Originally posted by 49erGlory:
Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Originally posted by 49erGlory:
Originally posted by StubbyNBY:
Our new Lee Woodall. True, long time 49ers fans know what I mean when I say that
That '94 draft was legendary. We got Woodall in the 6th round! He was our Swiss Army knife at LB. With him and the addition of Plummer, Norton...we shored up our Linebacking unit. This is a really good comp cuz even their body styles are similar and mid to late round gems. That dude was so awesome though! He also looked JUST like Evander Holyfield!! LOL it was uncanny. People forget how great we were Defensively in '95 too. We were dominant.
Awesome team in 95 with you know who as our defensive coordinator. We should've won the SB that year.
Yep I remember how mediocre we started with Steve Young going down and Dallas up next. I used to listen to the radio, Hacksaw and Jim Rome and everyone including the ESPN talking heads thought Dallas would blow us out with Grbac at QB, but we made a STATEMENT and blew them out instead (in Their own house.) But what really had me hyped was that W at Candlestick later in the year on Monday Night Football Vs Buffalo. That Plummer hit at the goaline returned 96 yards for a TD by Woodall made me think that it was really our year! Man we had the squad, really thought we'd get our 6th Lombardi that season. 
Although we had better records from 96-98, to me '95 was the last year of the truly great teams. I remember reading a quote from Mike Ditka in 97 or 98 when he coached the Saints saying no one is quaking in fear when playing the 49ers anymore, It was true in my opinion. We lost something after that playoff game against the Packers. The 96 team just beat up on bad teams and by 97, we were damn good defensively, but were lacking offensively. Things may have been different if Hearst were healthy, but it was not to be. By 98, the offense was up to usual standards, but then the defense began to regress :-(.
