If you had to choose...

by Dub4lif3 on Jan 10, 2009 11:35 AM PST Comment 33 comments

between Steve Young and Joe Montana who would you choose? Sure, Montana has 3 more rings and 2 SB MVP's, but Young also had a ring, and a SB MVP. When i watched them play, they were almost about equal. Young could create when running, or scoring on his own. Montana on the other hand had great pocket presence and had awesome vision. Young also had a great arm, but Montana could zip it in to small spots like it was easy. It's a dilemma, because i have no idea who i'd choose.

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Montana or Young?

Montana

55 votes

Young

20 votes

Tough to Call

4 votes

79 votes | Poll has closed

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annnd...

Its not even close in my eyes…

Montana WAS the 49ers. Young was amazing, but Super Joe was the team… The way he played in the back to back super bowl run we had was just off the charts…

by JerseyNinerFan on Jan 10, 2009 11:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Shaun Hill

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Jan 10, 2009 12:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Fo' totes

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jan 10, 2009 9:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I liked Young a little more and he was probably even more fun to watch than Montana, but you cant really NOT vote for Joe here.

by sam23 on Jan 10, 2009 2:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Not that...

…Steve Young was a choker, but Montana’s late game ability was unreal.

by Bitter Fan on Jan 10, 2009 2:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Now for another QB question..

…why don’t more people talk about John Brodie?

by Bitter Fan on Jan 10, 2009 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

age?

I’m curious what the age spread is of people that read this site. With a younger demographic you’d have a lot of people who don’t talk about a guy like Brodie. Just a thought.

by Fooch on Jan 10, 2009 2:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think the thing with Brodie is that he had a really great end of his career with the playoff runs and the MVP season, and a few intermittent very nice seasons before that… but he also spent a lot of years struggling pretty deeply with with both his talent and injuries. That’s really the knock against him, imo.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 10, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah..

he threw a lot of picks even for the time, which is why he’s not a Hall of Famer.

He reminds me a little bit of Nolan Ryan. He had ridiculous physical skills (see above) but he probably tried for the home run too many times and which picks being much more a part of the game than today he missed a lot. Like how Ryan finally learned to pitch when he got too old to throw 98 on every pitch he had some great years when he got old.

I’d love to see us so some reminiscing during the off-season. I missed a lot of the early year by years but we should put up some players and see what comes up. There’s enough traffic on this site that there’s gotta be someone who saw Hugh McElhenny play.

by Bitter Fan on Jan 10, 2009 2:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

True...

But I just downloaded the ‘70 NFC Championship game (last ever game at Kezar – I wish the Niners played there) and I saw Brodie play a full game for the first time. Dude had a friggin’ GUN, and he was 35 in a time when 35 year old guys were ancients in sports. He threw a bomb to Gene Washington for a 50 yard completion, and it wasn’t even a real bomb – more of a line drive! He was kind of like a poor man’s Favre.

by Bitter Fan on Jan 10, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

by Brendan Scolari on Jan 12, 2009 1:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Montana

by Brendan Scolari on Jan 10, 2009 3:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Young

Steve young was the man… he could get it done with his feet as well….. and he’s a lefty….. nuff said

by Qbgetter13 on Jan 11, 2009 10:28 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Montana

Young was a great QB, Montana was the best ever. No question in my mind.

by J. Frank Parnell on Jan 11, 2009 10:44 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yep

by Brendan Scolari on Jan 12, 2009 1:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Love Steve, but if the game was on the line in the 4th quarter, you just knew # 16 was going to get it done.

by illini49er on Jan 12, 2009 5:21 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I choose Love.

Shit, wait, wrong question.

Montana.

by mikev on Jan 12, 2009 9:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'd take Steve Young

over love any day.

by shlecko on Jan 13, 2009 4:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know

Forever Changes is a pretty solid album.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jan 13, 2009 10:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Montana... but

It all depends on what kind of team I have to run with the quarterback too.

But if I had to choose one to start my team, Joe gets my nod

Formerly known as phutmasterflex

by PHUT! on Jan 12, 2009 5:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Montana was better but

There is no better pass than the 1 that Young threw to Owens against the fudgepackers. I was too young to appreciate Montana so he is more of a mythological hero to me, so Young was my guy.

Fans stuck in the 80's are lame. Respect the past, live in the now.

by maveric_87 on Jan 12, 2009 6:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I was too young to appreciate Montana so he is more of a mythological hero to me, so Young was my guy

I’m in the same boat.

But I also think it’s worth noting that Joe played very much to his generation of football. Could he have dominated a defense with Ed Reed or Troy Polomalu hawking the defensive backfield? I’m not so sure. However, I think Steve was a guy that had the skillset and the head that he could have succeeded in any year, at any point in the league.

What I mean is… Babe Ruth was without question the greatest baseball player of his day – but I’m pretty sure he’d be meh-to-poor in today’s MLB. Griffey in his prime, however, would have been a force in any age of baseball.

So if your theoretical refers to today’s game, then I’d take Young over Montana, just like I’d take Griffey Jr over the Babe – as sacreligious as that may sound.

by shlecko on Jan 13, 2009 5:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs