That 92 season when Young won the MVP while Montana was on the bench cus of injury, that was the writing on the wall.

The research on this video is 100% I know this story well. I like how you went week by week during that 88 season, the height of this controversy

The greatest starter backup combo ever 2 hall of famers.

Imagine having Joe Montana being your qb and Steve being the backup. That would be a great problem to have. While I agree that Joe was the goat before Brady came along, people take Young for granted, especially the 49er fans, they were too spoiled by the number of great players they had

Love the music intro. To me, it wasn't the quarterbacks fault. Bill Walsh did that on purpose. They knew Joe time was running out as an elite QB. His body was breaking down. Joe won that last ring in '89. Steve Young only needed to wait until Joe would inevitably get hurt again and the team was his. That's how it played out. Tough for Joe being that it happened in the NFC Championship Game but that's football.

Seems a lot like Brett and Aaron…..

I believe if Steve would have shown he was a better passer or equally better passer as he was a runner, he would have been the starter in 1987 or 88. Steve was very inconsistent as a passer back then, and I believe Bill Walsh used that as the determining factor

Montana made me like football as a child. Young made me love it. Their battle always makes me wonder how many legendary quarterbacks we missed out on because they never got a chance in the league. It's crazy how terrible he was with Tampa Bay only to eventually break the QB rating record with accuracy out of this world. It would have been so easy for him to have never gotten the right chance with the right team.

49ers crapped on Montana so bad never should have been a controversy Joe would have won two more super with Joe if they would have stayed with the greatest Joe cool tool them letting him call his own plqyes

As a niner fan born after the bill walsh era, thank u for the deep dive into the past

Great work putting this video together. I feel so blessed being able to watch these games. I was in high school when Joe was beating my Giants and then I was able to enjoy Steve while in college, but hey at least my G-Men won 2. Thanks LT 🤣

I really wish that Joe Montana played against the 49ers at Candlestick. Would have been amazing to see that.

You need more views bro keep up the good work

"The hits quarterbacks had taken back in those days were nothing compared to today." The qb hits back then were far more devastating compared to what we see today is more like it.

As a Cowboy fan, I'll never forget the 1992 NFC Championship game where a healthy Joe Montana sat on the bench. Thank you. Steve was good but he's no JoMo! Joe is the GOAT. Excellent video, exactly as I remember it.

Walsh knew exactly what he was doing. Like a woman who manipulates two guys against eachother to find out who to monkey-branch to and when.

keep it up bro ur vids are always fire

Love watching your content keep up the good work!!!

I am ADDICTED to your awesome channel bro! I love watching all your videos!

Great video, thanks!

Had no idea he was a Tampa Bay Bucc with the creamsicle jerseys 😂

Did that fool say that "hits back THEN are NOTHING compared to TODAY"??!!

This wasn't a big debate that almost tore apart the team...it was media fodder only

Deion was the move that made that 5th SB possible. Same the next year when Deion went to Dallas and they beat Pittsburgh.

@ 3:00 - "the hits QBs took back then were nothing compared to what we see today." - you wrote that wrong. The hits we see today are nothing compared to the ones back then. It doesn't work the other way around. The hits they took back then were EVERYTHING compared to the hits we see today.

Killed it! Nice job

In Jerry Rice's book, he gives Joe Montana the nod over Steve. He did give Young high praise though.

Love the video but you cant flip helmets that have letters in the logo

The real goat JM16 would have won at least 2 more SB’s had he not left the 9ers

I remember watching a video clip of Mike Holmgren telling Bill Walsh during the 1988 season that the 49ers would continue to struggle unless he picked either Montana or Young as the starting QB. Walsh choose Montana and they would go on to win 2 more Super Bowls. Young was very patient and a team player. If he wanted to, he could of demanded a trade and start on another team. But he choose to wait until Montana was traded in 1993 and Young became the permanent starter.

@11:45 Mike Holmgren is an unsung hero in that coach's meeting. He was the one with the balls to stand up and say to Bill, "Bill, you're the problem. Pick one (Quarterback) and be done with it. This is tearing the locker-room apart." It was after that meeting Bill chose to start Joe Montana. It brought an end to an experiment that blew up in Bill's face.

Good research.

I had the pleasure of meeting Steve Young in person. He’s really nice. Steve Young is the Starter on my millennium team!!

The era of heroes.

Lol if I was Steve young I would’ve requested a trade

Die 9er fan, this was b4 I became teenager & lived in the Bay Area, those were great times to be a 9er fan, still its rough watching them get to there 2 latest super bowls & watch defeat, but one day they will get there 6th

Quarterbacks were hit WAY harder back in the day. The hits today are nothing compared to back then

Didn't matter who was QB, Jerry Rice was scoring touchdowns

good vid

In America's game, Harris Barton would say that if Steve Young and the 49ers didn't blow the lead against he Cardinals, Steve said he probably would have finished the season out as a starter. This was the back against the wall type of grit you see. 6-5 and essentially needed to win out to win the division. They went 10-6 and after destorying the VIkings, they played the Bears and just torched them in the extreme cold. For those old enough to watch the 88 season, you knew that the 49ers weren't going to lose.

The Niners under Montana, Young, Bill Walsh, George Seifert and Eddie DeBartolo were the best that there will ever be. Signed, a lifelong Browns fan.

I didn't realize they were both together on the team for such a long time.

I would have traded young because you would get a lot for young and you had bono as a backup. I would take that scenario over what they did. Unfortunately craig fumbled and lost the quest for threepeat and then Montana got hurt

Two HOF quarterbacks SF were in good shape.

i see why nfl so strict on keeping qbs safe after watching this video injury’s left and right to these qbs back in the day

If Joe stays, 49ers win a fifth SB sooner & a sixth.

If we would’ve won in 87 through 89 it would’ve been great!! But oh well lol 😂

If bye some odd chance it happens so be it for the two headed hydra

Imagine Young on Raiders we'd a won SB n mighta never moved back ta Oakland glad dey didn't fa da Oaktown n me

Steve Young was better

i could see why montana would be pissed. at young he had already won 2 super bowls when steve young came to the 49 ers . young actually asked to be traded to the 49ers. as soon as young got to the team he was saying how bad he wanted to play. if i was montana i would of said to young why are you even here. you could start for most other teams in the league im joe montana im already a legend and this is my team now get the hell out of here

There’s NO contest. Young couldn’t hold out to Joe end of!!!

Not a Niners fan but, any Niners fan who thinks Young is better than Joe should be pushed off the Golden Gate Bridge. Steve is a Hall Fame QB, but Joe Cool had ice water in his veins. You had to knock him out to beat him. Jim Burt and Leonard Marshall. Only bad playoff loss the 1987 Divisional game. Also, Ronnie Lott and Charles Haley didn’t respect Young.

Is there breaking news on this stuff because the same subject video from mikerophone or whatever his name is just came out today

Seems like the real hero was jerry rice lol

As a chiefs fan, one of my favorite games was being able to beat the 49ers for Montana the first season he played in Kansas City.

@3:03 "The Hits we've seen quarterbacks take back in those days are nothing compared to what we see today" Uhh.. I'm not sure about that one, I'd say they got beat up waaay more back in the 80's

Young was the perfect complimentary QB to Montana. But Montana was still the main man though.

Terrible coaching and Steve Young was no Joe Montana....

People debate which one is better. I'd say Joe Montana. Now if you look at their numbers in the regular season, they're mostly even, so for the deciding factor, we need to implement post season success which gives Montana the clear edge

#Dope

How did Montana get back ta back MVPs especially n 90 errbody knows Cunningham shoulda had it. I guess dey wasn't ready fa Black QB ta win yet

So Young jumped from 26Tds ta 35 was he juicing?? 😆lol

I suspect just like any other "reigning king"..........it is always the hardest thing to do to pass the torch. NOBODY worth their salt GLADLY hands over those reigns (especially in sports). The kings always want to decide for themselves when to go thru the exit doors. They NEVER want that decision made for them. On any other team with Steve Young on a roster, his entry would have been made much sooner, but when you have a legend like Joe Montana walking the hallways of the locker room, there is NO WAY Joe is going to gladly hand over the keys to the locker room. I suppose Walsh, Seifert, and the entire DeBartolo family handled all of this with as much grace and class as they possibly could without stepping into ego land mines along the way. They did the best they could.

Did this dude really say brady vs gorappolo like there was EVER a question who was the starter on that team? .......he must be new to football

I would pick Joe Montana if I was a 49ers fan

12:57 "easily dispatched Chicago"? The score was 28-3, but there was nothing easy in that game.

I see the same format in all these KZfaqrs stuff, guess they have a lil script 🙄

All I know is both got hurt and somehow the next guy was always ready to go so to me they always got playing time regardless of who was playing. To me it's like having 2 brothers that are both good at the same thing. They both get credit for getting the team to the Superbowl which both should of been standing together after winning the Super Bowl. That's the way I look at it. Both had each other's back.

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Bill Walsh ultimate mind manipulation ta get best outta both QBs cuz he knew he a need both ta win!! JERRY JONES tryna bite off his style!!

Them and brett favre and Aaron Rodgers

The Niners should’ve won at least 3 more sb with that team

Montana was a god. Young was never as good. He was good no doubt but joe was an inspiration. I loved seeing him beat young in kc.

Back then Montana was the greatest to ever do it

Damn looking back if 9ers started Young vs Minnesota n 87 deyd a won cuz Montana couldn't move wit his bad knee

I don’t think it was ever a controversy as I recall young jst filled in when Montana was hurt

I bet Dat Creamsicle 10year Bucs anniversary Young jersey worth major scrilla!!!

Tore them apart so much they won back to Back super bowls and almost a 3rd.

Phoenix cardinals?? I know Phoenix is in Arizona but that just doesn’t sound right

Funny how top QBs would maybe get 30TDs. Dat why Marino was so shocking almost like McGwire hitting 70

People forget the 49ers we’re every bit as bad as the Bucs were when Montana became the QB. Yea Walsh showed up and they were more competitive, but they still lost. Montana turned them into a Dynasty just as Brady did for New England. The great ones can do that. Young went to Tampa and was so bad that he was labeled a bust. When he was traded to the 49ers he knew he landed in a sweet gig. Yea young was bigger, stronger, and faster than Joe but almost every QB in the league was bigger, faster, and stronger than Joe was. Steve Young had several chances to leave after San Fran traded for him. Joe was winning Superbowls while Steve was holding a clipboard. However, Steve never left lol. He knew, he knew the cake was already in the oven. He didn’t have to create anything, just steer the ship that has already been created, a winning culture that he didn’t have to build, it was already in place. Sorry bruh, The 49ers will always be known as the house Joe, Jerry, and Ronnie Lott built. This is coming from a Saints fan who had to watch my team deal with these two forever. We respected Steve, but Joe….we as the entire League feared this dude. He gave you nightmares.

Crybaby young never lived up to Montana's greatness. FOUR SUPERBOWLS TO ONE.Montana stayed they would have had two more easy

Did somebody pay you to say the hits quarterbacks took back are nothing compared to today?? Or have you never watched games from the 80s?

5:00 I'm surprised Young went out w head trauma he had ta b f up especially back den

I’m sorry, but if Montana was fragile

Damn even ta dis day SB 28 would b Tha #1 highest-rated ever if Niners beat Dallas n KC beat Buffalo. The league couldn't even rigg it up cuz dey both got blown out n Championship game

So Bill Belichek got his dump them a year earlier from Bill Walsh??? Bill Walsh the GOAT coach and Joe is the GOAT QB. Brady would've been aten alive in the 80s an 90s

Unpopular Opinion: I personally think Steve was better than most ( non-49er fans ) think he was. This video along with his career clearly states what I've been saying for years now... Young was better than Montana. Of course we all love Joe, he brought Super Bowls to the Bay, but let's be honest with ourselves. Not only did Young face stiffer competition, had 49er teams with slightly less talent than Joe, but just look at the stats.

Montana was awesome. Montana made the 49ers a dynasty in the 80's until injuries slowed him up. Young was good.

History repeats itself now its jimmy g n trey lance

Joe for me is the goat brady is great but he has something on his record that joe dont..... loses. Goats dont lose that's what makes them a goat NO LOSES OR PARTICIPATION TROPHYS lik bron has for the NBA to many hav that 0 in lose column.

Steve Young was lowkey overrated

Love steve young but if montana didn't get injured they would have gotten the three peat that year and Montana goes on to win at least one more. So the niners should have at least 6 rings. If he stays injured and the niners go back to montana they still get their 5th and maybe 6th.

Lmao, almost tore the Niners apart? Not even close, man. Having been 15 years old the season Walsh manufactured the controversy, there was no chance it was gonna tear anything apart. Other than any friendship Joe and Steve might have had otherwise. Bill did what he did to give Montana that extra push and drive he needed to win two more rings. And to get Steve game experience he needed to make him even better once Joe was done in the bay.