Jerry Rice is the reason I played receiver throughout my football career. Hands down the guy was to football what Michael Jordan was to basket ball. Rice ran a legitimate 4.6-40yard dash. Away from Darrel Green, the average DB back then had blazing 4.7 speed. Jerry Rice trained hard to run hard. I was at the Mississippi Valley-La. Tech game back in '83-'84 when he scorched their ass for a 99 yard bomb, from Willie Totten, just before halftime.
@TheRebuiltOne1980 i guess rice was more shifty Ultra quick to above average straight line speed. thats why he is so deceptive on runing routes and deep patterns.
@TheRebuiltOne1980 ,true, but when he hit the NFL he increased his speed by training, he got faster and stronger, if he ran the 40 time again it wouldve been better than 4.5
@H41L5ATAN Bur Montana had an awesome supporting cast, good receivers, good blocking, good backs, a good defense, Brady only had a veteran defense, his receivers sucked, and he never had truly great running game. The year he got randy moss he went undefeated only to lose at the super bowl.
I bet you cant even name who Montana's Wrs was when won his first 2 Sbs? The 49ers defense was very young when Walsh drafted his whole pass defense in one draft. Montana's #1 receiver was a TE. They won the SB in Montanas 1ST YEAR AS THE FULL TIME STARTER in 1981!
The undefeated season record...Thats good and all, but for reason I seem to think the 49ers 18 consequtive wins ON THE ROAD NFL record, seems just as impressive. Also they didnt lose SBs with Montana....
@YBRR88 I could name their WRs on the '81 and '84 Super Bowls teams. They were Freddie Solomon, Dwight Clark and Renaldo Neiemiah. I'm diehard 49ers fan.
when Montana won his 1st SB ring in SF, his RB's were Bill Ring, Johnny Davis, and Earl Cooper(also at TE)
Montanas WR's were Freddie Solomon ,Dwight Clark, Mike Wilson (for 2 SB's)
the 49ers D in 1981, Ronnie Lott, Carlton Williamson, and Eric Wright were all rookies. and with the exception of 2 D-players at 31 & 34yrs old, the avg age on the D was 24y.o.
so claiming Montana had an "awesome supporting cast" is just plain ignorant
@Zaxxon2008 ,the 49ers had a great defense,you cant win a superbowl without defense, didnt they hold the Dolphins to only 16 points,the Dolphins were highly explosive with Marino throwing over 5000 yards and 48 touchdowns and they had a balanced rushing attack with 3 different RB's. There running backs averaged 4.2, 4.7,& 5 yards per carry,that 49er defense shut them down. Montana had help, dont forget the 49ers scored the most point in SB history with Rice-55 points dont ever forget that
@tuzwol first of all, don't you ever presume to tell me what to "don't ever forget that" about anything Montana & 49er related
2nd, Montana made Dwight Clark a weapon, not Clark's "greatness" Clark was an ok WR, not a GREAT WR. basically he was an undersized TE and an oversized WR. he only had 2 ProBowl/AllPro seasons in his career
and it's not like I claimed the 84 9ers D was weak or something. some compare them as better than the 85 Bears
@Zaxxon2008 ,bottomline is Dwight Clark was good,the WR has to be able to catch the ball,he was more than ok,he was good,and "dont ever get forget" Roger Craig's ability to run and receive was vital to their success,Montana always had weapons,its just that with Rice and Taylor,they were at their best
@Zaxxon2008 ,Dwight Clark in 1981 had 85 receptions for 1105 receiving yards,same year Freddie Solomon had 59 receptions for 959 receiving yards,these guys were a very good WR, Montana had weapons
@tuzwol and you can chalk up your 3 ring circus at RB to a good O-line...
but Montana did NOT have "weapons" in his first 2 SB wins like he did in 88 & 89... so the claim is as horseshit as your retort in defense of God knows what
@Zaxxon2008 ,Montana did have weapons,in Dwight Clark and dont forget Roger Craig,who had great receiving skills as well,and a great defense that held the Dolphins to only 16 points,your claim is bullshit. Bottomline,the DOlphins had a rushing attack,and the 49ers def held their pass and rush in check,Montana had help
@Zaxxon2008 ,cant converse without using insults,that means one thing,that I am right, when people start acting their shoe size instead of their age,you know that youve won the argument. Defense wins championships,the def held the Dolphins in check. Montana did have weapons and Roger Craig was a RB,that could run and receive,Tom Rathman played FB. The more you comment,the more your ignorance shows,please continue
@tuzwol on top of all your other idiocy... you also want to claim the Miami Dolphins had a rushing attack in 84???
ROFLMFAO @ U
you must have a great sense of humor
the Dolphins rushing attack, in Marino's All-Time record QB season, was just like Brady's season that broke those same records... a bunch of AVERAGE rb's sucking up the rushing yards which were only open because of the prolific passing attack in thos 2 seasons
next you'll be telling me Lawrence Maroney is a HOFer
@Zaxxon2008 ,genius,they could still rush the ball 4-5 yards per carry thats great,I bet you the Colts wish they had that,bottomline is the Dolphins had a great attack that was smothered by the 49er defense,That is called a balanced rushing attack,you obviously know very little about football,and Im giving you a compliment there,I said little to be nice,they werent hall of famers,they took advantage of their opportunities,they had a good season that year,there is no denying that
Ive been thinking about QB/receiver combos in the NFL, and Montana to Rice was special. But when i think about combos that could have been, say if the Packers would have drafted Randy Moss in 1998. Imagine Favre throwing to Moss in his prime.... That most likely would have ended up being the most potent tandem of all time. Favre's gunslinger mentality matched with Moss's ability to go deep??? it would have been championships indeed.
@mpj32587 moss stretched the field... and the bench in oakland! and least not forget, TOM BRADY ran moss out of new england last year, thats the facts. Thats why moss went on the "Thanks for everything tom" campaign to the hilt, it was sarcasm at its finest!
Double team this man! Ah the season of MNF with OJ. There were some odd years there in the booth after the initial Cosell, Gifford and Meredith configuration. Outside of the mainstays I remember Namath in there and OJ as 2 mid 80s attempts that didn't work. Though Dennis Miller I think will always be the biggest blunder in all of MNFs hirings.
lol if you watch the whole process of the catch and if that play happened today it would have been ruled incomplete for not following the full process of a catch (calvin johnson)
No that was one of the things people said before he was drafted. He clocked in 4.76 at the combine, but J.Rice said he can run faster when somebodys chasing him. It was evident that he was no where near as slow as scouts timed him, because had the nickname flash in his rookie year. Just an example of how deatiled the draft has become now, so that teams dont miss out on players like that. They want to know every little thing about you now. Everything.....
I didnt make shit up, go look at some scouting reports and you'll see some scouts mis-clocked his speed, which is why the 49ers were able to trade and grab the best player in NFL history with the #13 draft pick....
@YBRR88 Nobody EVER timed Rice at 4.76. If he had run an official 4.76 he would not have gone in the first round of the draft. He would have been lucky to go on the first DAY with that sort of time given the tiny school he came from.
@Ricearoni80 you're correct. Ask anybody knowledgeable and they'll tell you Jerry Rice ran something in the 4.4s, which is very respectable. The guy he beats here, Jerry Gray, ran a 4.27 at his pro day coming out of Texas. Look it up, folks. A 4.8 guy does not beat a 4.3 guy like that.
they said rice was slow,for his era he was just fast enough.and why do i keep hearing jim brown was the best.were there 250lbs linebackers that ran 4.4s in his era? oversized safeties?guys wouldn't even take him head on.sanders & payton were the best period.and rice?him and darrel green might be the two best football players ever.
Everybody who thinks Randy moss is better u guys r fucking retarded. Moss shouldn't even be mentioned. Don't argue if u don't know what the he'll u talking bout
@TheDeathsRequiem I didn't mean disrespect to don hutson btw...just joking because you brought up someone that was playing in the 30's.....he was great and forgotten
Honestly I also really like Marvin Harrison, in fact I would consider Marvin Harrison the #2 WR of all time. He played with Peyton Manning, Dallas Clark, and Reggie Wayne for a good number of years and helped them win a Super Bowl. I really respect Marvin Harrison.
Those of you saying Randy Moss is better are clueless. Randy Moss wears gloves...That clearly means he can't catch as well as Jerry Rice, who is not wearing gloves as you can see in this video.
@MrBladeWarrior Randy Moss is a better receiver than Jerry Rice like Kobe Bryant is a better NBA player than Michael Jordan was. Not. Anyone who would say such a thing is either sincerely a complete idiot or just an internet troll trying to get a rise out of someone.
@abenice Uh, I was being totally sarcastic. Please read it again. That's why I put "not" after the statement. I was agreeing with MrBladeWarrior completely. I'm not sure who said below that Randy Moss was better than Rice, although again he's either completely nuts or (more likely) just trying to get a pissing match going here.
@abenice You are a jackass. Moss is playing in an era when the Teams are throwing 50 times a game. If not for that----it would be 'Randy Who' ? Rice's stats use to read : 6 catches 177 yards, 2 TDs----every damn game. Not like today's receivers : 14 catches, 103 yards, 5 drops. And they lose. Idiot.
@matt75hooper what are you talking about man I never said moss is better then Jerry rice. Jerry rice is my favorite football player and this is coming from someone who played it through college!
u know, thats a rare image to see, clark with rice, since clark was the main WR and rice was pretty much the man to replace him, an odd passing of the torch u know?
I believe this was a MNF game where the 49ers were down big, and came back to win in the 4th. John Taylor had a pretty big game that night as well. Anyways, Jerry Rice, the G.O.A.T. Long live the red and gold empire.
Jerry Rice sweetest WR ever.. nobody will ever come close to the numbers he put up while winning championships....Joe Montana and Steve Young's careers are owed to this man....he helped create legends
@BigPapi3600 Not really. Montana and the 49ers won 2 Super Bowls before Rice was even drafted. If anything, he owes his career to Walsh and Montana! I agree that he's the greatest WR of all time, though. No one will ever match is production.
@tuzwol this is the best of all of your moronic posts on this video/topic... when you cry & whine - "Montana just threw the ball" yep... ALL he did was JUST threw the ball
he just threw it... yup... uh huh... sure... that's all he did... he just threw it... nothing special to it... ROFLMFAO@U!!!
Giovanni Carmazzi "just threw it" too
No really, I agree with you... nothing special about Montana
he just threw it! (and he had ALL those weapons like Bill Ring & Earl Cooper in 81&84) LOL@U
@Zaxxon2008 ,your moronic posts,catching the ball doesnt make you run fast,the wr still has to catch the ball,youre forgetting that part. DOnt forget ROger Craig who was a deadly RB that could receive,and they had a great defense
@Zaxxon2008 ,Roger Craig was a RB playing FB for those early years, he was the leading receiver for the 49ers in the 1984 superbowl, he ate up the Dolphins, he had 7 receptions for 77 yards and 2 touchdowns. Dwight Clark had 6 recpetions for 77 yards.
@Zaxxon2008 ,im older than you kid. I'm right, I'm always right. He was a RB playing FB,he had the skill set of a running back,I knew he was the FB,but in essence he was still a RB playing the FB position.
@tuzwol you cry NOW that - "He was a RB playing FB,he had the skill set of a running back,I knew he was the FB"
but I'll quote you again from a previous post OF YOURS - "tardwol - Roger Craig was a RB,that could run and receive,Tom Rathman played FB!"
ergo, you're a lying sore loser of a little girl, and you can't stop whining about it
MONTANA won 2 Super Bowls before Rice was there, and he had modest talent (at best) around him in those first 2 SB's, just like Brady (the ORIGINAL argument!)
in the 1981 superbowl,the 49er defense held the Bengals scoreless for the entire first half,Montana was 14/22,157pass yds and 1 touchdown,the 49er defense intercepted 2 of Ken Anderson's passes, he threw threw for 300 yards that game and 2 touchdowns,those INT's by the 49ers hurt the Bengals chances of winning,like I said Montana had help
2 superbowls without Rice,Joe Montana had 488 pass yards and 3 td's and highest rating was 127.2,and the 49ers point total was 64 pts
2 superbowls with Rice, Joe Montana had 654 pass yards and 7 td's and highest rating was 147.6,and the 49ers point total was 75pts. They were very good without him,and they became greater than great with him,they became legendary. Montana was at his very best with Jerry Rice
@tuzwol so Joe Montana didn't get better with age & experience, he only got better because of Jerry Rice???
ROFL
I give up, you doltish bore. You are right. Jerry Rice was great IN SPITE of Montana
(and Montana entered the league to a team stacked with weapons, just waiting for a caretaker to depend on the Defense and hand it off to the stallions in the RB stable & almost overthrow Clark in the endzone, until Clark saved Montanas entire awful career)
@Zaxxon2008 ,are you finished,I see you stay off topic trying to mock me,but as run the debate you prove my point,because you have no argument. Jerry Rice was doing this in COLLEGE,Rice set many records
@tuzwol nice real stats ya got there fella, c'mon man montana had 122 completions in the superbowl and a big fat natta... zero...cornhole(O) ....not a single dingle berry.. not even a doughnut hole of an interception in superbowl play!
<---was once asked about montana, before rice arrived and kid said what he have around him, I said heart! he said who was he! nough said of the lebron is me generation!
@masterdeviance1985 ye you cant forget ronnie lott, fred dean and dwight hicks on defense. you also cant forget that they were just about the best screen pass team ever. a good effective screen is not about a great QB its about great blocking and coaching. montana wast the big threat untill rice came along it was the screen pass that created the biggest problems for defences
@biglittlejujitsuman Agreed. The defense on the '81 and '84 teams is severely underrated - especially the '84 team - which is by far the greatest team the Niners have ever assembled on the football field (more well balanced than the '89 team - even if Rice wasn't part of the team yet).
@tuzwol What exactly isn't true here? As great as Rice was at MVS, his production there didn't help the Niners capture the title in either '81 or '84. Rice is the greatest 49er of all time (and greatest player of all time you could argue); but he's really the 4th most important to the team's legacy of SB titles after Walsh, Montana and Lott.
@masterdeviance1985 TUZWOL reminds me of what Ronald Reagan famously said about Liberals - It's not that TUZ is wrong, it's just that he knows so much that isn't true
can't you hear the play by play now - "Montana hands it off to Bill Ring - OH MY GOD what a weapon!"
@Zaxxon2008 ,you remind me of Sarah Palin, you think the things that you say actually make sense. No but I can hear the announcer saying the 49ers intercepted another pass int hat super bowl, or Roger Craig is tearing up defenses because of the 49ers screen passes or Montana to Clark,who made a great catch vs the Cowboys. i never mentioned Bill Ring you did,why dont you mention Clark and Solomon, and Craig
@masterdeviance1985 ,The 49ers had weapons for those super bowls and a great defense. Once Rice came aboard and the 49ers won in 1988 they were the favorites year in year out. If the Giants dont use that fake punt back in the 1990 playoffs against them history might be different now, the 49ers might have won 3 in a row,if Montana doesnt get hurt,they couldve possibly won another 2 or 3 super bowls. The 49ers became a dominant team with Rice. They have the longest road winning streak with RICE
Jerry's breakout game. Up until this night they were questioning Walsh for bringing him to SF. 10 catches and 241 yards later, they all shut the fuck up. Jerry's The Greatest.
@armykidgrace You seriously are comparing Randy Moss to Jerry Rice? OK I can give you Brady & Montana, since Brady is the best QB since Montana, but uhuh not even close between Rice & Moss.
Jerry Rice is the best football player to play the game. Some people use the term "He's the Micheal Jordan of football" but it's the other way around. Micheal Jordan is the Jerry Rice of basketball.
@RicoLen1 Yea i hear Jerry rice is the GOAT every once in a while but dnt ever say Jordan is the jerry rice of basketball instead of Rice is the Jordan of bball......NOT TO BE A RICE HATER BUT U COULDNT WALK DOWN THE STREET AND ASK SOME1 WHO NEVER WATCHED FOOTBALL AND ASK THEM WHO IS JERRY RICE .....BUT I BET DAMN WELL HEY KNO WHO MJ IS ....GET OUT OF HERE WITH THAT
The problem with that kind of reasoning is that Micheal Jordan made movies and countless commercials (still making them) and all Jerry Rice has really done in the public eye outside of playing his sport is Dancing With The Stars. This plays more of a factor than even his sport star life.
I'm mean I'd never heard of Tiger Woods until he started doing commercials. I just don't follow golf, yet Tiger Woods is probably more well known (especially now) than either Micheal Jordan or Jerry Rice.
@RicoLen1 Well if u are just finding out who Tiger Woods is then u dnt know sports because u hear about him almost everyday on sportscenter and other shows......Y ARE MAKING AN ARGUMENT LIKE THAT MICHAEL JORDAN IS THE MOST WELL KNOWN ATHLEATE PERIOD SO JUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND WATCH YOUR JERRY RICE VIDEO
Go Jerry! Representing "The Valley"!! !:)
privatejoy1989 3 weeks ago
and the rest is history
911Gameover 3 weeks ago
Jerry Rice can catch a cold in the desert
tauempirekid 1 month ago
@tauempirekid ... deserts can get below freezing ya moron.
IronMaidenDoD 3 days ago
Wow! Hearing OJ.
Lehmann108 1 month ago
The Greatest Niners Right There ! ♥
TsszCraaZziee 1 month ago 2
He was once a rookie?
nandotime3000 1 month ago
Jerry Rice is the reason I played receiver throughout my football career. Hands down the guy was to football what Michael Jordan was to basket ball. Rice ran a legitimate 4.6-40yard dash. Away from Darrel Green, the average DB back then had blazing 4.7 speed. Jerry Rice trained hard to run hard. I was at the Mississippi Valley-La. Tech game back in '83-'84 when he scorched their ass for a 99 yard bomb, from Willie Totten, just before halftime.
Jamrodleon 1 month ago 2
@zazozung He didn't kill his ex-wife dumbass they found him NOT GUILTY. People just need to drop the subject about OJ,it really pisses me off!
crimsonman276 1 month ago
@crimsonman276 nah man he did it lol
14dacanay14 1 month ago
@crimsonman276 Hahaha...you actually believe that he was innocent?
RockerNate81 1 month ago
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Cool, so OJ Simpson was the pre-John Madden John Madden
redS0L0cup 2 months ago
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redS0L0cup 2 months ago
keep pressing 9. HILARIOUS
rpmpwnedu 3 months ago
This was before O.J. killed his ex-wife. He was simply a wife beater back in 1985.
zazozung 4 months ago
The best 2 ever.
tapupartforpres 4 months ago
BARE HANDED mothafucka
wesmanavus 4 months ago
Rice ran that infamous 4.7 on a really muddy field. In actuality, he was more of a 4.4 guy when he first came up.
DaggerMan11 5 months ago
O.J. Simpson doing commentary!: "Double-team that man!"
soaky4 5 months ago 2
@acidsnake8 Cant really fault the scout, Rice ran a 4.59 40, but on the field he increased his horsepower somehow.
TheRebuiltOne1980 6 months ago
@TheRebuiltOne1980 i guess rice was more shifty Ultra quick to above average straight line speed. thats why he is so deceptive on runing routes and deep patterns.
acidsnake8 6 months ago
@TheRebuiltOne1980 on field someone said he increased his speed to low 4.4 high 4.3's
thug8200 5 months ago in playlist 49ers
@TheRebuiltOne1980 ,true, but when he hit the NFL he increased his speed by training, he got faster and stronger, if he ran the 40 time again it wouldve been better than 4.5
Tunes342 5 months ago in playlist Football
and they said rice coming out of college we was slow.scouts go figure...
acidsnake8 6 months ago 2
@acidsnake8 Back Then a 4.4 Was Like a 4.6 to those guys..
lordvoldemort578 6 months ago
Rice did a great job making Montana look good over the years...
Turdman12 7 months ago in playlist Sports
The best WR ever.
Jerry Rice.
George Vreeland Hill
GeorgeVreelandHill 7 months ago
little did the commenters know he would be the best Wide Out in the history of the NFL
AngryArtemis 7 months ago
@AngryArtemis I think O.J. had an idea
ilovejourney1 7 months ago
That sounds like Michael Irvin on commentary...
CatalystNX 8 months ago
@phillyeagles217 yeah, except Joe called "Black 59 Razor" before he threw a 10 yard post to John Taylor
so who went "deep" 10 yards away from the endzone? did that receiver run into John Candy too?
Zaxxon2008 8 months ago
rice was voted best PLAYER EVER!
1965rayfuentes 10 months ago
i guess catching all those bricks as a kid really paid off for him lol.
pungrmn 11 months ago
that literally was the best pass ive ever seen look at that drop only wher the reciever could get
tifa1209 11 months ago
Brady and the Patriots used spy tactics to win. Montana and the 49ers were simply unstoppable. FTW.
H41L5ATAN 1 year ago
@H41L5ATAN Bur Montana had an awesome supporting cast, good receivers, good blocking, good backs, a good defense, Brady only had a veteran defense, his receivers sucked, and he never had truly great running game. The year he got randy moss he went undefeated only to lose at the super bowl.
PorQuaProductions 10 months ago
@PorQuaProductions
I bet you cant even name who Montana's Wrs was when won his first 2 Sbs? The 49ers defense was very young when Walsh drafted his whole pass defense in one draft. Montana's #1 receiver was a TE. They won the SB in Montanas 1ST YEAR AS THE FULL TIME STARTER in 1981!
The undefeated season record...Thats good and all, but for reason I seem to think the 49ers 18 consequtive wins ON THE ROAD NFL record, seems just as impressive. Also they didnt lose SBs with Montana....
YBRR88 9 months ago
@YBRR88 dan bunz haha
blanenbishop 8 months ago
@YBRR88 I could name their WRs on the '81 and '84 Super Bowls teams. They were Freddie Solomon, Dwight Clark and Renaldo Neiemiah. I'm diehard 49ers fan.
madrecka 8 months ago
@PorQuaProductions that's just wrong
when Montana won his 1st SB ring in SF, his RB's were Bill Ring, Johnny Davis, and Earl Cooper(also at TE)
Montanas WR's were Freddie Solomon ,Dwight Clark, Mike Wilson (for 2 SB's)
the 49ers D in 1981, Ronnie Lott, Carlton Williamson, and Eric Wright were all rookies. and with the exception of 2 D-players at 31 & 34yrs old, the avg age on the D was 24y.o.
so claiming Montana had an "awesome supporting cast" is just plain ignorant
Zaxxon2008 8 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 ,the 49ers had a great defense,you cant win a superbowl without defense, didnt they hold the Dolphins to only 16 points,the Dolphins were highly explosive with Marino throwing over 5000 yards and 48 touchdowns and they had a balanced rushing attack with 3 different RB's. There running backs averaged 4.2, 4.7,& 5 yards per carry,that 49er defense shut them down. Montana had help, dont forget the 49ers scored the most point in SB history with Rice-55 points dont ever forget that
tuzwol 8 months ago
@tuzwol first of all, don't you ever presume to tell me what to "don't ever forget that" about anything Montana & 49er related
2nd, Montana made Dwight Clark a weapon, not Clark's "greatness" Clark was an ok WR, not a GREAT WR. basically he was an undersized TE and an oversized WR. he only had 2 ProBowl/AllPro seasons in his career
and it's not like I claimed the 84 9ers D was weak or something. some compare them as better than the 85 Bears
Zaxxon2008 8 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 ,bottomline is Dwight Clark was good,the WR has to be able to catch the ball,he was more than ok,he was good,and "dont ever get forget" Roger Craig's ability to run and receive was vital to their success,Montana always had weapons,its just that with Rice and Taylor,they were at their best
tuzwol 8 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 ,Dwight Clark in 1981 had 85 receptions for 1105 receiving yards,same year Freddie Solomon had 59 receptions for 959 receiving yards,these guys were a very good WR, Montana had weapons
tuzwol 8 months ago
@tuzwol and you can chalk up your 3 ring circus at RB to a good O-line...
but Montana did NOT have "weapons" in his first 2 SB wins like he did in 88 & 89... so the claim is as horseshit as your retort in defense of God knows what
Zaxxon2008 8 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 ,Montana did have weapons,in Dwight Clark and dont forget Roger Craig,who had great receiving skills as well,and a great defense that held the Dolphins to only 16 points,your claim is bullshit. Bottomline,the DOlphins had a rushing attack,and the 49ers def held their pass and rush in check,Montana had help
tuzwol 8 months ago
@tuzwol as I suspected, you have no clue what the original argument is/was. and your stubborness is as large as your ignorance
if you did know the original contention, then you show the idiocy of your whining
if the 49ers having a good DEF was a "weapon" for Montana, then it was also a "weapon" for Tom Brady (which it isn't)
Montana did NOT "have weapons" - pretty good at best WRs, and pretty good at best RBs (you dont seem to realize or know that Craig was a FB)
Zaxxon2008 8 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 ,cant converse without using insults,that means one thing,that I am right, when people start acting their shoe size instead of their age,you know that youve won the argument. Defense wins championships,the def held the Dolphins in check. Montana did have weapons and Roger Craig was a RB,that could run and receive,Tom Rathman played FB. The more you comment,the more your ignorance shows,please continue
tuzwol 8 months ago
@tuzwol on top of all your other idiocy... you also want to claim the Miami Dolphins had a rushing attack in 84???
ROFLMFAO @ U
you must have a great sense of humor
the Dolphins rushing attack, in Marino's All-Time record QB season, was just like Brady's season that broke those same records... a bunch of AVERAGE rb's sucking up the rushing yards which were only open because of the prolific passing attack in thos 2 seasons
next you'll be telling me Lawrence Maroney is a HOFer
LOL
Zaxxon2008 8 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 ,genius,they could still rush the ball 4-5 yards per carry thats great,I bet you the Colts wish they had that,bottomline is the Dolphins had a great attack that was smothered by the 49er defense,That is called a balanced rushing attack,you obviously know very little about football,and Im giving you a compliment there,I said little to be nice,they werent hall of famers,they took advantage of their opportunities,they had a good season that year,there is no denying that
tuzwol 8 months ago
Ive been thinking about QB/receiver combos in the NFL, and Montana to Rice was special. But when i think about combos that could have been, say if the Packers would have drafted Randy Moss in 1998. Imagine Favre throwing to Moss in his prime.... That most likely would have ended up being the most potent tandem of all time. Favre's gunslinger mentality matched with Moss's ability to go deep??? it would have been championships indeed.
mpj32587 1 year ago 2
@mpj32587 woulda, coulda, shoulda.......
MrRalphrosario 1 year ago
@mpj32587 They did have an opportunity to draft him.
bigbadosker 11 months ago
@bigbadosker i know, thats why i said IF they would have.
mpj32587 7 months ago
@mpj32587 moss stretched the field... and the bench in oakland! and least not forget, TOM BRADY ran moss out of new england last year, thats the facts. Thats why moss went on the "Thanks for everything tom" campaign to the hilt, it was sarcasm at its finest!
BIGRED224FOREVER 6 months ago
Yeah too bad he never amounted to anything.
ladygagaspenis 1 year ago
I love the very end of the video "I wouldn't let Jerry beat me." yeah, you don't let him, he just does.
Pgaither84 1 year ago
no gloves, true football player
wetnoodleslapper 1 year ago
Double team this man! Ah the season of MNF with OJ. There were some odd years there in the booth after the initial Cosell, Gifford and Meredith configuration. Outside of the mainstays I remember Namath in there and OJ as 2 mid 80s attempts that didn't work. Though Dennis Miller I think will always be the biggest blunder in all of MNFs hirings.
Gossage54 1 year ago
i still have a poster of jerry rice from 20 years ago brings back old memories
Soulexr2 1 year ago
nice catch
koolkamal1 1 year ago
Check out youtube/#3 Dayvion Bailey he is the best 7yr old runningback/QB ever!!! A MUST SEE!!!
FlawlisBailey 1 year ago
Double team this man!
conleth93 1 year ago
Wow... Ive hardly seen any joe montana/jerry rice plays. But that...
was fuckin awesome. He threw it like no big deal and he caught it perfectly.
VivaEnchilada 1 year ago
lol if you watch the whole process of the catch and if that play happened today it would have been ruled incomplete for not following the full process of a catch (calvin johnson)
buzzkill225 1 year ago
Too bad he didn't grow into a player that could break a whole bunch of records and become a HOF.........damn shame man.
ChiTownWarrior1 1 year ago
@ChiTownWarrior1 lol
BillionDollaBaby94 1 year ago
@ChiTownWarrior1 Lmao
DaKidVT 1 year ago
i thought there was alot of talk that jerry rice didnt have speed through his carrer yet they call him a speedster in this video
headstrong420 1 year ago
@headstrong420
No that was one of the things people said before he was drafted. He clocked in 4.76 at the combine, but J.Rice said he can run faster when somebodys chasing him. It was evident that he was no where near as slow as scouts timed him, because had the nickname flash in his rookie year. Just an example of how deatiled the draft has become now, so that teams dont miss out on players like that. They want to know every little thing about you now. Everything.....
YBRR88 1 year ago
@YBRR88 He did NOT run 4.76. I love how people just flat-out make up 40 times for everyone.
Ricearoni80 1 year ago
@Ricearoni80
I didnt make shit up, go look at some scouting reports and you'll see some scouts mis-clocked his speed, which is why the 49ers were able to trade and grab the best player in NFL history with the #13 draft pick....
YBRR88 1 year ago
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@YBRR88 Nobody EVER timed Rice at 4.76. If he had run an official 4.76 he would not have gone in the first round of the draft. He would have been lucky to go on the first DAY with that sort of time given the tiny school he came from.
He was clocked in the 4.55-4.65 range.
Ricearoni80 1 year ago
@Ricearoni80 you're correct. Ask anybody knowledgeable and they'll tell you Jerry Rice ran something in the 4.4s, which is very respectable. The guy he beats here, Jerry Gray, ran a 4.27 at his pro day coming out of Texas. Look it up, folks. A 4.8 guy does not beat a 4.3 guy like that.
DaggerMan11 11 months ago
and then it all started..
thetenzintsung 1 year ago
they said rice was slow,for his era he was just fast enough.and why do i keep hearing jim brown was the best.were there 250lbs linebackers that ran 4.4s in his era? oversized safeties?guys wouldn't even take him head on.sanders & payton were the best period.and rice?him and darrel green might be the two best football players ever.
dertylox45 1 year ago
this guy is probabli the only person that can reach revis island
slapshot68 1 year ago
@slapshot68 the point isn't reaching revis island, it's escaping it that's impossible. but agreed; rice might've had some success against revis.
DaggerMan11 11 months ago
I know this video is about Rice but Montana is pretty awesome too
mgallegos55 1 year ago
Little did they know at the time, that this play was only the beginning of destiny for the one they call Jerry Rice.
BlankJebus 1 year ago
Everybody who thinks Randy moss is better u guys r fucking retarded. Moss shouldn't even be mentioned. Don't argue if u don't know what the he'll u talking bout
sodapopguy40 1 year ago
I remember this game. I had the pleasure of watching Jerry play in San Francisco all those years winning the Superbowl with Montana then with Young.
4JayeP 1 year ago
Hell yeah Rice ftw! him and Joe were the best together
ILMxKenny 1 year ago
Greatest WR in the history of the NFL!!! NO ARGUMENT!!!!!
DieHardSportsFan92 1 year ago 15
@DieHardSportsFan92 I agree Rice is the greatest, but there is an argument to be had about Don Hutson.
And don't come to me with "Hurr Rice has better stats!" You have to look at the stats in the context of when they played the game.
TheDeathsRequiem 7 months ago
@TheDeathsRequiem you have to be a relative of the hutson's lol
ryan49er1 7 months ago
@TheDeathsRequiem I didn't mean disrespect to don hutson btw...just joking because you brought up someone that was playing in the 30's.....he was great and forgotten
ryan49er1 7 months ago
@TheDeathsRequiem This is the one thing in sports that CAN NOT be argued. Jerry Rice IS the greatest receiver of all time.
tmic4043 7 months ago
@DieHardSportsFan92 greatest player ever dammit!!
siege86 7 months ago
the greatest!!!!!
DieHardSportsFan92 7 months ago
@DieHardSportsFan92 i wont agrue, but im a Marvin fan
ThleTruth 7 months ago
Honestly I also really like Marvin Harrison, in fact I would consider Marvin Harrison the #2 WR of all time. He played with Peyton Manning, Dallas Clark, and Reggie Wayne for a good number of years and helped them win a Super Bowl. I really respect Marvin Harrison.
DieHardSportsFan92 7 months ago
@DieHardSportsFan92 yea it seems u respect him more when u watch a highlight vid...and i agree with you..
ThleTruth 7 months ago
LMAO OJ..............HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
EcEryda69 1 year ago
Those of you saying Randy Moss is better are clueless. Randy Moss wears gloves...That clearly means he can't catch as well as Jerry Rice, who is not wearing gloves as you can see in this video.
MrBladeWarrior 1 year ago
@MrBladeWarrior Randy Moss is a better receiver than Jerry Rice like Kobe Bryant is a better NBA player than Michael Jordan was. Not. Anyone who would say such a thing is either sincerely a complete idiot or just an internet troll trying to get a rise out of someone.
danning1 1 year ago
@danning1 You must be crazy Randy is not better then Jerry and Kobe is not better the MIke. Just stop it!!
abenice 1 year ago
@abenice Uh, I was being totally sarcastic. Please read it again. That's why I put "not" after the statement. I was agreeing with MrBladeWarrior completely. I'm not sure who said below that Randy Moss was better than Rice, although again he's either completely nuts or (more likely) just trying to get a pissing match going here.
danning1 1 year ago
@danning1 my bad i apologize!
abenice 1 year ago
@abenice You are a jackass. Moss is playing in an era when the Teams are throwing 50 times a game. If not for that----it would be 'Randy Who' ? Rice's stats use to read : 6 catches 177 yards, 2 TDs----every damn game. Not like today's receivers : 14 catches, 103 yards, 5 drops. And they lose. Idiot.
matt75hooper 1 year ago
@matt75hooper what are you talking about man I never said moss is better then Jerry rice. Jerry rice is my favorite football player and this is coming from someone who played it through college!
abenice 1 year ago
@MrBladeWarrior Really? Rice wore gloves his entire career, try to find another video of him not wearing gloves ya dipshit
mpj32587 4 months ago
@mpj32587 why don't you just look at the featured video ya dip-poop.
NinjaBunny97 3 months ago
who's announcing? why it's the wife killer, oj simpson...
graciemaemarie11 1 year ago
Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, the duo Tom Brady and Randy Moss WISH they were. We miss you guys.
Ewing5150 1 year ago
JOE is the best qb ever.
snoopthedog65 1 year ago
the saints are coming!!!! the saints are coming!!!
wupchuwawawo 1 year ago
u know, thats a rare image to see, clark with rice, since clark was the main WR and rice was pretty much the man to replace him, an odd passing of the torch u know?
semimaster83 1 year ago
Who's announcing with Frank Gifford?
SunsetSupermanRMB 1 year ago
@SunsetSupermanRMB OJ Simpson
conqueror2001 1 year ago
No idea what is so special about that...
RichieDcik 1 year ago
@RichieDcik well it was his first ever game so thats why
thetenzintsung 1 year ago
I believe this was a MNF game where the 49ers were down big, and came back to win in the 4th. John Taylor had a pretty big game that night as well. Anyways, Jerry Rice, the G.O.A.T. Long live the red and gold empire.
simlaurel 1 year ago
i loved playing rams we always kick their butts
49ers95 1 year ago
desean jackson is the next one...
sk8terboy241 1 year ago
@sk8terboy241 Their will always be a next one and they will all fall short.
cheynedogg 1 year ago
This was during Jerry's rookie season. This clip was only a preview of the greatness that was Montana to Rice.
4JayeP 1 year ago
did anyone notice that he had to slow down just a bit? joe threw it with all he had and jerry had to slow down, i miss those days lol
semimaster83 1 year ago
Look at that pass. It was beautiful!
Thedearster 1 year ago
Haha OJ Simpson on the color commentary for this game.
jpete3027666 1 year ago
I guess Montana didn't have an arm. That ball was thrown on a line 55 yards in the air, perfectly thrown ball.
jpete3027666 1 year ago
I grew up in SF literally a 5 minute walk from Candlestick Park. This takes me back to the OLD SCHOOL! Rizzle for life!
Thizlamic 1 year ago
WOW! It's is great that you even had that video!
sdamon7 1 year ago
the commentator says i wouldn't let jerry beat me hahahahahaha
turtlecutches 1 year ago
What a beautiful pass and catch......
afiskatergirl 1 year ago
Jerry Rice sweetest WR ever.. nobody will ever come close to the numbers he put up while winning championships....Joe Montana and Steve Young's careers are owed to this man....he helped create legends
BigPapi3600 1 year ago 2
@BigPapi3600 u r so right two legends can make 1 big great legend
LooneyAlex 1 year ago
@BigPapi3600 Not really. Montana and the 49ers won 2 Super Bowls before Rice was even drafted. If anything, he owes his career to Walsh and Montana! I agree that he's the greatest WR of all time, though. No one will ever match is production.
masterdeviance1985 1 year ago 14
@masterdeviance1985 not to mention his work ethic, charm and willingness to work hard.
pungrmn 11 months ago
@masterdeviance1985 ,how,Montana just threw the ball,what made Rice great was his hands,speed and what he did after he caught the ball
tuzwol 8 months ago
@tuzwol this is the best of all of your moronic posts on this video/topic... when you cry & whine - "Montana just threw the ball" yep... ALL he did was JUST threw the ball
he just threw it... yup... uh huh... sure... that's all he did... he just threw it... nothing special to it... ROFLMFAO@U!!!
Giovanni Carmazzi "just threw it" too
No really, I agree with you... nothing special about Montana
he just threw it! (and he had ALL those weapons like Bill Ring & Earl Cooper in 81&84) LOL@U
Zaxxon2008 8 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 ,your moronic posts,catching the ball doesnt make you run fast,the wr still has to catch the ball,youre forgetting that part. DOnt forget ROger Craig who was a deadly RB that could receive,and they had a great defense
tuzwol 8 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 ,Roger Craig was a RB playing FB for those early years, he was the leading receiver for the 49ers in the 1984 superbowl, he ate up the Dolphins, he had 7 receptions for 77 yards and 2 touchdowns. Dwight Clark had 6 recpetions for 77 yards.
tuzwol 8 months ago
@tuzwol so first you post - "Montana did have weapons and Roger Craig was a RB,that could run and receive,Tom Rathman played FB!"
THEN you post - "Roger Craig was a RB playing FB for those early years"
ROFLMFAO @ U
hey everybody, look! somebody just learned how to use Google & read that I was right when I told her Craig played FB!
Awwwwwwwwww :) they grow so fast!!!
imagine that... Roger Craig played for 3 yrs without Rathman at FB
there's more to football than Madden on your Sega, kid
Zaxxon2008 7 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 ,im older than you kid. I'm right, I'm always right. He was a RB playing FB,he had the skill set of a running back,I knew he was the FB,but in essence he was still a RB playing the FB position.
tuzwol 7 months ago
@tuzwol you cry NOW that - "He was a RB playing FB,he had the skill set of a running back,I knew he was the FB"
but I'll quote you again from a previous post OF YOURS - "tardwol - Roger Craig was a RB,that could run and receive,Tom Rathman played FB!"
ergo, you're a lying sore loser of a little girl, and you can't stop whining about it
MONTANA won 2 Super Bowls before Rice was there, and he had modest talent (at best) around him in those first 2 SB's, just like Brady (the ORIGINAL argument!)
Zaxxon2008 7 months ago
in the 1981 superbowl,the 49er defense held the Bengals scoreless for the entire first half,Montana was 14/22,157pass yds and 1 touchdown,the 49er defense intercepted 2 of Ken Anderson's passes, he threw threw for 300 yards that game and 2 touchdowns,those INT's by the 49ers hurt the Bengals chances of winning,like I said Montana had help
tuzwol 8 months ago
2 superbowls without Rice,Joe Montana had 488 pass yards and 3 td's and highest rating was 127.2,and the 49ers point total was 64 pts
2 superbowls with Rice, Joe Montana had 654 pass yards and 7 td's and highest rating was 147.6,and the 49ers point total was 75pts. They were very good without him,and they became greater than great with him,they became legendary. Montana was at his very best with Jerry Rice
tuzwol 8 months ago
@tuzwol so Joe Montana didn't get better with age & experience, he only got better because of Jerry Rice???
ROFL
I give up, you doltish bore. You are right. Jerry Rice was great IN SPITE of Montana
(and Montana entered the league to a team stacked with weapons, just waiting for a caretaker to depend on the Defense and hand it off to the stallions in the RB stable & almost overthrow Clark in the endzone, until Clark saved Montanas entire awful career)
i mock you openly and with aplomb
Zaxxon2008 7 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 ,are you finished,I see you stay off topic trying to mock me,but as run the debate you prove my point,because you have no argument. Jerry Rice was doing this in COLLEGE,Rice set many records
tuzwol 7 months ago
@tuzwol nice real stats ya got there fella, c'mon man montana had 122 completions in the superbowl and a big fat natta... zero...cornhole(O) ....not a single dingle berry.. not even a doughnut hole of an interception in superbowl play!
BIGRED224FOREVER 6 months ago
<---was once asked about montana, before rice arrived and kid said what he have around him, I said heart! he said who was he! nough said of the lebron is me generation!
BIGRED224FOREVER 6 months ago
@masterdeviance1985 ye you cant forget ronnie lott, fred dean and dwight hicks on defense. you also cant forget that they were just about the best screen pass team ever. a good effective screen is not about a great QB its about great blocking and coaching. montana wast the big threat untill rice came along it was the screen pass that created the biggest problems for defences
biglittlejujitsuman 8 months ago
@biglittlejujitsuman Agreed. The defense on the '81 and '84 teams is severely underrated - especially the '84 team - which is by far the greatest team the Niners have ever assembled on the football field (more well balanced than the '89 team - even if Rice wasn't part of the team yet).
masterdeviance1985 7 months ago
@masterdeviance1985 ,not true Rice was doing these same exact things in college
tuzwol 8 months ago
@tuzwol What exactly isn't true here? As great as Rice was at MVS, his production there didn't help the Niners capture the title in either '81 or '84. Rice is the greatest 49er of all time (and greatest player of all time you could argue); but he's really the 4th most important to the team's legacy of SB titles after Walsh, Montana and Lott.
masterdeviance1985 7 months ago
@masterdeviance1985 TUZWOL reminds me of what Ronald Reagan famously said about Liberals - It's not that TUZ is wrong, it's just that he knows so much that isn't true
can't you hear the play by play now - "Montana hands it off to Bill Ring - OH MY GOD what a weapon!"
Zaxxon2008 7 months ago
@Zaxxon2008 ,you remind me of Sarah Palin, you think the things that you say actually make sense. No but I can hear the announcer saying the 49ers intercepted another pass int hat super bowl, or Roger Craig is tearing up defenses because of the 49ers screen passes or Montana to Clark,who made a great catch vs the Cowboys. i never mentioned Bill Ring you did,why dont you mention Clark and Solomon, and Craig
tuzwol 7 months ago
@masterdeviance1985 ,The 49ers had weapons for those super bowls and a great defense. Once Rice came aboard and the 49ers won in 1988 they were the favorites year in year out. If the Giants dont use that fake punt back in the 1990 playoffs against them history might be different now, the 49ers might have won 3 in a row,if Montana doesnt get hurt,they couldve possibly won another 2 or 3 super bowls. The 49ers became a dominant team with Rice. They have the longest road winning streak with RICE
tuzwol 7 months ago
Thanks Jerry for all the memories
bcherefosho 2 years ago 35
damn that pass was beautiful
skaterintheanus 2 years ago 5
5 step drop and Jerry was already 40 yards down field.
prod1gy3000 2 years ago
@prod1gy3000 that was a 5 not 7 steps :)
princessButtercupp 1 year ago
oh wow, rice the speedster.
TheBestCommenterEVER 2 years ago
Wow Montana actually had juice in that arm!
sergiotico13 2 years ago
And it begins!
Moviebro 2 years ago 2
@Moviebro ...Montana Rice= History in the making....greatest team combo of that era...possibly in history!!!
agenthelios 2 years ago
Welcome to the HOF
cnsparrot 2 years ago
Jerry's breakout game. Up until this night they were questioning Walsh for bringing him to SF. 10 catches and 241 yards later, they all shut the fuck up. Jerry's The Greatest.
AgaMbadi 2 years ago 5
Oh coo I thought they were calling Rice Jerry Gray. Also funny how they were talking about people being critical of Joe's abiltity to go deep.
49erRyder 2 years ago
Jerry Gray?
49erRyder 2 years ago
@49erRyder: Jerry Gray went to multiple Pro Bowls actually. But Rice KILLED him just about every time they played.
JRice80fan 2 years ago
I was in high school when Jerry came into the league. Got to see the Montana-Rice connection for about 5-6 years. Man, that was some great football.
4JayeP 2 years ago 5
Randy Moss is way better imagine if Moss has Brady his entire carrer like Jerry had Montana and Young
armykidgrace 2 years ago
@armykidgrace You seriously are comparing Randy Moss to Jerry Rice? OK I can give you Brady & Montana, since Brady is the best QB since Montana, but uhuh not even close between Rice & Moss.
Jerry Rice is the best football player to play the game. Some people use the term "He's the Micheal Jordan of football" but it's the other way around. Micheal Jordan is the Jerry Rice of basketball.
RicoLen1 2 years ago 16
@RicoLen1 Yea i hear Jerry rice is the GOAT every once in a while but dnt ever say Jordan is the jerry rice of basketball instead of Rice is the Jordan of bball......NOT TO BE A RICE HATER BUT U COULDNT WALK DOWN THE STREET AND ASK SOME1 WHO NEVER WATCHED FOOTBALL AND ASK THEM WHO IS JERRY RICE .....BUT I BET DAMN WELL HEY KNO WHO MJ IS ....GET OUT OF HERE WITH THAT
armykidgrace 2 years ago
The problem with that kind of reasoning is that Micheal Jordan made movies and countless commercials (still making them) and all Jerry Rice has really done in the public eye outside of playing his sport is Dancing With The Stars. This plays more of a factor than even his sport star life.
I'm mean I'd never heard of Tiger Woods until he started doing commercials. I just don't follow golf, yet Tiger Woods is probably more well known (especially now) than either Micheal Jordan or Jerry Rice.
RicoLen1 2 years ago
@RicoLen1 Well if u are just finding out who Tiger Woods is then u dnt know sports because u hear about him almost everyday on sportscenter and other shows......Y ARE MAKING AN ARGUMENT LIKE THAT MICHAEL JORDAN IS THE MOST WELL KNOWN ATHLEATE PERIOD SO JUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND WATCH YOUR JERRY RICE VIDEO
armykidgrace 2 years ago
lol that's not what I said. He started doing commercials like 10 years ago.
RicoLen1 2 years ago