[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Montana had better passing stats than Brady. Montana also didn't have a top ranked defense. The 49ers offense powered the team, not the defense.

Montana is the best pure quarterback I've ever seen, but the Niners did have some pretty good players on the defensive side of the ball in the 80's. Fred Dean, Hacksaw Reynolds, and Ronnie Lott jump to mind. The offense usually managed to break other team's hearts in the last minute or two of the game(Bengals in the SB, the Saints everytime they played, etc.), but their defense wasn't shabby.

[mainepatsfan]

They won their Super Bowls when their defense played at a high level.

Steve Young would have won a few more SB's if his 49er teams had better defenses.