@@madreckaYep, Rice was PI on the last drive vs the Raiders, and was a no call. This team was up and down with too many close losses. They were 6-5 heading into that MNF game against the defending Super Bowl Champion Washington Redskins. The rest is history as they dominated pro football from that point on until the NFC Championship (1990 season) game against the NY Giants.
@@madrecka Very painful, and not even the first time either. Bill Belichick defenses almost ended Joe Montana’s career twice. The last 14 quarters of playoff ball, Joe Montana vs Bill Belichick NY Giants defenses, Montana was only able to get one TD and that’s when Everson Walls gambled. It went like this (as you already know), 1984 second half was zero points in a 21-10 win, 1985 was a 17-3 loss, 1986 was a 49-3 loss, and 1990 was a 15-13 loss. The main reason Tom Brady was great is he practiced everyday vs Bill Belichick defenses. No Belichick and the 49ers have another ring or two.
@@SuperFuck Yea you could say that Belichick figured out the West Coast offense by 1985 against SF in the NFC Wild Card. Yea that 1986 NFC Divisional Burt almost killed Montana on their way to win 49-3. I do remember the 1988 & 1989 Regular Seasons where Montana burned the Giants D.
we played those great teams so close, so many times... broke my heart every time we were on the brink of beating them, but found a way to lose... glad those days are over
not really.. Saints are just as good as the Niners... not like back then when there was a noticeable gap in talent between the two teams. This isn't a great Niners dynasty we are witnessing
Saints fan since 1988 here... I can remember watching some of those older games thinking, damn we had an awesome defense. And our offense wasn’t bad, we just didn’t have an O.C. that was worth a damn. I still love my Saints though... Who Dat! ⚜️
@@kendallbossier5797 do you have anymore old saints games am interested in some of you do the saints played some youth teams in 2nd half like Giants like Vikings 49ers but they beat Rams and bronocs and lost to Redskins they started frist have 7 and 1 that season
@Thomas Oaxaca Wrong! Lon Simmons & his microphone were the best announcing "team" ever. And that's for both Forty Niner and Giant's games. He was so great he didn't need some Has Been sitting next chair over incessantly running his gob about things like how much turkey the offensive linemen ate.
@thomasoaxaca3379 Of course, I recognize Simmons' signature call without even thinking, but until looking it up just now, I always associated it with Mays' career. Thanks for providing the impetus for the research. I learned that McCovey was evidently one of Lon's favorite people. I also didn't remember that in 1989, Lon called games for both the Champion Forty Niners (of course!) but the Champion Oakland A's too. That was Lon for me, having a transistor/earphone at Candlestick and listening to him at home on my stereo and turning my television's volume knob completely off, same as a lot of the Faithful did.
