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To: advance_copy

These are always fun discussions and involve a lot of subjective judgement when comparing teams from different eras, but I think a case can be made that the San Francisco 49ers of the 1980s were the greatest team of all time -- and the 1989 team in particular stood out above them all.


3 posted on 01/15/2007 6:39:33 AM PST by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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The 9ers were good, and Joe Montana was one of the best. But Bart Starr and Lombardi were not only great, they defined greatness in the NFL.


5 posted on 01/15/2007 7:06:23 AM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: Alberta's Child
the San Francisco 49ers of the 1980s were the greatest team of all time -- and the 1989 team in particular stood out above them all.

It's hard to argue. The only competition is the Steel Curtain.

As a Pats fan, I'm biased, but... The Pats have to be the best team of the salary-cap era (post 1994). What Belichick and Pioli have done with a rotating cast of players is astounding.

12 posted on 01/15/2007 8:28:50 AM PST by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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