After forging his legend with the 49ers, Joe Montana continued his career with the Chiefs, whom he led to the run-up to the Super Bowl to give him the worthy end to his career that San Francisco could not, or would not, give him.
In 1993, when he arrived at Kansas City Chiefsplay in the Super Bowl It was a habit for Joe MontanaEven winning the Vince Lombardi Trophy was also routine for the quarterback after winning four with the San Francisco 49ers.
30 years ago, the Chiefs They acquired what is considered one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL in a negotiation with the 49ers with the intention of, at least, tasting a little of the greatness that Montana achieved with San Francisco.
In a perfect world, Montana He finished his career with 49ersbut in the real, imperfect world to which he belongs, the NFL forced him to leave San Francisco and finish his career in Kansas City.
In 1993, the 49ers decided to give Steve Young (left) the starting job, marking the abrupt end of Joe Montana with San Francisco. Mike Powell/Allsport/Getty Images
30 years after the retirement of the man considered by many to be one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFLthe romanticism that makes us wish that an athlete starts and ends his career in the same place clouds the final stage of Joe Montana for not finishing it with the team he led to win four championship rings. Super Bowl.
Montana had to leave San Francisco and the Chiefs They decided to take advantage of the quarterback’s desire to show the NFLalready the 49erswhich still had several tricks up its sleeve.
Three decades later, it seems to have been forgotten that the Chiefs they offered to Montana the worthy end to his career that the 49ers couldn’t or wouldn’t give him when they chose Steve Young as their franchise quarterback in 1993.
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Banished from San Francisco, upon arriving in Kansas City, Montana he found himself against a team that was based on a solid defense led by linebacker/defensive end Derrick Thomas and defensive tackle Neil Smith and that only needed a decent offense to transcend.
Los Chiefs They did their best to give Montana everything she needed. They hired Paul Hackett, who was their quarterbacks coach in San Francisco, as offensive coordinator to adjust their game plan and also signed running back Marcus Allen, who also left the then Los Angeles Raiders through the back door.
Montana had the pieces that would take some of them away. Chiefs whom he motivated only with his presence.
In their first year, the Chiefs they won their first division title in 22 years, despite Montana missing five games due to injury. In the Playoffs, the quarterback commanded two comebacks, against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Oilers (sound familiar?), to lead Kansas City to the AFC Championship Game and which he had to leave after suffering a concussion.
In the 1993 season, Joe Montana led the Chiefs to the AFC Final, which he had to leave after suffering a concussion. Jeff Hayne/AFP via Getty Images
In 1994, the Chiefs They returned to the Playoffs, but fell in the first round and Montana’s career came to an end.
While it is true that when mentioning his name the first image that comes to mind is that of Joe Montana in the uniform of the 49ersthe red of the Chiefs It didn’t clash with her figure.
Montana He closed his 15-year NFL career with two good seasons in Kansas City and thus changed the negative perception created by legendary quarterbacks like Johnny Unitas and Joe Namath, who extended their careers only to give them an unworthy end.
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Unitas was lost to the then-San Diego Chargers and Namath ended up on the bench with the Los Angeles Rams.
Montana did not come to Kansas City to unnecessarily extend his career, he came to compete and his performance made the rest of the NFL notice that a veteran quarterback with legendary status can be useful if he is properly supported. Brett Favre, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are the most recent examples.
30 years after Montana left San Francisco and arrived in Kansas City, led by Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs They enjoy the glory that the 49ers enjoyed between the 80s and 90s by playing in the Super Bowl for the fourth time in the last five years and after seeing them in the LIV edition, they will meet again in the LVIII at about 49ers who try to revive theirs.
2024-02-02 15:00:00
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