[kik5150]

The West Coast offense should be named the Walsh offense. He always seemed to be one step ahead of his opponent. Everybody remembers “The Catch”, but what was equally impressive was “The Drive”. Who would have thought that he would send a broken down tailback like old Rat Daddy Elliott on a couple of end arounds? It showed the weakness of the flex defense. He was a genius.

[Cyropaedia]

Ronnie Lott says that everyone remembers “the Catch” but hardly anyone remembers Eric Wright’s one handed tackle of Drew Pearson on the Cowboys’ final drive. In Lott’s mind, that was the greatest, most important play in 49er history. Pearson would have scored and the Dallas would have won the NFC Championship.