Originally posted by Montana:
Originally posted by dj43:
Originally posted by billbird2111:
This current situation is similar to the massive disrespect shown towards Montana during his early seasons. He certainly was not the main story leading up to the 1981 NFC Championship Game. The Cowboys and Danny White were. He still didn't garner much attention or respect until he won his second Super Bowl in the process of destroying the Dolphins. Bottom line? It took YEARS for Montana to get the kind of attention he deserved. This is Glock's first starting season from start to finish. He's been dismissed, criticized, minimized and compartmentalized. Fine. Montana loved it. I'm sure Glock probably does too as he commences his "prove it" tour and shuts some holes in the process.
Good post. Accurate about the Montana comparison. Even after beating Marino and Miami, writers were still calling Marino the best. Now he is "the best QB to never win a Super Bowl." Crazy.
Such good points and so true about Marino being glorified and Joe treated like just another qb for a while. Marino was pretty good though. But damn haha. It was alllll about Marino back then. And I really think you are right, I do believe it did take two SB wins to get the attention Montana deserved. I love it when BP says, "We'll see".. just means..he is gunna go out there and prove all the doubters and s**t talkers wrong, because he knows he is a great qb. Anyone who doesn't see how talented BP is, just doesn't understand the game I guess.. and what it takes to do what he has been doing. It's phenomenal.
After 5 years of Garoppolo (and years of Smith, Kap, etc), I think Niner fans can be pretty unbiased to not overhyping any QBs.......Montana and Young were a lifetime ago, but some of us still recall their play.
Purdy would not have won the job in the offseason if he didn't cement his status last season in the playoffs. That he put even better tape this year than last proved he's the man. We've seen enough to have a very good feeling he will outperform Jimmy's NFCC and SB performances when he plays in those respective games, assuming similar circumstances.
I'm sure ShanaLynch were extra cautious to avoid having another Jimmy G type QB......
The fact that Young is so enamored of Purdy, has to mean a lot to the fanbase. Of course Young was always cordial and nice about Alex, Jimmy, Trey........but not quite like this. I imagine he's been waiting a long time to celebrate a Niner QB properly....
So much has changed in the NFL -- if the Jeff Garcia teams were as stacked as this, we'd all be hyping the Niners as SB favorites, and nobody in the media would be talking s**t about other QBs being better. Nobody claimed the Niners lost to Dallas or Green Bay because their QBs were better than Young.....they weren't...
I like Jared Goff, but if he was the Niners QB right now, I'd still be worried if we could win it all with him. He lost that SB between the ears, not because of his arm......he has to prove he's gotten better. I think he has, but is it enough?
We'll see.