[AnotherUnixGeek]

Imagine if Brady had all of the people that Montana had.

Well, if we go by Montana's first SB season, Brady would have had Ricky Patton and Lenville Elliott in the backfield with him. He'd have had Dwight Clark and Fred Solomon to throw to at WR, and Earl Cooper as his TE.

Every SB offense Brady has played on has had more talent than that 49ers offense. Tom Landry, after losing to the 49ers in "The Catch" game, was asked how the Cowboys could have lost - his reply was "It has to be Montana - there's nothing else there". Rice and Taylor were around for Montana's 3rd and 4th Super Bowls and Roger Craig had turned into a premier run/catch threat, but people forget how ordinary the offensive talent surrounding Montana was in '81 and '84.

[KoRn]

Very good counter points!

[Rodney Dangerfield]

The 49ers Defense carried them to their 1st Super Bowl.

How many times did Dallas turn the ball over in that NFC Championship game?

5?

And “The Catch” was intended to go to Freddie Soloman, but he was covered.

Montana was basically throwing the ball away, which Walsh told him to do if his Primary (Soloman) wasn’t open before the play on the sideline. Clark bailed him out with a great catch.

Fact, as I’ve seen it on NFL films but it’s something they don’t show anymore since “The Catch” has become a mythical event and the NFL doesn’t want to diminish it.

[Alberta's Child]

Those SF teams from the 1980s had very underrated defensive units.

I believe the 1984 49ers are still the only team ever to have all four of their defensive backs start in the Pro Bowl.

That group included cornerbacks Ronnie Lott and Eric Wright, and safeties Dwight Hicks and Carlton Williamson.