Originally Posted by
RuthlessBurgher
Montana was 37 years old when he left S.F. for K.C. He only played 2 years there before retiring. Would Montana in his late 30's have been better than a decade-younger O'Donnell? Their numbers for those 2 seasons are pretty darned close.
Montana in 1993: 181-298, 60.7%, 2144 yards, 13 TD, 7 INT
Montana in 1994: 299-493, 60.6%, 3283 yards, 16 TD, 9 INT
O'Donnell in 1993: 270-486, 55.6%, 3208 yards, 14 TD, 7 INT
O'Donnell in 1994: 212-370, 57.3%, 2443 yards, 13 TD, 9 INT
Plus, remember that we went to the Super Bowl with O'Donnell the year after Montana retired.
Sure, we lost a playoff game to Montana's Chiefs in overtime, but it wasn't because Montana outplayed O'Donnell in that game:
Neil O'Donnell 23-42, 286 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT
Joe Montana 28-43, 276 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
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