great to see a thanks for joining us as appreciate. Thank
you, always good to be here, Legend. I mean, I feel like we
can't be at the Super Bowl without talking to Joe Montana,
you know, even though
you made me cry, a lot as a kid, do you know that
you really did? I don't know. The love-hate relationship.
This was for a long time.
We were talking about that earlier. Joe, the 80s,
the 49ers, the Giants, Washington
bear, Alice was still yeah relevant to Bears. I mean, what
a Time time for football.
Yeah, we're pretty fun, right? Well,
sometimes with Jennifer was encrusted are something like
that. Yeah, it was. I mean we had some great rivalries going
on. I mean even the Redskins were playing well yeah, into
their,
the NSC was pretty strong back then didn't Saints.
Did you feel like it was more personal than like we were
talking about it a little earlier? Like he was saying,
where it, you know, nowadays like, salary cap and free
agency? Where
I feel like there was genuine. Like, I don't like the Giants
and those Is there and like I felt like Dad was the same
towards the 49ers, you know, it was for the longest time,
right? It's so funny when you talk about your dad,
you know we had this thing going back and forth and
neither one of us knew why until my wife asked me? Why
don't you like him?
I don't know. She goes, why don't you go up and
talk to him? And I did and we've been good friends and
good friends ever see couldn't figure it out either. I don't
know, maybe we just played against each other and
neither team liked each other and
and then the ends up,
you know, working with The boys on throwing a football that?
Well, let me see
my boys,
right? That's it is crazy. It's full circle. Let me see,
I think I feel like I've heard him say this dad was quite
animated when he used to throw a touchdown. Yeah, right.
And I feel like he went bike pump fist, over at your side
line was shooting used to the gonna do that, right? Right.
And then I believe, it might have been the 88 game when you
threw the long touchdown to Win It 1714.
Yeah. I did it back. You went back. Right?
That's the first started.
Which I wish we have. No, no. It was long before. There was no.
More than okay. Okay, okay, yeah, you goes, they played
a sold tough, right? And yeah, it was fun games. Well not
fun games, when you look back on them they were
they were promised
we had a good defense, had a good defense. Can you believe
the quarterbacks? Now how they don't get hit? Like, they eat,
like you used to, are you envious of that? Are you look
at a guy with a played 12 more 10, more years?
Yeah, yeah. Your, I mean, when you look at it,
at that level of,
you know, when you Get.
She's
we're bringing that all your greatest hits. You can tell him
that, my dad was on the Giants. And I'm one of the hosts of
the shows with the one. Look, I just dodged LT and I thought
I had it, but you have somebody open to did, are you? Jerry was
open? Yeah.
Oh my God. I just dodged LT number one. Yeah. In my mind, I
told Jerry and I was just getting ready to throw and he
hit me with a full speed run. Oh my gosh, right. Yeah, it
would have been penalized and he got a first down now and
right, I know exactly what
I would have kept going. I told him all the time that I don't
know how his dad survived playing on. Green cement. And
with the rules that were in place. At the time, I go watch
games from the 80s on YouTube and Just the Way quarterbacks
got hit receivers. Got hit, the game was so much more brutal
than it is today and it's been a slow Evolution. It's good for
the game, it's good for the players, but I have even more
respect for guys like you that lived through that. Some of
the there's been an evolution over time, any
way, even if you look at the game from 20 years before
I played, you know, and before there were Super Bowls,
you know, there was a guy that won 11 championships. Oops, and
in the NFL and
it's just that
you know the game's going to do that and obviously so many
injuries to and the head injury things are yeah
and there's enough injury in the game without so there's
trying to take out the big ones.
The big hits the big stuff. We're
like for quarterback
getting there. Yeah, that pile drive and I'll drive you in
the ground, you know, you were the only, you're the only guy get
getting hit standing still right.
Guy who outweighs You by 150 back. Yeah, that's right. It's so
I think they get it. I'm all for hitting the quarterback
just don't don't overdo it or do it. Yeah. Right. When they
when they start, when you get that feeling that you're off
balance,
then they're, you know, they're trying to write. We're trying
to hurt pick you up and do the body weight. The. Yeah. Right.
So but the game still fun to watch it's
like
What was the I do? I feel like we always ask you about all
your great Super Bowl moments. I've never asked you like, what
was the best team you were on that? Didn't win the Super
Bowl. What was the one team? You look at to go oh
you know man we were really good that year and
it just do it. We're really good New Year, we lost
the Washington and we were really good year, 83 your mean that
year 83 lost in Washington right? Well championship game.
Well then with two like Phantom calls them stretch the let them
kick and win, right? Thank you. They were up 2:39 on you guys.
We came back, right? And then right at the end we had
to events and penalties and put them in field-goal attempt our
suspects. But yeah and the other one was
the one where I got heard. We just saw that. What that thing
was pretty good. Yeah, it was 90. Yeah. Right. 14 and 2.
That's going to put down that way
like it was gonna happen. Yeah,
yeah. Yeah. It was it was we're pretty good at that whole
stretch,
you know, I joke with Eddie I go with Eddie
fight a stuck around.
But a few more or the one. Damn. I like it. Give it to him. Joe.
Enjoy Eddie. Still
tremendous friend and the end.
Love them to death. Did you ever get nervous? What was
the most nervous? Joe Montana was Joe. Cool.
What was the most nervous you were in a football game in your
life? I would probably say the first Super Bowl. He went to
because you just don't know what to expect when you get
there and then you get here
and it's craziness
and, you know, you're doing it for the first time.
you know, once the
game kicks off,
You can't, you get hit once and then you're like, oh you're
right. It's got the ball where I am, right? Yeah.
Better get back over here.
Joe, who's the guy now? Playing quarterback? That reminds you
the most of you,
you know, I don't ever try to compare. I just watch guys for
what they do,
they're all so different. I mean, you look, you look at
damn their big bright. Oh my God, right? I mean look at
Jalen. Yeah, you can see
the thickness. There's a good more muscle structure. These guys.
I got, I was standing next to
Guys, and with the Chargers. Oh, Justin Harper is like,
RoboCop hurt my neck,
but that, you know, they're fun. He's fun,
you know, obviously
Josh is fun to watch. Yeah, Josh Allen. Yeah,
you got Burrows, fun. I mean,
there's a lot of girls who want to remind you that much to you
just for tonight. All
of them play too much till the playoffs. Yeah, right. But
I mean,
similar thoughts, you know, kind of style but I don't know.
Yeah I'm it's amazing where the positions almost evolved from
you know you're
now side arm throws. In fact I would write all this stuff is
like just part of the game where it was such no nose
growing up watching you and my dad play and do that Kent those
I do. I'm right right?
Don't throw off your back foot. Don't throw laid over
the middle, right? Exactly now let's like get every game. It's
a few times. Yeah,
yeah. You see it all the time Joe's here on behalf of Advance
Auto Parts. Joe tell us what you have going on with them, ya
know. We're just, I'm just here to help him promote
this commotion. They got going, and
it's kind of a fun one.
They call it the most valuable play.
So
if any quarterback or any player
throws a touchdown pass over 25 yards. If you're if you're
registered for the promotion at Advance Auto Parts.com
right
prior to the start of the game you have a chance to be one of
the 25 people who win gasps for life. I mean not for live,
sorry,
cast for a year.
And a 500 dollar
gift certificate
to advance. So little bit of a fun promotion when you look at
the playoffs so far, I don't believe there been any in
the playoffs over 25 yards. That's crazy. Actually, you know, when
you were saying that I was kind of going through my brain has
gone. You're right.
I don't remember a lot of hidden in the last ten Super
Bowls. There's only been five. Wow. Yeah. Neither one of these
guys
have them, I would think it would be easy money. Very,
I would go home and sign up. You're crazy not to do
the know. I think there's there might be 11 in the
might be 11. I can't remember exactly. Zack part of that but
I think might be 11 in the playoffs it but neither one of
these guys have one, right? Yeah. And
but yeah it's
it's a little fun promotion. Keep you a bunch of the game
a little bit man. That's a really good one. All right. Can I ask
him one more God one. God I want to I've always wanted to
ask him this and it's again, it's Giants 49ers related,
when my dad and Ronnie Lott got in the fight, after the game,
in the 90, Monday night game, right? You guys were both 10
and one the seventh, right?
Here's the plan.
They are. You aware of this going on or this go?
Going or this building up to this during this week? No, not
at all. Not at all. You had you had. No, I did. You remember
this kind of going on during after the game at all? Oh,
I heard about it after, but
I usually got off the field, pretty fast, right kickers in
there. Trying to bring that bars in there, but there's Matt
Millen in there.
There's a lot of people in the story. That is my data though.
You stole his gym, Bert instigated it and was telling
the defense of guys that Phil had no respect for you guys
through the years.
Right. Undoubtedly, you know, she had
another kick. He's he's a piece of work, really fun?
Oh my God, right? Yeah in fact we when your dad was working with
my boys, throwing the football,
we're working out in his bubble
in his bubble
bubble. Yeah, it's like this kind of crazy. It is crazy
little sister earlier this week by suggesting the 49ers go off
the board. No Trail and snow block party but Jimmy Garoppolo
back next year. It's on. Looks like
they're moving on. Why? Why do you think they should stick
with Jimmy? Well, Actually the with
one pretenses that it Purdy's. Not healthy.
I think I've heard he's healthy you.
I think he thinks his job going on. I don't know what's going
on that with Jimmy. I don't go down there so I don't really
I don't know
firsthand I would just say if it's me I'm looking at
Jimmy's already gotten in one big games for you and a lot of
games for you
trouble, keeping them healthy but until you can prove that
Purdy's healthy
I mean who you got a team that's low and they get real
answer. They gave up all that to get three first-round picks
as long as you think not ready? No I don't he's ready. Yeah
I don't think is 100. I don't think he's ready to take that
caliber, team talented kid and he might be
part way through the year
if he gets more starts. I don't know. But do you want to turn
over a team
that you want to get off to a great start? What guy, whether
you still might have a question about, right? And
that's the thing is that there's a guy on YouTube on
your roster already.
So I don't know how, you
don't know how you get rid of them till you, make sure
the other kid they just
tore as I think it's the Tommy, yeah thing, right? Yeah, at
that. Anytime you do when a ligament in your art and your
throwing arm,
I mean, I toured the this off the bone
and
that's this is a cakewalk compared to what he's going to
go through and write. Yeah. But, you know, obviously
the medical advances have gotten better but hey,
I got a guy that can win.
Maybe he gets hurt
again. I don't know.
But
I can't discard him until I find out. What's up with
person, amazing how stack the 49ers are at a time when
there's a quarterback driven, the 49ers are loaded. They just
need a quarterback that can
get them over the top.
Yeah.
They need Joe Montana. Yeah, this would be a good time for
Joe. Montana to play for strong Bowls in the Rose Bowl. Last
Sunday. Feel good.
Getting it out there. Yeah you know I hit that 93 year old
guy, right?
That's awesome.
We're you. Always a little surprised by the fact that
the 49ers, you know, wanted to part ways with you as you were kind
of joking about with Eddie DeBartolo. I mean
you won four Super Bowls, you're in the NFC Championship Game,
you're probably going to win. If you don't get hurt because
of Steve fumbles, the handoff when they're running the clock
out, right? Are you with it? And the thing was, is that
I just had one of the best years I had that's and
guy didn't Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the year. I mean
I remember don't I just all I wanted was,
Steve had a decent year the next year. Yeah, but
all I said is look, I just don't
do not play at all,
you know, I don't get it. I don't get it.
You want me to compete for the job, fine,
but to put me as second. I'm not staying for that, right?
You want you want to make the change? Fine,
I got it, but I'm
I know him better than that.
And so I'm not going to finish my career sitting on the bench,
right? It went fine place to play and proved it. Think we
should have one you should have gone to the Super Bowl.
91, you were healthier to come back because I feel like I was
playing a little bit of like yoga, so healthy, you were. Oh,
yeah, it was healthy half at least halfway through
the season, right more, right? Yeah.
Yeah. Okay. There you have it. There it is. Straight from
the horse's mouth. One of the all-time greats, pleasure and
honor to have him here.
Joe Montana of Joe Montana. Tom
The Super Bowl
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