Every time I watch these old Dallas cowboy games, I can’t help but think how Jerry Jones screwed it all up. He had the coach that could have been just like the patriots are. Jimmie Johnson could evaluate talent and ability as good as anybody ever could. He picked up so many quality players in the late rounds of the draft it’s unreal.
I miss John Madden. San Fran last drive, down 9, Madden says, "You know, if you had a play that got you 9 points, thats the play you would want to call here" lol
If Jerry and Jimmy could have contained their egos it is highly likely that the Cowboys would have won 3 or possibly even 4 consecutive Super Bowls and staked their claim to being the mythological greatest football team of all time.
Back then, 49ers usually demoralized teams when they made explosive scores and seemed 'unstoppable' for a string of possessions. Cowboys were just too fast, too talented for this to work on them. They just shrugged off 49er scores, kept lining up and at any moment could end the 49ers momentum. As great as the Cowboys were, they seem to have underutilized their talent, if possible since they won 3 superbowls with this team. Their offense was just so basic, like a touch football game: "Just get open". While the 49ers had a machine honed over 12 years. Kind of shows just how much raw talent that Cowboys team had. Damn. Great 90s rivalry.
Thanks for this great upload Richard. Football was so much better before the salary cap era started. Too many short dinky passes now to my liking. The last great power running game the nfl is going to ever have was the back to back Cowboys. Steelers were good with Bettis but it was not as dynamic an offense.
I used to always get depressed as a kid when Pat would start reading the credits. It signaled the game was almost over. Especially if the Cowboys were down.
1st Niners drive...they get to 4th and 1 at the Dallas 44 and punt..not a knock on Seifert i bet most coaches back then would have done the same. I prefer this era to the current but 4th down strategy was pretty flawed back then.
These were obviously the days before NFL broadcasts had the steady scoreboard posted on the TV screen. You could turn on the game in progress and not know the score for several minutes. So frustrating!
