Great videos! Awe this brings back so many memories. The talent that Montana had at remaining calm and basically knowing how to dissect a defense with the precision of a surgeon. Ask anyone who played against him during this time. Teams hated him and he became a marked man. There really is no other and to compare him to Brady is useless. I have watched both these 2 quarterbacks over the last 25 years and by far, hands down, Montana is calmer, more patient and a true leader on the field. Brady is an excellent QB in his own right. But in the end, if I had a team right now going to the Super Bowl and had the option of having Montana (in his prime) or Tom Brady (in his prime) as my QB, I would take Montana, hands down, there is no doubt.
Joe Montana; All-Time Hero. Montana was impressive, squirreling his way out of the pocket and his precision fire-bombs, unmatched. His greatest achievements include some unimaginable comebacks, over, and over, and over again. Luck? I think not. His amazing comebacks and pre-date his 49er era into Notre Dame and high school games.
I was lucky enough to be a Niners and Notre Dame fan just before Montana came on the scene with Notre Dame. He gave me the best years a football fan could ever dream of having. The comebacks he made for both teams were astonishing in their variety and frequency. He threw a perfect ball, made great reads, threw on the run incredibly well, and was just sick throwing the fifteen yard out pass to Dwight Clark that stopped the clock on last minute drives. Joe Montana - truly awesome.
Hey San you want to see a good block by Rice check out the video on youtube of Steve Young's longest run. The block at the end is by Rice and you see him at the beginning of the play directly in line with Young and he heads instead way down field and catches the last guy to get to Young. Classic Rice.
James Fuller Indeed!! He was such a treat to watch!! He was the most well rounded and truly Unselfish player; and I feel Blessed to have experienced his career during the most exciting time of the NFL.. :-)
Yup, Brady has the stats, rings, and hero-worship....but if given the choice between Montana or Brady when it counts (e.g. Super bowl), I'm still taking Montana every time.
@@thegoat164 Just because you prefer Montana doesn't mean you have to undermine or discredit Brady. His dedication to his health, preparation, leadership, and passion are among the strongest of any professional athlete ever. You can at least respect that. If not, you're not a fan of the quarterback position. You're just a bitter and bias Montana fan.
I have to admit that after joe retired football was never the same for me ever again i live in va now but lived in R I for !# years so I am a Patriots fan but no one can replace those years of excitement of Montana-Rice-Taylor
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
I would be amazed if he hasn’t watched this same one. Joe, if you’re watching this, it was great to finally meet you at the NRG Arena in Houston, Feb 2020. Good memories.
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.
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.
Good vid of The Greatest QB ever. He did not have the size or strength of an arm, but knew how to use his intangibles to win at the sport's highest level. #Best Ever.
I know his numbers in XXIV were technically better, but XIX is my favorite of his SB performances, outside of The Drive. He showed everything he could do and had the opposing defense talking about him afterward like he was a cross between a ghost and a god. Everyone went into the game talking about Marino, and everyone came out of the game bowing their heads to Montana. Marino was a truly fantastic QB who deserved a SB win, but Montana was something special in football history, imo.
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.
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
If I needed one drive or just one game I'd put my money on Montana. People forget he was KOd late in the 90/91 NFC title game with the lead with Rice open on the pass he almost got off. He goes down, Young comes in cold. so just trying to run out the clock, Roger Craig fumbles, Giants recover and drive to kick the game winner. Montana closes that game out, probably goes 5-0 in SBs and with a 3peat. Plus, he lost all of 91 and 92 due to that injury. Imagine what SF could have done during those seasons with a healthy Joe. Then he returns after 2 years and leads a so so KC team to the playoffs twice and an AFC title game. He played when you could kill receivers over the middle, get away with contact past 5 yds down field and when QBs got crushed. He won 2 SBs before Rice was even drafted. If Montana stayed healthy and had Walsh for 18 years as Brady has been healthy but for one season and had Belichick 18 years (I excluded 08 when Brady was out) it's unfathomable what Joe coulda done. In only 7 full seasons as a full time starter with Walsh (82 was strike shortened and he didn't start in 79 and not all of 80) he won 3 of his 4 SBs with an 18-1 season in 84 and he also got screwed in the 83 NFC title game by the refs. 4-0 in SBs, zero interceptions and 127.8 SB passer rating. Joe Montana is the greatest QB of all time.
agreed, his ball placement and touch on all his passes made him a WR dream QB. We should get Kaepernick to watch and emulate Joe's delivery... then maybe those 4 rings he's wearing too.
@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.
Great as Montana was, I think Unitas was the best ever. He played in an era in which the defense had the upper hand. He called his own plays. Could Montana have called his own? I bet he would have been great at it, but not so great as Bill Walsh and Mike Holmgren were. Unitas' 1959 season is, in my opinion, the greatest passing season ever. He threw 32 touchdowns in twelve games (just under 43 in a sixteen games) at a time in which defensive backs could make contact with receivers anywhere on the field, provided the ball was not in the air (even then, they had a lot more leeway back then). His record of 47 consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass is one of the great feats in sports history. Montana didn't really have a weakness. Sure, his arm wasn't the strongest, but that was never a problem; he threw with great timing and accuracy. He played great postseason football, especially in the Super Bowl. Among post-rules changes quarterbacks, I count Montana as the best. Pre-rules change guys, Unitas. Both were great.
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
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.
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.
@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.
The older I get, the more I realize just how amazing this man was. Imagine a QB today who just won his 4th superbowl, 3rd superbowl MVP, and had a SB QB rating of 127.8 with 11 TDs, 0 INT, and a superbowl average of 300+ yards. He would be the undisputed GOAT and the NFL analysts would be salivating all over themselves. Aside from all of the physical abilities he had, it was his ability to raise his play in the clutch that set him apart. In the modern era of QBs, Brady is the only other QB with that special intangible that Joe had.
Agreed. Manning was officially eliminated from the conversation after the way he flounders vs the Hawks. Brady & Montana are the standard bearers of QBs.
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.
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.
@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.
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.
@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,
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.
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.
To me he is the greatest quarterback of all time....and for all the "Brady Lovers" he still hasn't beaten Joe's one Superbowl statistic...Joe won 4 Superbowls without one interception.
@@jominjohn4532 So what if Brady's got 7 rings, Joe Montana is still the GOAT and forever will be!!! Brady is the most accomplished just like Bill Russell but they're certainly no GOAT.
@@thegoat164 this is the stupidest arguement ever. Tom Brady's situation was nothing like bill Russel situation. Tom brady has won his rings with good teams and bad ones. Whereas Montana and bill can only win with the best. Montana after leaving san Francisco won nothing tom leaves patriots and wins a superbowl
@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.
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.
@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
Tom Brady's legacy is all shady. Tuck rule, Spygate, false injury reports, deflate gate and the luckiest break to end a championship game in sports history. Compare that to Joe's signature moments. "The Catch" The 92 yd SB TD drive, beating the Bears 46 D in the 84 NFC title game, 2 SB blowout wins with Elway and Marino as his counterparts, no ints in SBs. Plus it was a highly controversial interference call that prevented Joe from not going to the SB in 83 NFC title game and only his injury late in the 90 NFC title game with that stopped him 3peating. Joe could easily have 6 rings if not for refs n injury in NFC title games. Or at the least played in 6. plus his ability to throw outside of the pocket and to run was amazing.
Tom's legacy is all shady because you want to look at it that way. You are turning a blind eye for the rest of the league and pointing the finger at the Pats that fucking kills because it is a double standard. It is like saying George Bush is legit because he never got caught but Bill Clinton is bad because he broke his oaths and got a blow job. You need to redefine what is real and what is not.
Micscience No, Brady's legacy includes video taped signals that went back to 2000 that Goodell burned so we couldn't see how bad they were. The Tuck Rule which was not even called right because his arm was no coming back any longer when he lost the ball and his coach lying on injury reports to alter the way the opponent prepares. These are things that directly affect the outcome of games.
Price Pittsburgh First off it wasn't Brady, second the entire league was doing it the NFL said you couldn't do it from a certain angle anymore. The Tuck rule was a lucky call I admit that however TB isn't the first person to get a lucky call they still had to score and win the superbowl. By the way his arm went down intentionally going back is debatable. "These are things that directly effects outcomes of games? " you fucking kidding me? Why then do you ignore when other players and other teams do it? why? tell me? because you hate them. you are a hater that is your roll in life.
Micscience Brady barely played in the 01 AFC title game, he was KOd and Bledsoe gets him 10 points and and special teams gets him 14. Then he needs a miracle BS call by Carrol to win this last SB. The 2 he lost that Pats ans say were fluky, he only got them 14 and 17 points in those games. The memo sent out in 06 was not the new rule, it was a memo reminding all coaches not to do it and specifically not to tape signals. Not everyone was doing it because only Belichick had tapes to give up to Goodell going back to 2000. No other coaches had tapes or notes then Goodell destroyed the tapes because he knew not everyone was doing it. Joe only started 10 full seasons as a starter with SF and was knocked out, in the 4th, late, with the lead, of the 90 NFC title game, on his way to a 5th ring and 3peat. He then misses all of 91 and 92 and spends his last 2 years in KC. If he stays healthy he rolls with SF into the 90s with the team Young couldn't get over the hump for 91, 92 and 93. Brady missed 08 but started his second season. Montana missed 91, 92, didn't start til his 3rd season and 93 and 94 we can't compare because it's not the same when you're not with your squad, but he made them darn good, going to an AFC title game while he was old. Plus not only did he only lose the 90 NFC title game because of a late injury but it was a highly questionable pass interference call that prevented Joe from winning the 83 NFC title game vs the Skins.
The guy I feel sorriest for is John Taylor....on any other team he would have been a Hall of Fame receiver but being in the same offense with Jerry Rice sealed that for him
With other teams teams he could have had much lesser QBs too. Plus, even his great short catch runs had disciplined blocking that other coaching staffs may not have had. He's got 3 rings, 2 with Joe and one with Steve and caught the game winning TD in a SB. Don't feel sorry for him. Feel sorry for the HOF WRs with no rings.
DJ Rod B Brady = most playoff wins in NFL history [18-8] with a .692 playoff winning percentage. 5 conf championships, 3 superbowls, 2x superbowl mvp. Thanks for playin,
@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.
@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.
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.
@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..
@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.
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.
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
Joe was the guy.
Made me obsessed with football and a lifelong 49er fan.....watched him every week on satellite dish in the Caribbean!
The Team of the 1980's. Unstoppable. fine tuned machine rolling over everyone like the Roman Empire. Joe Montana was the Best Ever!
My Lord im still amazed how good he was throwing on the move and off balance.
Great videos! Awe this brings back so many memories. The talent that Montana had at remaining calm and basically knowing how to dissect a defense with the precision of a surgeon. Ask anyone who played against him during this time. Teams hated him and he became a marked man. There really is no other and to compare him to Brady is useless. I have watched both these 2 quarterbacks over the last 25 years and by far, hands down, Montana is calmer, more patient and a true leader on the field. Brady is an excellent QB in his own right. But in the end, if I had a team right now going to the Super Bowl and had the option of having Montana (in his prime) or Tom Brady (in his prime) as my QB, I would take Montana, hands down, there is no doubt.
The quality of the footage is amazing! Great job!
Yea I love the opening music / track
Joe Montana; All-Time Hero. Montana was impressive, squirreling his way out of the pocket and his precision fire-bombs, unmatched. His greatest achievements include some unimaginable comebacks, over, and over, and over again. Luck? I think not. His amazing comebacks and pre-date his 49er era into Notre Dame and high school games.
I was lucky enough to be a Niners and Notre Dame fan just before Montana came on the scene with Notre Dame. He gave me the best years a football fan could ever dream of having. The comebacks he made for both teams were astonishing in their variety and frequency. He threw a perfect ball, made great reads, threw on the run incredibly well, and was just sick throwing the fifteen yard out pass to Dwight Clark that stopped the clock on last minute drives. Joe Montana - truly awesome.
tis guy was absoltly amazing. Fantastic
+TheAndrewEdwardsChannel So, in your opinion, who is the GOAT at this point?
That's what I absolutely Loved about Jerry Rice!! Look at that block he made for John Taylor at 6.15!! WOO HOO!! lol
Hey San you want to see a good block by Rice check out the video on youtube of Steve Young's longest run. The block at the end is by Rice and you see him at the beginning of the play directly in line with Young and he heads instead way down field and catches the last guy to get to Young. Classic Rice.
James Fuller Indeed!! He was such a treat to watch!! He was the most well rounded and truly Unselfish player; and I feel Blessed to have experienced his career during the most exciting time of the NFL.. :-)
Amen to that Bro! Cheers!
Yup, Brady has the stats, rings, and hero-worship....but if given the choice between Montana or Brady when it counts (e.g. Super bowl), I'm still taking Montana every time.
Why can’t we just enjoy some Montana nolstagia without taking an unprovoked shot at Brady?
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Brady is a FRAUD!
@@thegoat164 Just because you prefer Montana doesn't mean you have to undermine or discredit Brady. His dedication to his health, preparation, leadership, and passion are among the strongest of any professional athlete ever. You can at least respect that. If not, you're not a fan of the quarterback position. You're just a bitter and bias Montana fan.
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The Great Joe Montana GOAT! Brady is just the most ACCOMPLISHED playing Puss Ball while piling up VOLUME stats/accomplishments.
@@thegoat164 lol Montana stats are only good cus of players like jerry rice
I have to admit that after joe retired football was never the same for me ever again
i live in va now but lived in R I for !# years so I am a Patriots fan but no one can replace those years of excitement of Montana-Rice-Taylor
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
I agree with you. God-like intuition right there.
People forget how athletic Montana was when he was young.
The best forever!!!
The man was just incredible. Hands down, the greatest QB to ever play the game. Thanks for the video, MMC. Very well done.
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.
this is the best montana highlight video that I have found...awesome...especially with the Brady debate,,,and elway, marino, manning...top 5
If Joe Cool watched this compilation himself, i'm pretty sure it would bring some tears to his eyes. Well done.
I would be amazed if he hasn’t watched this same one. Joe, if you’re watching this, it was great to finally meet you at the NRG Arena in Houston, Feb 2020. Good memories.
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.
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.
Joe Montana THE GREAT ! ! Now that was REAL football, . . . .
There goes my hero.....
The GOAT and forever will be!!!
Greatness knows no limits
thanks again for this awesome compilation
GOAT
1:48 a thing of beauty. I made a few nice throws like that. ...Joe is the best.
Good vid of The Greatest QB ever. He did not have the size or strength of an arm, but knew how to use his intangibles to win at the sport's highest level. #Best Ever.
I know his numbers in XXIV were technically better, but XIX is my favorite of his SB performances, outside of The Drive. He showed everything he could do and had the opposing defense talking about him afterward like he was a cross between a ghost and a god. Everyone went into the game talking about Marino, and everyone came out of the game bowing their heads to Montana. Marino was a truly fantastic QB who deserved a SB win, but Montana was something special in football history, imo.
S J by super bowl xxiv montana wasnt as good of a runner as he was five years earlier.
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.
I don't care what anyone says joe Montana has and will always be better then Brady
I agree completely!
The best Ever!!!!
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
Plus they didnt have all these rules that protected the qb back then. Back then QBs played football. Montana is the best by far
If I needed one drive or just one game I'd put my money on Montana.
People forget he was KOd late in the 90/91 NFC title game with the lead with Rice open on the pass he almost got off.
He goes down, Young comes in cold. so just trying to run out the clock, Roger Craig fumbles, Giants recover and drive to kick the game winner.
Montana closes that game out, probably goes 5-0 in SBs and with a 3peat.
Plus, he lost all of 91 and 92 due to that injury.
Imagine what SF could have done during those seasons with a healthy Joe. Then he returns after 2 years and leads a so so KC team to the playoffs twice and an AFC title game. He played when you could kill receivers over the middle, get away with contact past 5 yds down field and when QBs got crushed.
He won 2 SBs before Rice was even drafted.
If Montana stayed healthy and had Walsh for 18 years as Brady has been healthy but for one season and had Belichick 18 years (I excluded 08 when Brady was out) it's unfathomable what Joe coulda done.
In only 7 full seasons as a full time starter with Walsh (82 was strike shortened and he didn't start in 79 and not all of 80) he won 3 of his 4 SBs with an 18-1 season in 84 and he also got screwed in the 83 NFC title game by the refs. 4-0 in SBs, zero interceptions and 127.8 SB passer rating. Joe Montana is the greatest QB of all time.
Montana the GOAT 🐐
AND the COAT 🥼...Clutchest Of All Time
The pass play at 0.50 is so sweet, it does't make sense. Joe COOL. No kidding!! Best delivery ever! Best QB ever!! Best PLAYER EVER!!
agreed, his ball placement and touch on all his passes made him a WR dream QB. We should get Kaepernick to watch and emulate Joe's delivery... then maybe those 4 rings he's wearing too.
I love Joe Montana
the man never flinched...
@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.
Great as Montana was, I think Unitas was the best ever. He played in an era in which the defense had the upper hand. He called his own plays. Could Montana have called his own? I bet he would have been great at it, but not so great as Bill Walsh and Mike Holmgren were.
Unitas' 1959 season is, in my opinion, the greatest passing season ever. He threw 32 touchdowns in twelve games (just under 43 in a sixteen games) at a time in which defensive backs could make contact with receivers anywhere on the field, provided the ball was not in the air (even then, they had a lot more leeway back then). His record of 47 consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass is one of the great feats in sports history.
Montana didn't really have a weakness. Sure, his arm wasn't the strongest, but that was never a problem; he threw with great timing and accuracy. He played great postseason football, especially in the Super Bowl. Among post-rules changes quarterbacks, I count Montana as the best. Pre-rules change guys, Unitas. Both were great.
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
Known as the best QB/player ever not just by the experts but the fans aswell.
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.
No, QB's weren't protected like they are now until the 2000s, when they started to also over-enforce PI.
@@uspalcatraz4355 true indeed but he benefited from rules changes and Brady benefited from even loser rules.
Magic.
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.
The only 2x times...I ever thought God played sports..was watching Montana and Micheal Jordan.
Amazing!
Guy had the best footwork ever period better than bradys brees and such
one word
BEAST!
@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.
The older I get, the more I realize just how amazing this man was. Imagine a QB today who just won his 4th superbowl, 3rd superbowl MVP, and had a SB QB rating of 127.8 with 11 TDs, 0 INT, and a superbowl average of 300+ yards. He would be the undisputed GOAT and the NFL analysts would be salivating all over themselves. Aside from all of the physical abilities he had, it was his ability to raise his play in the clutch that set him apart. In the modern era of QBs, Brady is the only other QB with that special intangible that Joe had.
Agreed. Manning was officially eliminated from the conversation after the way he flounders vs the Hawks. Brady & Montana are the standard bearers of QBs.
***** LOL, yeah, ok
***** Name them. I'll wait
***** As soon as you said Kelly, Fouts and Esiason you gave yourself away and blew your cover as a troll.
***** LOL, thanks for the laughs!
What is second song called. I know its extreme ways by moby but i cant find this remix
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.
great video. thanks!
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.
@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.
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.
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49ers...The only team never to lose a Super Bowl...5-0, baby..
@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,
@orangeeye13 ....there are some great mix from 6 - 10 but the top 5 are these...montana/elway/brady/manning/elway
Incredible, better if it did background...
I'd forgotten that he beat both Marino AND Elway in Super Bowls. Pads the resume a bit.
Brady could have 10 rings....never touching Montana...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.
I'll go with the former.
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.
Greatest quarterback of all-time.
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The Great Joe Montana forever GOAT!
@@umdmustang9254 Brady could win 10.....with these tikky tack rules....Montana is God....on Cleats!!!
To me he is the greatest quarterback of all time....and for all the "Brady Lovers" he still hasn't beaten Joe's one Superbowl statistic...Joe won 4 Superbowls without one interception.
Why can’t we just enjoy both players?
So fucking what Brady's got 7 rings bitch
@@jominjohn4532
So what if Brady's got 7 rings, Joe Montana is still the GOAT and forever will be!!!
Brady is the most accomplished just like Bill Russell but they're certainly no GOAT.
@@jominjohn4532
Montana is also the COAT....Clutchest Of All Time!
@@thegoat164 this is the stupidest arguement ever. Tom Brady's situation was nothing like bill Russel situation. Tom brady has won his rings with good teams and bad ones. Whereas Montana and bill can only win with the best. Montana after leaving san Francisco won nothing tom leaves patriots and wins a superbowl
Even Tom Brady said he wasn't the goat. Montana was. And Brady was a Niner fan growing up idolizing Joe.
Jesus! just look how this guy throws that ball on the RUN!!!!
AMAZING!!! TRULY THE MASTER... KISS MY @SS BRADY!!!!
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
This video gives me nightmares!
Where's the loop back?
@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.
was that a no look pass at 7:50 ?
BAD ASS VIDEO.
Why can't I find 3 of 3?????????????
What's the instrumental that starts @0:06 seconds??
danm it suks being 14 i nver saw him play my dad says no one comes close to him i think he is right
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.
Need a passing touchdown to win the Super Bowl in the final drive. Who do you take Tom or Joe?
@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
Tom Brady's legacy is all shady. Tuck rule, Spygate, false injury reports, deflate gate and the luckiest break to end a championship game in sports history. Compare that to Joe's signature moments. "The Catch" The 92 yd SB TD drive, beating the Bears 46 D in the 84 NFC title game, 2 SB blowout wins with Elway and Marino as his counterparts, no ints in SBs. Plus it was a highly controversial interference call that prevented Joe from not going to the SB in 83 NFC title game and only his injury late in the 90 NFC title game with that stopped him 3peating. Joe could easily have 6 rings if not for refs n injury in NFC title games. Or at the least played in 6. plus his ability to throw outside of the pocket and to run was amazing.
Tom's legacy is all shady because you want to look at it that way. You are turning a blind eye for the rest of the league and pointing the finger at the Pats that fucking kills because it is a double standard. It is like saying George Bush is legit because he never got caught but Bill Clinton is bad because he broke his oaths and got a blow job. You need to redefine what is real and what is not.
Micscience No, Brady's legacy includes video taped signals that went back to 2000 that Goodell burned so we couldn't see how bad they were. The Tuck Rule which was not even called right because his arm was no coming back any longer when he lost the ball and his coach lying on injury reports to alter the way the opponent prepares. These are things that directly affect the outcome of games.
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First off it wasn't Brady, second the entire league was doing it the NFL said you couldn't do it from a certain angle anymore. The Tuck rule was a lucky call I admit that however TB isn't the first person to get a lucky call they still had to score and win the superbowl. By the way his arm went down intentionally going back is debatable.
"These are things that directly effects outcomes of games? "
you fucking kidding me? Why then do you ignore when other players and other teams do it? why? tell me? because you hate them. you are a hater that is your roll in life.
Micscience Brady barely played in the 01 AFC title game, he was KOd and Bledsoe gets him 10 points and and special teams gets him 14. Then he needs a miracle BS call by Carrol to win this last SB. The 2 he lost that Pats ans say were fluky, he only got them 14 and 17 points in those games. The memo sent out in 06 was not the new rule, it was a memo reminding all coaches not to do it and specifically not to tape signals. Not everyone was doing it because only Belichick had tapes to give up to Goodell going back to 2000. No other coaches had tapes or notes then Goodell destroyed the tapes because he knew not everyone was doing it. Joe only started 10 full seasons as a starter with SF and was knocked out, in the 4th, late, with the lead, of the 90 NFC title game, on his way to a 5th ring and 3peat. He then misses all of 91 and 92 and spends his last 2 years in KC. If he stays healthy he rolls with SF into the 90s with the team Young couldn't get over the hump for 91, 92 and 93. Brady missed 08 but started his second season. Montana missed 91, 92, didn't start til his 3rd season and 93 and 94 we can't compare because it's not the same when you're not with your squad, but he made them darn good, going to an AFC title game while he was old. Plus not only did he only lose the 90 NFC title game because of a late injury but it was a highly questionable pass interference call that prevented Joe from winning the 83 NFC title game vs the Skins.
Jerry rice used stickum which is 1000x worse. TAINTED EMPIRE. You can't handle the fact Brady is better.
This is about Montana, but at 6:12 watch Jerry show why he was the complete deal.
The guy I feel sorriest for is John Taylor....on any other team he would have been a Hall of Fame receiver but being in the same offense with Jerry Rice sealed that for him
With other teams teams he could have had much lesser QBs too. Plus, even his great short catch runs had disciplined blocking that other coaching staffs may not have had. He's got 3 rings, 2 with Joe and one with Steve and caught the game winning TD in a SB. Don't feel sorry for him. Feel sorry for the HOF WRs with no rings.
One more thing, the 49ers won their first two superbowls Without Jerry Rice....
whats the song at 4:30 ?
What's the name of the song that starts at the SB XIX?
The Equalizer by Sam Spence
thanks
Imagine easily beating future Hall of Famer’s like Marino and Elway
There's Unitas and Montana... Then everyone else.
I'd put Brady in there too, he has the same poise, mental toughness and he is just as clutch.
joneslt I like Brady so respect to your opinion.
joneslt srry but Brady doesn't have the same mental toughness, when he's under great pressure his game lowers but not Joe's game.
DJ Rod B Brady = most playoff wins in NFL history [18-8] with a .692 playoff winning percentage. 5 conf championships, 3 superbowls, 2x superbowl mvp. Thanks for playin,
they cheated everybody knows that!
@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.
@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.
Montana
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.
@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..
@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.
2:06 o_O
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 amen to that one Montana the GOAT!!!!!
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
Yeah