Originally posted by mitpdub:
Originally posted by billbird2111:
Originally posted by boast:
Originally posted by mitpdub:
Originally posted by boast:
Originally posted by mitpdub:
Not sure about the game times but if some of those games are 10am games and decided by our kickoff, we have to consider resting starters. Walsh did it every year knowing that preserving players in week 17 was a key to the playoffs.
lol Bill Walsh retired from the Niners before the BYE week concept was introduced.
It's about resting during the final week of the season. Nothing to do with the bye week.
just pointing out that there was no WEEK 17 in Walsh's coaching tenure.
No WEEK 17 and Bill Walsh NEVER sat starters. Ever. He did not rest them. Starters did not play if they were nursing injuries. But that was the only reason.
This is not correct. I believe the year we won the Super Bowl, the last one with Montana we had a 10-6 record, we sat starters the last week and got destroyed by the Rams that last regular season game.
All that mattered is we won the SuperBowl.
and that loss knocked the Giants out of the playoffs.....SF ended up hosting Minnesota in the divisional round and blasted them in a revenge game from the year before.....then went up to wintry Chicago and gave a beat-down to the Bears in Soldier field.....28-3. The defense was outstanding, and Lott and Jeff Fuller just laid the lumber in the secondary. Just for good measure the next year (which was Montana's last championship season - '89), the 49'ers blasted Minnesota again in the divisional round.
[ Edited by 49erBrodie70 on Dec 24, 2022 at 5:29 PM ]