways to win. He doesn't get enough credit for his running ability. Legend or truth has it that while at ND his 3 man team beat a Kelly Tripuka lead team in a 3 on 3 BBall tourney. Tripuka was all ncaa in bball and was a top 10 scoring leader for 2 or 3 yrs in the NBA. Joe it's said had hops. NBA potential skills not hard to imagine.
Why is Montana the best ? At 51 seconds of this video, all is explained. Montana could do the 1 thing all the other great ones COULD NOT DO. He could throw on the run. At 51 sec of this video---he is running for his life and hurls a 55 yard pass to a streaking Rice---and hits him in perfect stride. Favre, Manning, Brady, and the the rest could not have completed that pass. Montana--inherited a terrible team in 1979 had to throw on the run, period. The others walked on to winning clubs.
@matt75hooper that was beautiful....and I agree that he was the absolute best at throwing on the run.....but I think it also contributed to his back problem. That motion is very hard on the lower back
There will never be another QB like Montana, but the closes Ive seen a black QB run that offense as proficient is D.McNabb and M.Vick with the Eagles. The Eagles have some 49er diciples of the past and are teaching that offense well, but they're not the only ones. GreenBay's M.McCarty made A.Rodgers a stud, and now the Cleavland will build a roster to run it with Colt McCoy. McNabb is still running it in Washington, even the Texans run it. The most complex QB friendly offense
@YBRR88 the only black qb ive seen that can run and offense was steve mcnair, and just sorta. it was before my time but i heard warren moon was pretty good as well
do you think montana would do any good in todays nfl with bigger lineman and the speed of the game?
@YTSMalumni2010 Black qb's run offenses just as well as white qbs. We should stop discussing that. Montana would kill it with today's. Montana played when you couldn't throw the ball out of bounds to avoid a sack. He also played when the qb got hit a lot harder and more often. The only way to stop Montana was to knock him out of the game. Just ask the Bills and Giants.
@MasonMediaClips black qb's do not have the mental capacity to absorb a playbook or go through there reads when passening. i will say black qb's are getting slightly better at there position but all they can really do is scramble around like dumb monkeys
@YTSMalumni2010 Yes, Montanas career would have been longer if there bigger linemen. The 49ers were at least a decade ahead of everybody else with the West Coast offense. Troy Aikman was at probowl practice with J.Rice. He said Rice ran a route and Aikman threw the ball early and thought it would hit Rice in the face, but he turned around and caught the ball like it was no problem. Thats when Aikman realized how experieneced and fast the 49ers ran their offense. 2 Steps ahead of everybody else
C'mon, Im pretty sure evrybody knows the W.C offense started with J.Montana.
Really, too small to play todays game lol? Maybe you need to look up on your histroy because the NFL was a much tougher league to play in then what it is now. Offense are allowed more oppotunities to score because the rules favors offense more than defense, than it it did back in the days. The rules today would allow someone like Montana to play even better, since he is protected from illegal hits
Those who assume Bradshaw won his 4 rings due to D please watch TERRY BRADSHAW HIGHLIGHT video, his D didn't make him SB MVP twice, NFL MVP, get him in the HOF first ballot or make HOF LB Ham say he wouldn't have 4 rings without Terry. Those who think Joe didn't have a great D. SF D was ranked # 2,3, 4, and 10 all the years Joe won SBs and they held Dan Marino to 16 points, John Elway to 10 points and 2 top Cincy Offenses lead by Pro Bowl QBs Ken Anderson and Boomer Esiason to 20 and 16 points.
Joe Montana will be always be my favorite QB. That guy was just unbelievable. The things he did, very few I've seen others do, if at all. I agree with you the 49ers should have stuck with Montana instead of Young.
The only thing is though, Montana retired in 94. If we had done that and won maybe 2 more Super Bowls with him, what would have the 49ers have done for a QB then?
Rice and Talor were always wide open or had at least a step or 2 on the defender. Joe was great but you cant compare to the talent and arm strength of other QBs to throw the deep back shoulder throw and deep outs. Allthough he had the best mechanics and throwing motion, and was the best throwing on the run. However when your recievers are 6 ' 2" and rice n taylor its not thaaaat dificult with those guys. He's the #4 of all time
Number 4 are you a retard he was the reason jerry rice was good no qb has a better record in the playoffs not to mention super bowl mvps he could make any throw def number one even tho he never had a 4000 yard season but he didint need one he was so good
Many people dont really realize J.Taylor is one hell of a player who was over shadowed by a Legend. He would have been a #1 Wr on most teams back in the days. He was one of the most dangerous WRs with the ball in his hands, and could take it the distance any time he touched the ball. Hell he would be a #1 Wr more than half the NFL teams today. He may never become a HOF, but he will always be remember for his game winning Sb catch during the 49ers dynasty run....
These are Joe Montana's Superbowl stats. 83-122 for 1,142 yards 11 TDs 0 INT QB rating 127.8, and by the way 4-0 in Superbowls. This is way Montana is the Greatest Of All Times.
Actually The Steel Curtain in the late 70s ahd a thing called Bradshaw which is why Terry was NFL MVP of 1978 and SB MVP for SBs XIII and XIV.
Terry said it best, "You can lose with me but you can't win without me" and Jack Ham said "If it wasn't for Terry Bradshaw I wouldn't have 4 SB Rings"
Finally someone else understands how the game has evolved like me. Thank you MMS. Bandwagon fands now days do not understand how much the NFL has changed. Funny thing is they will say the speed of the game is much faster, but compared to the rule changes, it has not changed that much since the 1980's. The 80's had some of the toughest defenses the league has ever seen. Only QB from today who survives back then and posts good stats is Peyton Manning.
Montana is no doubt an incredible QB, afterall you dont throw 11 TDs to 0 INts in 4 Superbowls unless your incredible. However, dont act like Montana had it "tough", lol that is a joke. Montana would have never won 4 Superbowls without Walsh, the best offense in the 80's, the best offensive system ever at that point in football (the West Coast Offense), Jerry Rice, a team filled with future HOFers, great defenses, adn 13 games a season in nice weather (conference + home games).
@Shinzou4 Haha, nice weather? Have you ever been to Candlestick Park? The winds there are worse than in Pittsbirgh, and when it rains the field turns into the Everglades. Montana's go to receiver his first two SB's was a man drafted in the 10th round--Dwight Clark. Yes the defense was great, but go through all of the Super Bowl Champions and find me a team that did not have at least a halfway decent defense. 99 Rams had a good scoring defense like the 2009 Saints.
First - Bradshaw without a little thing called "The Steel Curtain" does not win four SB's. Second - QB's were still allowed to be killed in the 80's, they threw more than Bradshaw's era which meant more chances to get killed, and receivers were still getting the hell knocked out of them in the 1980s as the rules were no enforced close to what they are now.
@MisterMasterShafter Agreed. To add to that, during the majority of Montana's career he didn't have the bail out option of throwing the ball away out bounds. Back then, it was a penalty if the throw wasn't close to a receiver. As a niner fan, I'd hate to see the old rules in effect for Alex Smith. If the first two reads aren't there, Smith rolls and throws away out of bounds. Montana HAD to be a playmaker and was. Sidenote:Dont want 2 be a Smith hater but that guy needs to start "creating" more.
The game now compared to the 80s is like the Arena football league. Totally designed for big offense and big passing numbers, and the guys throw constantly.
Smith needs an opportunity to actually have an entire season where he's the man from day one - from training camp, and actually have the same OC and system on a regular basis, rather than 4 different OCs in 4 years and a terrible coach. (Nolan) I need to see this before making the final judgement on him, but he was up and down last year.
@MasonMediaClips With what?? Lol up till now he has no offensive line, no offensive scheme, not many talented weapons to throw to, and has been injured because of it. I'm not saying Alex smith is great I am just saying give him this whole season. If the defense plays even decent( which they didn't last year) and they don't go to the playoffs then get rid of him. I mean really this is pretty much his 3rd real year, and first with the same offensive coordinator.
@MasonMediaClips I don't even want to think about the current Niner squad. Smith has been ruined from day one in SF by how he was brought up, and this current coaching staff, starting with Sing, is clueless.
Montana is no doubt an incredible QB, afterall you dont throw 11 TDs to 0 INts in 4 Superbowls unless your incredible. However, dont act like Montana had it it "tough", lol that is a joke. Montana would have never won 4 superbowls without Walsh, the best offense in the 80's, the best offensive system ever at that point the West Coast Offense, Jerry Rice, a team filled with future HOFers, and great defenses.
1) I don't know why people refuse to get this, but Joe won 2 SBs/2 SB MVPs without Rice, but a hodge podge of older veterans, youngsters, and average receivers and TEs.
2) It's eternally amusing how some hold Joe to standards no other QB is. ie: had a great coach, great players etc. I'll wait for someone someday to tell me how many multiple SB winning QBs had anything else.
3) Since Joe won a National title @ ND, a 4th SB, a 3rd SB MVP and 2 NFL MVPs without Walsh, that speaks for itself.
@HinesXL First, I like TB. But it took him a while to become a great QB. Joe was pretty much great from the start. He didn't have a rocket arm, but was accurate as Hell and excelled in every single aspect of the position. TB, like Favre, could be erratic, though with the game on the line I'd take him over Favre. When he threw 3 picks vs LA in SB14, and another that Nolan Cromwell dropped with nothing but daylight in front of him, Pitt goes down in flames without their defense. That's reality.
@MisterMasterShafter What about the dropped int by Louis Billips in SB XIII with a CIncy 7 point lead and another FG coming? If Billips hangs on it's a Cincy Touchback and more than likely a 10 point win.
Joe also had # 2, 3, 4 and 10th ranked Ds when he won his rings. You act like SF D didn't dominate is SBs.
Joe was West Coach Offense, first 15 plays scripted and the rest called by an Offensive genius, Walsh and Joe was perfect to execute but Terry called his own plays, a real Field General.
@HinesXL So Joe nearly threw 1 INT in 4 SBs, and that's your complaint? (Niners won 20-16, would have lost 16-13 if Joe didn't save the day. No 10 point lead by Cincy) Your 9er D stats are off, but whatever. They never had a "dominant" D like Pitt, just a good solid D. I've never seen a SB champion without a good D, so this is a red herring. TB threw nearly 4 picks vs a 9-7 Rams team. The D kept Pitt in the game until TB chucked it deep for Swann and Stallworth to make 2 incredible TD catches.
I concur, Shafter. The Steeler defense bailed Bradshaw out - for the umpteenth time, in the second half against LA. Don't forget the previous Super Bowl where Swann and Stallworth also made sick acrobatic grabs, and Jackie Smith of the Boyz muffed what would have been the game winning touchdown. Staubach would have been MVP.
When they played Minnesota, it was all Steeler defense. Bradshaw had about 90 yards passing. That whole defense practically is in the HOF.
@Tiberius0001 I think you meant Terry bailed the D out in XIV when the gave up an option pass TD then Terry nailed a 73 yd bomb to Stallworth in stride while Swann was out of the 2nd half.
have you seen Rice's catches in SB XIII or Ronnie Lott's stuffing of Ickey Woods or the pressure they put on Elway in XIV and the 3 deep TD to Rice and the other where he broke like 3 tackles.
How many times did Rice/Taylor take 10 yd slants 50 to 80 yds for Joe?
No, I meant the defense bailed Bradshaw out. If not for the defense stopping L.A. every time Bradshaw was picked, LA would have put that game away. They sacked Ferragamo how many times? That Ram team was decimated with injuries that year, they were just getting guys back in the playoffs and Youngblood played the SB with a broken leg, thus LA's pass rush was severly hampered and Bradshaw had all day to throw
That same Ram team shut the Steelers down to 7 points a year prior with a healthy team
@Tiberius0001 Cards of 07 beat 07 Steelers then lost 08 SB to Steelers, so what's the point?
I'm not saying the Steelers D didn't help Terry but it went both ways.
Jack Ham who is a first ballot HOF LB said "If it weren't for Bradshaw I wouldn't have 4 Rings" and All Pro DE Dwight White agreed with Terry's comment "You can lose with me but you'll never win without me"
Marino threw for 5,048 yds and 48 TDs in 1984 the SF D crushed him in the SB as they did Elway, 2 of the best QBs ever.
In a nutshell, I can believe my own eyes after 40 years of watching football, and I can believe every football coach, analyst, journalist and insider about the Steelers HOF defense being the main reason they won four Super Bowls.
Or I can agree with someone who's a big fan of Terry Bradshaw.
@Tiberius0001 You can't believe the HOF who elected Terry First Ballot? Or the SB XIII and XIV MVP voters? Or HOF LB Ham who said without Terry he wouldn't have 4 rings or HOF CB Blount who said Terry was 1 of the greatest to ever play? Or the AP who voted Terry 1978 NFL MVP? Or the Youtube video I sent to your inbox?
Terry 4 rings in 6 years, 2 after the rules were changed to limit Defenses.
Joe missed the playoffs a defending champ in 82 and was 1 and done 3 straight post seasons 85, 86, 87.
I never said Bradshaw wasn't any good, and you're trying way too hard to convince me. Stop sending me videos. I repeat, I saw him play. Why not go to a Bradshaw video and argue this?
He won 4 Super Bowls in 6 years with the same team. Then the defense got old and fell apart, and that was it.
Joe won 4 Super Bowls with essentially 3 different teams and 2 head coaches from '81 to '89. 2 NFL MVPs and 3 Super Bowl MVPs with 2 different head coaches. The one constant was Joe. 'Nuff said.
@Tiberius0001 I never said Terry was better, Even I would want Joe the last 2 minutes of a game but again tha's because the kind of O Joe ran, a High % passing game and if Joe isn't the best ever then he's easly the best ever at that type of Offense (West Coast). Joe's from Monongahela Penn. just outside of Pittsburgh and a local hero to me but I just get pissed when people assume Terry's success is all a credit to good luck.
@MisterMasterShafter My point si that before XIV Terry had 1 pick in 3 SBs and he was just forcing stuff in XIV and when he realized it wasn't working he chilled and nailed 2 bombs to Stallworth over coverage and one 73 yds perfectly in stride. His 64 yarder to Swann in SB X is called by NFL Films Best Ever TD pass.
This is prime vintage Montana. Thanks MMC. Awesome stuff! As for the GOAT, folks best just start at #2 and go from there. We're watching #1. The more I see of prime Joe in action, the wider the gap becomes for me.
The only reason the 85 bears aret the 84 bears is bec of the great joe. Also the only reason the 85 bears became the 85 bears is bec joe got hurt that year. But if he hadnt got hurt there would have never been a 85, 86, 87, or any other team foe that matter. Joe will live for ever. & pl dont give me that shit about him winning only bec he had rice. FYI joe won 2 , let me say again, 2 superbowls before rice got there. If anything joe made jerry who he was.
I did a college report on why Montana was the greatest QB of all time. At the time (1996) he had 9 division titles, taken his team to playoffs 11 times (SF, KC), and 7 Championships games, all records. Even Otto Graham only went to 6 nfl championships (the other 4 were in the aafc. So Montana is truly the man.
And when you consider that in his 16 seasons, he was a starter for only 11 full seasons (1982 was a strike year) and he went to the playoffs all 11 times!!! No QB but him can say that.
3 straight 1 and done playoff games with passer raitings in the 40s in 85, 86, 87, a dropped int. by L. Billips in SB XXIII in the 4th quarter that would've maintained a 7 point Cincy lead with their other FG coming, being benched 10 years in to his carrer in 1988, sick catches in SB XXIII by Rice, "The Catch" being a thow away that Clark made a TD in a Conference game where Joe threw 3 picks and all dink and dunk passes in SB XVI.
I'm not knocking him but people forget his struggles
While I appreciate your argument, you can break every year down for every QB in history (yes, even Big Ben) and you will find the same struggles. Greatness is achieved despite the struggles, not without them.
I'm tired of people saying Montana won because of Walsh and the great players around him. When Montana won the first 2 SB's, his WR's were Solomon and Clark. His RB in the 1st SB was Ricky Patton who rush for just over 500 yds that year. Montana was clutch.
When Montana left the 9ers, he played 2 years for KC. Montana's play elevated average players at KC and he helped them make the playoffs the 2 years he was there.
And there was nobody better than Montana in the SB's period.
@trkck105 It's funny how some fans out of pure bias, try to place more emphasis on the regular season than the playoffs. Anyone who tries to minimize Montana's success is simply doing it out of hate or jealousy of his success. When considering who the greatest and most successful QB was over the past 40 years, Montana has OVERWHELMING evidence to make that claim
Joe Montana played on a lot better teams than other QB's?
BS. He still had to make the throws, hit the open receiver, and he did that time and time again, effortlessly. No one still to this day goes through his reads like Joe Montana did. He's the natural; he's the standard.
Best QB ever...thanks for posting. Beating the Bears in Jan 1989 28-3 and beating the Eagles 38-28 in Sept 1989 when he threw 4 tds in 4th quarter will long live in the memory.
@dpistons149 See thats the difference between the 85 bears and the niners. We were the 81 niners, then we were the 84 niners, then the 88 niners, and the 89 niners...oh cant forget about the 94 niners. lol the bears got it right one season thats it. we got it right 5 times baby. if you saw the 87 meeting between the bears and niners in the playoffs.... joe made the bears look below average.
@dpistons149 the bears 46 defense became extinct because of the west-coast offense. We made the bears defense disappear forever. thats why nobody runs it anymore because so many teams run some form of west-coast offense.
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One of the greatest..... Marino is the no.1 of all time. He threw over 20,000 more yards and has close to 150 more TDs than Joe and he did it without a running game. Marino is still the only qb to throw for more than 40 TDs in a season twice. Marino also has more 4th quarter comebacks than Joe so is just as clutch as Montana. The only thing that goes against Marino the missing ring. Well folks, this is a team game and Montana played on better teams.
Why do you disagree. Just because someone could be bothered to put together a highlight package for Joe Montana doesn't make him the GOAT. And highlights showcase the best moments so naturally Montana will look good in the clips. Fact is, Marino was a better passer and had fewer tools than Montana. He also performed well in the clutch. How many times have we heard that a lack of a running game spells disaster in the play offs. In Marinos own words "THE RUNNING GAME IS KILLING US"
Marino was a great QB, but I don't think he was as versatile as Montana. Yes, Marino had more mustard on his passes and was probably the most dead on accurate passer in history, but he could not scramble (90 yards rushing for his entire career). Also, as Bill Walsh stated, Joe could see and anticipate a play develop and react to it faster and more precisely than any QB in history. Joe earned 4 rings with his brains and his ability to raise his level of play when it counted most.
You're a coach in the super bowl, its 4th and goal on the 7 with 3 seconds left down by 6. You can put Marino or Montana in the game. Also, you're an addicted gambler and bet everything you had on the game. Who do you put in the game? If you say Marino, I feel sorry for your family, because they'd be homeless.
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Either one would do the job but people seem to forget, Marino had more 4th quarter combacks than Joe. And look who Joe played with, his superstar roster and pro bowl O-line had as much to do with the teamS sucess as Montana. Not to mention they had a great running game and the best WR ever. So opposing teams had more to defend when playing the 49s than the Dolphins. Montana didn't do a great deal when he went to the Chiefs did he.
Who was Joe's Hall of Fame running back when he won his first SB and sent the cowboys into submission for a decade? Joe would have taken the talent-less chiefs to the Super Bowl in his prime. People forget he took them to AFC championship and got hurt early in the 3rd qtr at 37 years old. I saw plenty of 49er games where Joe put the team on his back minus a running game. Not to mention, those games were in the playoffs or Super Bowl...
I think it's misleading to just look at 4th qtr comebacks. You can make the argument that Montana had fewer comebacks because he had the Niners up by so much in the 4th that he didnt need to make a comeback. You gotta look at the total package when it comes to QB. Montana has stats, comebacks, longevity and rings. You add ALL those up and there's no doubt. Montana is the man.
Also, the defences that played the Dolphins played to stop Marino throwing the ball yet Marino still carried the Dolphins to the play offs season after season. He completed some of the sickest passes ever.
i love how almost all of his passes have the slight wobble, but they are always still perfectly on target. Always finds the receivers hands and not the corners/safety's...pure greatness
There ARE MR OCTOBERS! there are mr novembers! hell we even know that romo is no mr december! but we all know that joe was MR JANUARY! you can give me all the dan fouts october highlights...............montana's highlights usually are from mid to late january!
Well said. There are many regular season stats QBs out there (Peyton Manning & Tony Romo are great examples of this) who can't handle the increased intensity of the playoffs. As Al Pacino said "when squeezed, some focus, and some fold". Montana focused and shined brighter than any QB before or after him. Timing is everything when it comes to measuring the greatness of an althlete. It's not so much what he did was great, it's that what he did was greatest when it counted the most.
As a football fan these modern players have really done a wonderful job of ruining a great legacy players like Rice, Lott, and Montana left for them. Thanks for these clips MMC, they remind me why I got into football in the first place.
Makes you wish you could turn back the clock to the 80s. Cold Monday night games at Candlestick with the wind snapping and swirling. January playoff games with the Candlestick sod muddy and wet. The bay area sun shining off the gold helmets.
Raider fan....Montana was the greatest. I don't like all this modern comparison nonsense with Brady. Give me a break! Joe called his own plays......nuff said.
radio53 2 weeks ago
1980s LA Rams vs 49ers games look really cool on film
cpepe223 3 weeks ago
danm it suks being 14 i nver saw him play my dad says no one comes close to him i think he is right
36firerahul 3 weeks ago
I find it amazing how every time Montana is mentioned as the best ever they bring up today's rules. The fact is the rules changes that benefited the offense happened in 1977 and 78 before Montana was drafted in 79 or started in 81.
I agree they are more heavily enforced now but fact is Montana benefited from the no touching the receiver past 5 yds and no head slap to the O lineman and O lineman being allowed to pass protect with their arms extended and hands opened as much as any QB did.
pricepittsburgh 3 weeks ago
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That is not true. The rules today benefit offenses way more than the 1979 rule changes did. For example you will never see another saftey like R.Lott because the new rules prevent player from hitting Wrs while they are in the air. Which means they have a 80% like chance of making the catch since they are protected by rules that prevent them from nasty tackles that would dislodge them from the football. Wrs have no fear of going over the middle in todays NFL ERA, its too soft
YBRR88 3 weeks ago
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pricepittsburgh 2 weeks ago
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@YBRR88 You are referring to a rule change from just last year.
Fact is in 1977 O linemen were, for the first time, allowed to extend their arms when they pass protect and allowed to open their hands when the pass block as well.
D linemen in 77 were prevented, for the first time, from head slapping the O linemen while pass rushing which slowed their pursuit to the QB
78 was the first season in which a receiver was not allowed to be touched past 5 yds. Montana benefited from all of this
pricepittsburgh 2 weeks ago
Joe Montana: The Greatest QB of All Time
howufigure8592 3 weeks ago
my favorite qb and the best of all time. no one can throw on the run and under pressure better than jm. thx for upload
upercalm16 4 weeks ago
To answer your question mason, there will always be comparison's between QB's. Thankfully, Tom Brady has yet to earn the "right." Plus for some people its how they played rather then # of championships. Im not disputing wins or anything, because even if the 1972 dolphins played the easiest schedule of their year they still won it all. So there will be always comparisons.
Gungho73 4 weeks ago
the one great thing that stands out from montana is the " I am about to go throw left and then plants his foot and makes that dart of a pass up the middle for a strike..." one of a kind.... the other thing , is his canny to run when he was younger....He was the best
orangeeye13 1 month ago
this is the best montana highlight video that I have found...awesome...especially with the Brady debate,,,and elway, marino, manning...top 5
orangeeye13 1 month ago
@orangeeye13 ....there are some great mix from 6 - 10 but the top 5 are these...montana/elway/brady/manning/elway
orangeeye13 1 month ago
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whats the song called?
cooliomanful 1 month ago
What's the instrumental that starts @0:06 seconds??
BigAznEvil 2 months ago
Roger Craig should be in the hall of fame. He is all over this highlight. Only Marshall Faulk has rushed and rec for over 1000 yrds in a season. He's so underrated
skins4life21taylor 2 months ago
@skins4life21taylor Absolutely. Craig was instrumental in the WC offense and its success. His duality as a RB and WR was a weapon like no other for the 49ers.
thepalmetto 1 month ago
@thepalmetto and it's been 20-25 years and every team that runs the WC offense has been looking for the next Roger Craig. But no only Marshall i would say is better. BUT Roger Craig did his work on a muddy baseball field while Faulk was in a dome..
skins4life21taylor 1 month ago
makes it more effective to run upright on 2 unladen with oddsize ball of sleight deflation and low tunnel thru aer flow
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As young niner fan, I always fell into the trap of thinking Joe's a winner vs Elway or Marino etc, who had greater talent. I was wrong. Joe was the better athlete.
Nearly EVERY single TD was to the right man who got it in stride. Beautiful, catchable passes. Sorely lacking in the big armed QB's today. Brady comes closest.
Timing, accuracy, vision, anticipation and COMPOSURE in addition to running/jumping is what made Jordan superior to every other "next Jordan" Its the same for Montana
22floog 4 months ago
@22floog
I think that Brady's in the pocket presence comes close to Montana, but Brady isn't very good when pressure gets to him (he isn't a good scrambler). Aaron Rodgers may be the closest overall QB to Montana. Rodgers is devastating on the run, reads defenses, doesn't mind broken plays, and is calm. Montana was a combination of Brady and Rodgers.
TainoMantis 4 months ago
@TainoMantis Well I can't argue with your logic....I also have to add that it's kind of in vogue to say Montana had a weak arm. Which is really stupid when you look at those 30-40 yard strikes.
I'd dare any clown saying Montana did not have a strong arm to try and throw ONE 30yd pass on any NFL corner and see if he doesn't close it out and make a pick. Much less throw one while on the move.
It wasn't an Elway cannon or Fouts/Marino lightning trigger but it was by no means average either.
22floog 4 months ago
I've noticed that Montana didn't throw a perfect spiral. The ball tended to sail into a fade instead of cutting through the air in an arc. I don't know if this is what gave him his high accuracy, but defenders were always just out of reach of his passes. His ability to throw that type of pass on the run and his calm, cold demeanor made him a frightening quarterback to play against.
TainoMantis 4 months ago
@TainoMantis That's true. Bill Walsh always stressed to Joe accuracy and throwing a catch-able ball. He never stressed tight spiraling missiles. Receivers need a catch-able ball in order for the West Coast offense to produce. If a guy catches a 3 yard out route but is immediately tackled because the ball is behind him, the play is a failure. When the receiver can catch it in stride he's able to get up-field into space and rack up the "yards after catch."
MasonMediaClips 4 months ago
@MasonMediaClips What was the song before E.S. Posthumus Pompeii on the third video??
BigdogH201 2 weeks ago
Guy had the best footwork ever period better than bradys brees and such
dbullmueller 7 months ago
in any way, Marino is only a record man, but Joe Montana it´s the greatest QB, and... numbers not win a super Bowl, then who is the best between they both????
Arturo7118 7 months ago
Yeah
VPHLIPERS 11 months ago
... Wow ...
i'm a Brady fan but Brady has got NOTHING on Montana ..
boogieboardteeth 11 months ago
@boogieboardteeth Im glad you see the light. B.walsh and Montana was like the best thing to hit the NFL since toothpaste. Montana had everything B.walsh looked for in a QB. He was the cool guy of the NFL, undefeated in SB, did commercials, video games, mastered the new WCO, never threw an INT in a SB and one of only two QBs to throw for a TD in the 4th quarter in every SB. He was the QB when the 49ers the NFL record of 18 wins straight on the road! He also was the QB of T.Brady favorite team.
YBRR88 11 months ago
Joe Montana! The Greatest big game Quarter Back of all time. Unlike that bumb Steve Young who couldnt get past the Packers and was owned by the Cowboys. Joe Montana overcame every challenge there was. No team owned the 49ers when Joe was there. Joe Montana and the 49ers were the best team in the 80's. But 49ers were not the best team in the 90's when being lead by Steve Young. If Joe Montana was still there in the early 90's the 49ers would have won more than just one Super Bowls. Curse u George
TheRgordon16 11 months ago
@TheRgordon16 Dude, I agree. There is no one I'd rather have QBing my team than Joe Montana. He's been winning big games his whole life ('78 NCAA Champ & SB '81'84'88'89) The guy had it all, including the "Cool name" As for 49ers Tm of 80's... definately.But you can argue they were also Tm of 90's... From 90-99, they won the most gms, played in the most Conf Champ Gms, and seeing as the SB is played in Jan, they do in fact have 2 SB's in the 90's. Strong claim for Tm of 90s...just a thought
rick5150s 1 month ago
Jesus! just look how this guy throws that ball on the RUN!!!!
AMAZING!!! TRULY THE MASTER... KISS MY @SS BRADY!!!!
sergiotico13 1 year ago
Trailing Cincinnati 16-13 with 3:20 left
"Some of the guys seemed more than normally tense," Montana recalled, "especially Harris Barton, a great offensive tackle who has a tendency to get nervous." As usual, Montana was just focusing on the situation...Just then he happened to spot the late actor John Candy in the stands. "Look" he said, 'isn't that John Candy." It was hardly what his teammates expected to hear in the huddle with the Super Bowl on the line. But it definitely broke the tension.
TainoMantis 1 year ago
The GREATEST QB of all time..Throwing to the GREATEST WR and arguably the GREATEST player of all time...both playing with the GREATEST DB RONNIE LOTT...CRAIG, HALEY, ETC...all playing for each other under the GREATEST COACH of ALL time...For a time there was none finer than a 49ER....Peotry in motion..brings me to tears
metalbandsrule 1 year ago
@metalbandsrule i was about to say the same thing :)
doitalonecudi 1 year ago
@metalbandsrule
Well the good news is the 49ers just got a shipment of DVDs and VH1s from "NFL Films" of the West Coast Offense installation videos that B.walsh and O.Cs left for the 49ers. Perfect system to groom young players on offense. Shouldnt be long before the 49ers are back to their art form of success.
YBRR88 1 year ago
They just don't make quarterbacks of this caliber anymore. G.O.A.T.
MsLibertyforall100 1 year ago
The Greatest of all Time!!!! Man!!!! He was great!!!!!
MsLibertyforall100 1 year ago
That no look pass at 7:46 gave me a raging hard on
playsbba018 1 year ago
One more thing, the 49ers won their first two superbowls Without Jerry Rice....
r1undertaker 1 year ago
Joe had every element of the ideal quarterback, what could he not do??? there may be quarterbacks with more yards or touchdowns, but statistics do not win games.
r1undertaker 1 year ago
Even when he was off target and he did have a game or 2 like that, Timing or just was out of sync he still found ways to win. He doesn't get enough credit for his running ability. Legend or truth has it that while at ND his 3 man team beat a Kelly Tripuka lead team in a 3 on 3 BBall tourney. Tripuka was all ncaa in bball and was a top 10 scoring leader for 2 or 3 yrs in the NBA. Joe it's said had hops. NBA potential skills not hard to imagine.
tellthetruthg 1 year ago
2:10 bad ass awsome
batttman 1 year ago
whats the song at 4:30 ?
migueliuxo 1 year ago
Why is Montana the best ? At 51 seconds of this video, all is explained. Montana could do the 1 thing all the other great ones COULD NOT DO. He could throw on the run. At 51 sec of this video---he is running for his life and hurls a 55 yard pass to a streaking Rice---and hits him in perfect stride. Favre, Manning, Brady, and the the rest could not have completed that pass. Montana--inherited a terrible team in 1979 had to throw on the run, period. The others walked on to winning clubs.
matt75hooper 1 year ago
@matt75hooper that was beautiful....and I agree that he was the absolute best at throwing on the run.....but I think it also contributed to his back problem. That motion is very hard on the lower back
princessButtercupp 1 year ago
49ers...The only team never to lose a Super Bowl...5-0, baby..
CheeseIsOverRated 1 year ago
look at those reads. no black qb will ever be able to do this. total unmannedification!
YTSMalumni2010 1 year ago
@YTSMalumni2010
There will never be another QB like Montana, but the closes Ive seen a black QB run that offense as proficient is D.McNabb and M.Vick with the Eagles. The Eagles have some 49er diciples of the past and are teaching that offense well, but they're not the only ones. GreenBay's M.McCarty made A.Rodgers a stud, and now the Cleavland will build a roster to run it with Colt McCoy. McNabb is still running it in Washington, even the Texans run it. The most complex QB friendly offense
YBRR88 1 year ago
@YBRR88 the only black qb ive seen that can run and offense was steve mcnair, and just sorta. it was before my time but i heard warren moon was pretty good as well
do you think montana would do any good in todays nfl with bigger lineman and the speed of the game?
YTSMalumni2010 1 year ago
@YTSMalumni2010 Black qb's run offenses just as well as white qbs. We should stop discussing that. Montana would kill it with today's. Montana played when you couldn't throw the ball out of bounds to avoid a sack. He also played when the qb got hit a lot harder and more often. The only way to stop Montana was to knock him out of the game. Just ask the Bills and Giants.
MasonMediaClips 1 year ago
@MasonMediaClips black qb's do not have the mental capacity to absorb a playbook or go through there reads when passening. i will say black qb's are getting slightly better at there position but all they can really do is scramble around like dumb monkeys
YTSMalumni2010 1 year ago
@YTSMalumni2010 Yes, Montanas career would have been longer if there bigger linemen. The 49ers were at least a decade ahead of everybody else with the West Coast offense. Troy Aikman was at probowl practice with J.Rice. He said Rice ran a route and Aikman threw the ball early and thought it would hit Rice in the face, but he turned around and caught the ball like it was no problem. Thats when Aikman realized how experieneced and fast the 49ers ran their offense. 2 Steps ahead of everybody else
YBRR88 1 year ago
@YBRR88 what youre talking about is the west coast offense. where you are wrong is that steve young ran it, not montana
also dont be silly. montana would be too small and slight to play the modern game
YTSMalumni2010 1 year ago
@YTSMalumni2010
C'mon, Im pretty sure evrybody knows the W.C offense started with J.Montana.
Really, too small to play todays game lol? Maybe you need to look up on your histroy because the NFL was a much tougher league to play in then what it is now. Offense are allowed more oppotunities to score because the rules favors offense more than defense, than it it did back in the days. The rules today would allow someone like Montana to play even better, since he is protected from illegal hits
YBRR88 1 year ago
Those who assume Bradshaw won his 4 rings due to D please watch TERRY BRADSHAW HIGHLIGHT video, his D didn't make him SB MVP twice, NFL MVP, get him in the HOF first ballot or make HOF LB Ham say he wouldn't have 4 rings without Terry. Those who think Joe didn't have a great D. SF D was ranked # 2,3, 4, and 10 all the years Joe won SBs and they held Dan Marino to 16 points, John Elway to 10 points and 2 top Cincy Offenses lead by Pro Bowl QBs Ken Anderson and Boomer Esiason to 20 and 16 points.
Bigbadben7 1 year ago
Amazing video! I love it
Joe Montana will be always be my favorite QB. That guy was just unbelievable. The things he did, very few I've seen others do, if at all. I agree with you the 49ers should have stuck with Montana instead of Young.
The only thing is though, Montana retired in 94. If we had done that and won maybe 2 more Super Bowls with him, what would have the 49ers have done for a QB then?
Would Walsh have brought in Garcia? Who knows?
JRBX50 1 year ago
The QB equivalent to brain surgery.
janelasdedeus 1 year ago
and NOBODY throws like that
comintagetcha 1 year ago
Rice and Talor were always wide open or had at least a step or 2 on the defender. Joe was great but you cant compare to the talent and arm strength of other QBs to throw the deep back shoulder throw and deep outs. Allthough he had the best mechanics and throwing motion, and was the best throwing on the run. However when your recievers are 6 ' 2" and rice n taylor its not thaaaat dificult with those guys. He's the #4 of all time
MrCjp37 1 year ago
Number 4 are you a retard he was the reason jerry rice was good no qb has a better record in the playoffs not to mention super bowl mvps he could make any throw def number one even tho he never had a 4000 yard season but he didint need one he was so good
GoWglitcher420 1 year ago
Many people dont really realize J.Taylor is one hell of a player who was over shadowed by a Legend. He would have been a #1 Wr on most teams back in the days. He was one of the most dangerous WRs with the ball in his hands, and could take it the distance any time he touched the ball. Hell he would be a #1 Wr more than half the NFL teams today. He may never become a HOF, but he will always be remember for his game winning Sb catch during the 49ers dynasty run....
YBRR88 1 year ago 5
The best Ever!!!!
aztc4life 1 year ago 2
These are Joe Montana's Superbowl stats. 83-122 for 1,142 yards 11 TDs 0 INT QB rating 127.8, and by the way 4-0 in Superbowls. This is way Montana is the Greatest Of All Times.
marissar30 1 year ago 11
Actually The Steel Curtain in the late 70s ahd a thing called Bradshaw which is why Terry was NFL MVP of 1978 and SB MVP for SBs XIII and XIV.
Terry said it best, "You can lose with me but you can't win without me" and Jack Ham said "If it wasn't for Terry Bradshaw I wouldn't have 4 SB Rings"
Bigbadben7 1 year ago
Finally someone else understands how the game has evolved like me. Thank you MMS. Bandwagon fands now days do not understand how much the NFL has changed. Funny thing is they will say the speed of the game is much faster, but compared to the rule changes, it has not changed that much since the 1980's. The 80's had some of the toughest defenses the league has ever seen. Only QB from today who survives back then and posts good stats is Peyton Manning.
hartfire0 1 year ago
Montana is no doubt an incredible QB, afterall you dont throw 11 TDs to 0 INts in 4 Superbowls unless your incredible. However, dont act like Montana had it "tough", lol that is a joke. Montana would have never won 4 Superbowls without Walsh, the best offense in the 80's, the best offensive system ever at that point in football (the West Coast Offense), Jerry Rice, a team filled with future HOFers, great defenses, adn 13 games a season in nice weather (conference + home games).
Shinzou4 1 year ago
@Shinzou4 Haha, nice weather? Have you ever been to Candlestick Park? The winds there are worse than in Pittsbirgh, and when it rains the field turns into the Everglades. Montana's go to receiver his first two SB's was a man drafted in the 10th round--Dwight Clark. Yes the defense was great, but go through all of the Super Bowl Champions and find me a team that did not have at least a halfway decent defense. 99 Rams had a good scoring defense like the 2009 Saints.
hartfire0 1 year ago
"less aggressive defenses of Montana's era". LMAO!!!!!
Parcells/ Belichick Giants, Ditka/Ryan's Bears, Gibbs' Redskins, Rams, Eagles - nah, these defensives weren't aggressive.
Good God where do these clueless people come from?
MisterMasterShafter 2 years ago 4
First - Bradshaw without a little thing called "The Steel Curtain" does not win four SB's. Second - QB's were still allowed to be killed in the 80's, they threw more than Bradshaw's era which meant more chances to get killed, and receivers were still getting the hell knocked out of them in the 1980s as the rules were no enforced close to what they are now.
MisterMasterShafter 2 years ago 11
@MisterMasterShafter Agreed. To add to that, during the majority of Montana's career he didn't have the bail out option of throwing the ball away out bounds. Back then, it was a penalty if the throw wasn't close to a receiver. As a niner fan, I'd hate to see the old rules in effect for Alex Smith. If the first two reads aren't there, Smith rolls and throws away out of bounds. Montana HAD to be a playmaker and was. Sidenote:Dont want 2 be a Smith hater but that guy needs to start "creating" more.
MasonMediaClips 2 years ago 6
The game now compared to the 80s is like the Arena football league. Totally designed for big offense and big passing numbers, and the guys throw constantly.
Smith needs an opportunity to actually have an entire season where he's the man from day one - from training camp, and actually have the same OC and system on a regular basis, rather than 4 different OCs in 4 years and a terrible coach. (Nolan) I need to see this before making the final judgement on him, but he was up and down last year.
MisterMasterShafter 2 years ago
@MasonMediaClips With what?? Lol up till now he has no offensive line, no offensive scheme, not many talented weapons to throw to, and has been injured because of it. I'm not saying Alex smith is great I am just saying give him this whole season. If the defense plays even decent( which they didn't last year) and they don't go to the playoffs then get rid of him. I mean really this is pretty much his 3rd real year, and first with the same offensive coordinator.
phantom299 1 year ago
@MasonMediaClips I don't even want to think about the current Niner squad. Smith has been ruined from day one in SF by how he was brought up, and this current coaching staff, starting with Sing, is clueless.
MisterMasterShafter 1 year ago
@MisterMasterShafter
Montana is no doubt an incredible QB, afterall you dont throw 11 TDs to 0 INts in 4 Superbowls unless your incredible. However, dont act like Montana had it it "tough", lol that is a joke. Montana would have never won 4 superbowls without Walsh, the best offense in the 80's, the best offensive system ever at that point the West Coast Offense, Jerry Rice, a team filled with future HOFers, and great defenses.
Shinzou4 1 year ago
1) I don't know why people refuse to get this, but Joe won 2 SBs/2 SB MVPs without Rice, but a hodge podge of older veterans, youngsters, and average receivers and TEs.
2) It's eternally amusing how some hold Joe to standards no other QB is. ie: had a great coach, great players etc. I'll wait for someone someday to tell me how many multiple SB winning QBs had anything else.
3) Since Joe won a National title @ ND, a 4th SB, a 3rd SB MVP and 2 NFL MVPs without Walsh, that speaks for itself.
MisterMasterShafter 1 year ago
@MisterMasterShafter
Actually The Steel Curtain in the late 70s ahd a thing called Bradshaw which is why Terry was NFL MVP of 1978 and SB MVP for SBs XIII and XIV.
Terry said it best, "You can lose with me but you can't win without me" and Jack Ham said "If it wasn't for Terry Bradshaw I wouldn't have 4 SB Rings"
Bigbadben7 1 year ago
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@MisterMasterShafter
Actually The Steel Curtain in the late 70s ahd a thing called Bradshaw which is why Terry was NFL MVP of 1978 and SB MVP for SBs XIII and XIV.
Terry said it best, "You can lose with me but you can't win without me" and Jack Ham said "If it wasn't for Terry Bradshaw I wouldn't have 4 SB Rings"
Bigbadben7 1 year ago
@MisterMasterShafter The Steel Curtain had little to do with Bradshaw's 2 SB MVP awards or his NFL MVP award and his 4 Pro Bowls.
Anyway, anyone notice that most of Joe's deep balls sort of wobbled?
Not knocking him they were accurate but it was a very unique non tight spiral that was interestingly as dead on as the spirals,
HinesXL 1 year ago
@HinesXL First, I like TB. But it took him a while to become a great QB. Joe was pretty much great from the start. He didn't have a rocket arm, but was accurate as Hell and excelled in every single aspect of the position. TB, like Favre, could be erratic, though with the game on the line I'd take him over Favre. When he threw 3 picks vs LA in SB14, and another that Nolan Cromwell dropped with nothing but daylight in front of him, Pitt goes down in flames without their defense. That's reality.
MisterMasterShafter 1 year ago
@MisterMasterShafter What about the dropped int by Louis Billips in SB XIII with a CIncy 7 point lead and another FG coming? If Billips hangs on it's a Cincy Touchback and more than likely a 10 point win.
Joe also had # 2, 3, 4 and 10th ranked Ds when he won his rings. You act like SF D didn't dominate is SBs.
Joe was West Coach Offense, first 15 plays scripted and the rest called by an Offensive genius, Walsh and Joe was perfect to execute but Terry called his own plays, a real Field General.
HinesXL 1 year ago
@HinesXL So Joe nearly threw 1 INT in 4 SBs, and that's your complaint? (Niners won 20-16, would have lost 16-13 if Joe didn't save the day. No 10 point lead by Cincy) Your 9er D stats are off, but whatever. They never had a "dominant" D like Pitt, just a good solid D. I've never seen a SB champion without a good D, so this is a red herring. TB threw nearly 4 picks vs a 9-7 Rams team. The D kept Pitt in the game until TB chucked it deep for Swann and Stallworth to make 2 incredible TD catches.
MisterMasterShafter 1 year ago
I concur, Shafter. The Steeler defense bailed Bradshaw out - for the umpteenth time, in the second half against LA. Don't forget the previous Super Bowl where Swann and Stallworth also made sick acrobatic grabs, and Jackie Smith of the Boyz muffed what would have been the game winning touchdown. Staubach would have been MVP.
When they played Minnesota, it was all Steeler defense. Bradshaw had about 90 yards passing. That whole defense practically is in the HOF.
Tiberius0001 1 year ago
@Tiberius0001 I think you meant Terry bailed the D out in XIV when the gave up an option pass TD then Terry nailed a 73 yd bomb to Stallworth in stride while Swann was out of the 2nd half.
have you seen Rice's catches in SB XIII or Ronnie Lott's stuffing of Ickey Woods or the pressure they put on Elway in XIV and the 3 deep TD to Rice and the other where he broke like 3 tackles.
How many times did Rice/Taylor take 10 yd slants 50 to 80 yds for Joe?
Even Dwight Clark had better stats than Swann.
HinesXL 1 year ago
No, I meant the defense bailed Bradshaw out. If not for the defense stopping L.A. every time Bradshaw was picked, LA would have put that game away. They sacked Ferragamo how many times? That Ram team was decimated with injuries that year, they were just getting guys back in the playoffs and Youngblood played the SB with a broken leg, thus LA's pass rush was severly hampered and Bradshaw had all day to throw
That same Ram team shut the Steelers down to 7 points a year prior with a healthy team
Tiberius0001 1 year ago
@Tiberius0001 Cards of 07 beat 07 Steelers then lost 08 SB to Steelers, so what's the point?
I'm not saying the Steelers D didn't help Terry but it went both ways.
Jack Ham who is a first ballot HOF LB said "If it weren't for Bradshaw I wouldn't have 4 Rings" and All Pro DE Dwight White agreed with Terry's comment "You can lose with me but you'll never win without me"
Marino threw for 5,048 yds and 48 TDs in 1984 the SF D crushed him in the SB as they did Elway, 2 of the best QBs ever.
HinesXL 1 year ago
In a nutshell, I can believe my own eyes after 40 years of watching football, and I can believe every football coach, analyst, journalist and insider about the Steelers HOF defense being the main reason they won four Super Bowls.
Or I can agree with someone who's a big fan of Terry Bradshaw.
I'll go with the former.
Tiberius0001 1 year ago
@Tiberius0001 You can't believe the HOF who elected Terry First Ballot? Or the SB XIII and XIV MVP voters? Or HOF LB Ham who said without Terry he wouldn't have 4 rings or HOF CB Blount who said Terry was 1 of the greatest to ever play? Or the AP who voted Terry 1978 NFL MVP? Or the Youtube video I sent to your inbox?
Terry 4 rings in 6 years, 2 after the rules were changed to limit Defenses.
Joe missed the playoffs a defending champ in 82 and was 1 and done 3 straight post seasons 85, 86, 87.
HinesXL 1 year ago
I never said Bradshaw wasn't any good, and you're trying way too hard to convince me. Stop sending me videos. I repeat, I saw him play. Why not go to a Bradshaw video and argue this?
He won 4 Super Bowls in 6 years with the same team. Then the defense got old and fell apart, and that was it.
Joe won 4 Super Bowls with essentially 3 different teams and 2 head coaches from '81 to '89. 2 NFL MVPs and 3 Super Bowl MVPs with 2 different head coaches. The one constant was Joe. 'Nuff said.
Tiberius0001 1 year ago 2
@Tiberius0001 I never said Terry was better, Even I would want Joe the last 2 minutes of a game but again tha's because the kind of O Joe ran, a High % passing game and if Joe isn't the best ever then he's easly the best ever at that type of Offense (West Coast). Joe's from Monongahela Penn. just outside of Pittsburgh and a local hero to me but I just get pissed when people assume Terry's success is all a credit to good luck.
HinesXL 1 year ago
@MisterMasterShafter My point si that before XIV Terry had 1 pick in 3 SBs and he was just forcing stuff in XIV and when he realized it wasn't working he chilled and nailed 2 bombs to Stallworth over coverage and one 73 yds perfectly in stride. His 64 yarder to Swann in SB X is called by NFL Films Best Ever TD pass.
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holywar911 1 year ago
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@MisterMasterShafter so....montana had RICE,TAYLOR,JONES,CRAIG,RATHMAN AND A VERY GOOD D-FENS
holywar911 1 year ago
Joe never played under the pre 78 rules where defenders could chuck receivers past 5 yds and D linemen could had slap to get to the QB quciker.
You can never compare what those QBs faced defensivley with the less agressive defenses of Montana's era.
Do I think Joe is the best since the rules changes? Maybe, but the West Coast System never exceled until the rules changes.
Watch a Johhny Unitus highligh reel and consider the old rules, hell even half of Bradshaw's films are from that era.
Bigbadben7 2 years ago
This is prime vintage Montana. Thanks MMC. Awesome stuff! As for the GOAT, folks best just start at #2 and go from there. We're watching #1. The more I see of prime Joe in action, the wider the gap becomes for me.
MisterMasterShafter 2 years ago
2:05 fucking guy
elmalacopa 2 years ago
The only reason the 85 bears aret the 84 bears is bec of the great joe. Also the only reason the 85 bears became the 85 bears is bec joe got hurt that year. But if he hadnt got hurt there would have never been a 85, 86, 87, or any other team foe that matter. Joe will live for ever. & pl dont give me that shit about him winning only bec he had rice. FYI joe won 2 , let me say again, 2 superbowls before rice got there. If anything joe made jerry who he was.
RJWoodsAKATheLaw 2 years ago
Montana isn't the best he is the best
ricky49ers 2 years ago
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ColdDish1 2 years ago
I did a college report on why Montana was the greatest QB of all time. At the time (1996) he had 9 division titles, taken his team to playoffs 11 times (SF, KC), and 7 Championships games, all records. Even Otto Graham only went to 6 nfl championships (the other 4 were in the aafc. So Montana is truly the man.
And when you consider that in his 16 seasons, he was a starter for only 11 full seasons (1982 was a strike year) and he went to the playoffs all 11 times!!! No QB but him can say that.
singingriverprods 2 years ago 3
3 straight 1 and done playoff games with passer raitings in the 40s in 85, 86, 87, a dropped int. by L. Billips in SB XXIII in the 4th quarter that would've maintained a 7 point Cincy lead with their other FG coming, being benched 10 years in to his carrer in 1988, sick catches in SB XXIII by Rice, "The Catch" being a thow away that Clark made a TD in a Conference game where Joe threw 3 picks and all dink and dunk passes in SB XVI.
I'm not knocking him but people forget his struggles
Bigbadben7 2 years ago
@Bigbadben7
While I appreciate your argument, you can break every year down for every QB in history (yes, even Big Ben) and you will find the same struggles. Greatness is achieved despite the struggles, not without them.
singingriverprods 1 year ago
I'm tired of people saying Montana won because of Walsh and the great players around him. When Montana won the first 2 SB's, his WR's were Solomon and Clark. His RB in the 1st SB was Ricky Patton who rush for just over 500 yds that year. Montana was clutch.
When Montana left the 9ers, he played 2 years for KC. Montana's play elevated average players at KC and he helped them make the playoffs the 2 years he was there.
And there was nobody better than Montana in the SB's period.
trkck105 2 years ago 3
@trkck105 It's funny how some fans out of pure bias, try to place more emphasis on the regular season than the playoffs. Anyone who tries to minimize Montana's success is simply doing it out of hate or jealousy of his success. When considering who the greatest and most successful QB was over the past 40 years, Montana has OVERWHELMING evidence to make that claim
ossiezig8 2 years ago 3
Gentlemen, There is god....and then, there is Joe Montana. If one needs a miracle, you can go to either. End of conversation.
FrlghtWolf 2 years ago
Just like Michael Jordan in basketball, it should be stated as a fact, that Joe Montana was and is the greatest quarterback who ever played the game
pucpimp 2 years ago
Joe Montana played on a lot better teams than other QB's?
BS. He still had to make the throws, hit the open receiver, and he did that time and time again, effortlessly. No one still to this day goes through his reads like Joe Montana did. He's the natural; he's the standard.
J. Unitas or J. Montana? I go with Mr. Montana.
GodChristLord 2 years ago
1:48 a thing of beauty. I made a few nice throws like that. ...Joe is the best.
GodChristLord 2 years ago
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ColdDish1 2 years ago
one word
BEAST!
rawfan9999 2 years ago
Best QB ever...thanks for posting. Beating the Bears in Jan 1989 28-3 and beating the Eagles 38-28 in Sept 1989 when he threw 4 tds in 4th quarter will long live in the memory.
DOGNOGGER 2 years ago
What's the song at 3:10???
krnkillerwhale 2 years ago
Song: Extreme Ways
Artist: Moby
Album: The Bourne Ultimatum (Original Soundtrack)
MasonMediaClips 2 years ago
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frost122585 2 years ago
Joe's the GOAT, end of discussion.
chds222 2 years ago 21
@chds222
Hey! that nickname belongs to Jerry!
TheKenTerry 1 year ago
@chds222 85 beaRS MADE HIM LOOK AVERAge
dpistons149 1 year ago
@dpistons149 c'mon! that comment IS idiotic...JOE COOL IS JOE COOL
aqaran 1 year ago
@aqaran watch the video ur see what i mean
dpistons149 1 year ago
@dpistons149 See thats the difference between the 85 bears and the niners. We were the 81 niners, then we were the 84 niners, then the 88 niners, and the 89 niners...oh cant forget about the 94 niners. lol the bears got it right one season thats it. we got it right 5 times baby. if you saw the 87 meeting between the bears and niners in the playoffs.... joe made the bears look below average.
arkoe310 1 year ago
@dpistons149 the bears 46 defense became extinct because of the west-coast offense. We made the bears defense disappear forever. thats why nobody runs it anymore because so many teams run some form of west-coast offense.
arkoe310 1 year ago
2:06 o_O
ludo1715 2 years ago
4:50 whats the name of the song
SzYm42 2 years ago
Song: Ready, Steady, Go
Artist: Oakenfold
Album: Bunkka
You might recognize it from the car chase scene in Bourne Identity.
MasonMediaClips 2 years ago
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One of the greatest..... Marino is the no.1 of all time. He threw over 20,000 more yards and has close to 150 more TDs than Joe and he did it without a running game. Marino is still the only qb to throw for more than 40 TDs in a season twice. Marino also has more 4th quarter comebacks than Joe so is just as clutch as Montana. The only thing that goes against Marino the missing ring. Well folks, this is a team game and Montana played on better teams.
daytona0101 2 years ago
I disagree. I'll tell you what I just told a Brady fan: Make a 30 minute video of Marino's highlights and I'll watch it and think about it then.
MasonMediaClips 2 years ago
Why do you disagree. Just because someone could be bothered to put together a highlight package for Joe Montana doesn't make him the GOAT. And highlights showcase the best moments so naturally Montana will look good in the clips. Fact is, Marino was a better passer and had fewer tools than Montana. He also performed well in the clutch. How many times have we heard that a lack of a running game spells disaster in the play offs. In Marinos own words "THE RUNNING GAME IS KILLING US"
daytona0101 2 years ago
Marino was a great QB, but I don't think he was as versatile as Montana. Yes, Marino had more mustard on his passes and was probably the most dead on accurate passer in history, but he could not scramble (90 yards rushing for his entire career). Also, as Bill Walsh stated, Joe could see and anticipate a play develop and react to it faster and more precisely than any QB in history. Joe earned 4 rings with his brains and his ability to raise his level of play when it counted most.
solomonwisearse 2 years ago 2
You're a coach in the super bowl, its 4th and goal on the 7 with 3 seconds left down by 6. You can put Marino or Montana in the game. Also, you're an addicted gambler and bet everything you had on the game. Who do you put in the game? If you say Marino, I feel sorry for your family, because they'd be homeless.
MasonMediaClips 2 years ago
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Either one would do the job but people seem to forget, Marino had more 4th quarter combacks than Joe. And look who Joe played with, his superstar roster and pro bowl O-line had as much to do with the teamS sucess as Montana. Not to mention they had a great running game and the best WR ever. So opposing teams had more to defend when playing the 49s than the Dolphins. Montana didn't do a great deal when he went to the Chiefs did he.
daytona0101 2 years ago
Who was Joe's Hall of Fame running back when he won his first SB and sent the cowboys into submission for a decade? Joe would have taken the talent-less chiefs to the Super Bowl in his prime. People forget he took them to AFC championship and got hurt early in the 3rd qtr at 37 years old. I saw plenty of 49er games where Joe put the team on his back minus a running game. Not to mention, those games were in the playoffs or Super Bowl...
MasonMediaClips 2 years ago
I think it's misleading to just look at 4th qtr comebacks. You can make the argument that Montana had fewer comebacks because he had the Niners up by so much in the 4th that he didnt need to make a comeback. You gotta look at the total package when it comes to QB. Montana has stats, comebacks, longevity and rings. You add ALL those up and there's no doubt. Montana is the man.
pmfernandez 2 years ago
Couldn't have said it better myself...
HOCKEYMAN99wg 2 years ago
Also, the defences that played the Dolphins played to stop Marino throwing the ball yet Marino still carried the Dolphins to the play offs season after season. He completed some of the sickest passes ever.
daytona0101 2 years ago
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ColdDish1 2 years ago
i love how almost all of his passes have the slight wobble, but they are always still perfectly on target. Always finds the receivers hands and not the corners/safety's...pure greatness
kicker2666 2 years ago
When Montana got Rice it was just abuse to everyone.
Dkouts57 2 years ago
Ran into Joe the other day at a high school football game...so surreal to be next to the great one. No one will ever be as magical as Joe.
cgprophoto 2 years ago
Wow, that would definitely be cool...
MasonMediaClips 2 years ago
Greatness knows no limits
thanks again for this awesome compilation
caca12349999999999 2 years ago
The man was just incredible. Hands down, the greatest QB to ever play the game. Thanks for the video, MMC. Very well done.
donnymuck 2 years ago
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donnymuck 2 years ago
There ARE MR OCTOBERS! there are mr novembers! hell we even know that romo is no mr december! but we all know that joe was MR JANUARY! you can give me all the dan fouts october highlights...............montana's highlights usually are from mid to late january!
BIGRED224FOREVER 2 years ago
I like that Big Red, "Joe Montana: Mr. January."
MasonMediaClips 2 years ago
Well said. There are many regular season stats QBs out there (Peyton Manning & Tony Romo are great examples of this) who can't handle the increased intensity of the playoffs. As Al Pacino said "when squeezed, some focus, and some fold". Montana focused and shined brighter than any QB before or after him. Timing is everything when it comes to measuring the greatness of an althlete. It's not so much what he did was great, it's that what he did was greatest when it counted the most.
joneslt 2 years ago 2
As a football fan these modern players have really done a wonderful job of ruining a great legacy players like Rice, Lott, and Montana left for them. Thanks for these clips MMC, they remind me why I got into football in the first place.
DaemonZane 2 years ago
Makes you wish you could turn back the clock to the 80s. Cold Monday night games at Candlestick with the wind snapping and swirling. January playoff games with the Candlestick sod muddy and wet. The bay area sun shining off the gold helmets.
ebwjd 2 years ago
BAD ASS VIDEO.
hps209 2 years ago
The quality of the footage is amazing! Great job!
gillianseed 2 years ago 10
Thanks!
MasonMediaClips 2 years ago
great video. thanks!
sokchoeun 2 years ago
Thanks!
MasonMediaClips 2 years ago