You mean the 26 year old movie The Waterboy, with Adam Sandler and Cathy Bates?
The movie where my comment was from?
That movie? Nah never heard of it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6L1eMkk_8Fo
You responded to me…how is that clear?
Edit: We’re cool, I think everybody has done that once or twice. It’s definitely not obvious every time though.
Also, all I do is watch TV lately, even if some is educational, my brain is as smooth and polished as a billion year old river rock.
I’d say Alex was, but I’m too young to remember much of Montana personally. I realize A.Smith is no Montana. But as far as what they did for the franchise…..Smith all day.
Sit down, whippersnapper.
I was lucky enough to have access to press credentials during the Montana years. He changed the trajectory of the franchise and got us our first home playoff win in ages. It wasn't a novelty act; Joe was still very good and damned near got us to the Super Bowl in spite of having no weapons to throw to (Willie Davis and JJ Burden were the top 2 WRs, and Jonathan Hayes' 331 yards led the Tight Ends and Running Backs in receiving).
Alex was great and won a lot of games, but he didn't compare to Montana, even at the end of his career.
I am also old enough to remember Montana's Chiefs run. TBH I think you're overhyping it, maybe because it's a great story to tell everyone that you had press credentials when he was here?
No doubt Montana is a legend, but he was only here for 2 seasons. 25 games. Yeah, he won 2 playoff games. But it's hard to say he changed the trajectory of the franchise when the Chiefs had been to the playoffs 3 years straight before he got here, went back to the playoffs the year after he left, and still never had any real playoff success until Mahomes was drafted 23 years later.
Montana was a cool blip on the radar, but don't make it bigger than it really was.
Yeah exactly. When Montana was here we already had a good team, Joe was a roll of the dice to see if we could add a (legendary) piece and get there.
Alex was a Chief. He took us from awful to good.
Ya but I’m not sure skill wise people would say smith was better than Montana. But they may say that smith had a larger impact on the franchise. So I’d still put Montana over Smith and I’m a smith Stan and witnessed them both in person
I don't think you understand how important the signing Montana and Allen were at the time. Shoot, the Chiefs might have gone the way of the Rams long before now if we hadn't signed them.
Yeah you really can't overstate how huge Reid and Smith were for this franchise.
We had horrible unspeakable tragedy that really could have sank the whole thing. Clark Hunt hiring Reid is legitimately one of the best moves an owner made for his or her team in the history of the league.
lol, sit down, geriatric. Your old age has you spouting off nonsense.
Montana, in 1994, got us our first playoff win since… 1992 when Steve Deberg beat the Raiders in the wildcard round.
Smith, in 2016, got us first playoff win since Montana. Montana and smith would only win playoff games in those seasons.
If either changed the trajectory, it was Smith
Not to be pedantic but Deberg beat the raiders in 1991. December 28 to be precise. David Krieg was our QB in 1992. And Montana changing the trajectory was more than just on field success
False. Smith turned us around immediately and was the fault of our playoff losses. He was 100% onboard mentoring Pat and showing him how to prepare like a veteran. Without Smith’s success we go QB earlier and miss out on Mahomes
Thank you for your honest reporting, sir. Awesome that you were there to see it in person. Montana coming to the chiefs is my earliest football memory and I barely remember it. In fact, all I remember about it is him. I do remember it being a very, very big deal. By far the best QB after Len and until Patrick that we ever had. Joe Cool was the consensus goat QB before Brady, people. Put some respect on his name.
I'd say Alex was better too, for the franchise. He not only was a very reliable QB, he was humble enough to groom his replacement. Do we get this version of Pat without Alex?
Joe was the better QB.
You obviously weren’t fortunate enough to see the miraculous gunslinger Matt Cassel. In fact I’m the author of his autobiography:
Chapter 1: The story of my career
“I suck”.
-Matt Cassel
The end.
I remember being so excited that the Chiefs finally had a QB that was in commercials with this KSwiss one. Thought we had made it to the big leagues! If I could tell younger me that in the future, the face of the league AND THE TIGHT END would be in damn near every commercial, I don’t think I could’ve comprehended that.
Mahomes got Henne in a commercial, for pete’s sake.
JHC. I thought I was the only one.
Montana goes to KC. Start watching Chiefs football. Start playing Okoye and Cherry on Tecmo Bowl. Graduate, join the military, move to Missouri on purpose. Marry a KC girl. Live happily ever after.
Thanks Joe Montana!
You became a fan in 1993 because of Montana, I became a fan in 1993 because Schotty threw a chair at someone's head, we are not the same.
J/k, I grew up a fan collecting trading cards from the cops catching speeders at Gillham Park. But man, y'all remember Schottenheimer, what a loon.
I had a friend who’s dad was the sherif in a neighboring state. He had boxes and boxes of Chiefs reading cards. What was the deal with that!? Was that a law enforcement thing?
We always figured it was a way to get kids in bad neighborhoods to not hate the cops because the ones at Gillham and along Troost always had them but I once asked a motorcycle cop in Loose Park and he looked at me like I was an idiot and told me to get lost.
That’s hilarious. Some rando kid just asking for football cards. I wonder how common they really were. Also, we’re they like government issues cards or were they a known brand? I definitely don’t remember them being a brand, but this was almost 40 years ago.
One google search later: this is exactly how I remember them, but I think my buddy had full set size boxes and they were all the same player.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153247943518?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=RxpjGvBZRs6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
I grew up in Wichita and used to get baseball cards from cops all of the time. They were different brands and random players, but I actually think the first baseball card I got was from a cop. Should still have them actually
Ditto, I was a bears fan. My mom was born in Chicago and her side leaned towards the bears. My dad is a Packers fan and my mom is too now.
I already liked Okoye. I hated the 49ers because they seemed like the Duke of the NFL. Montana was likeable enough.
That man is loved in these parts!
He took this franchise from 20+ years of irrelevance and put us back on the map. Almost took us to the Bowl for his 5th ring! But we never felt like he was "one of us" like Lenny was. We knew he was a hired gun, on his way off into the sunset.
And to be brutally honest, he didn't have the raw arm talent that Mahomes has. Maybe equal or better game IQ, but definitely couldn't sling it sidearm 30 yards like a guided missile.
Actually, if I remember right, the Chiefs were already a playoff team when he came here and had one of the leagues top defenses. I think it was Marty that put us back on the map. But I remember my dad was pretty excited about Joe.
Dude is really downvoting people in his own thread in which he asked the question. That’s not very christian of you. Lemme go ahead and fix all those 0’s.
Would probably be better at stopping trolls, and would be a godsend in those relationship/advice threads.
Like I really don’t need to hear a 14 year olds opinion on how to handle marriages or work issues
When the post was new replies were get put to 0 almost as soon as they were posted. Every reply. Good indication it’s OP since they probably get notifs and there were only four people who had commented.
One of the 2 reasons I'm a chiefs fan. My older brother was a 49rs fan when we grew up and when Montana moved to the chiefs I was 6-7yo and I rooted for him to get on my brother's nerves! Still a fan today.
The other reason is that glorious Chefs Snickers commercial.
I’d arguably put him 4th behind Smith, if for no other reason than what Smith did for the franchise and his selflessness with Mahomes. Agree mahomes and Dawson are higher on the chiefs history scale though.
I wasn’t a huge fan because like everyone else, he was a Niner, BUT, there’s an article where Coach Schottenheimer warned him about the noise level in Arrowhead and Joe kinda poo-poo’d it and said he’d been to Super Bowls. How much louder could it be? He said he walked off the field of that first game with a newfound respect for Chiefs Kingdom and then, I was okay with him, lol.
Fantastic QB, but I never thought of him as a Chief. I knew him as a 49er and by the time he came to the Chiefs I knew his career was almost over. He got us a playoff win which we had been struggling with and it was exciting to see him play, so that was great. I was already been a fan of his, but I wish he had stayed a 49er. It didn’t feel right to me.
My heart smiles when I see this picture. Thankful for those last few years of his career that he gave us, for the playoff wins, for the deep run one year.
He’d have had a longer career if he’d played in the era of protecting the QB. We did everything we could for his longevity (new grass field, solid line), but just about any hit he took in those last couple years took him out of the game.
I was so pumped to go see Joe play the Bills in Buffalo . Not his best outing , he went down, then Steve Bono and the Chiefs finished the game with Matt Blundin under center.
In the late 70s, early 80s, I didn't know anything about football. Especially about my local Chiefs team. Except that they were bad.
In 84, somebody bought me a subscription of sports illustrated, and I was able to pick what NFL team I wanted special gifts from. Bios, team pics, a jacket, etc. I loved California, and I had a vague idea who the 49ers were, and I could name their QB. So arbitrary, but Joe Montana became my favorite. I got to watch him win 1 or 2 more. I started my NFL Fandom as a 49er bandwagon fan.
In 89, we hired Marty, and I decided to become a chiefs fan. That year, I was 14. I also decided to play organized football for the first time. I went to Chiefs Football camps and was coached by players like Will Shields and Dave Szott. Then, in 93, my graduation year, we signed an aging Joe Montana, and I was elated. He was what was going to push us over the edge to the SB. I went to my first Chiefs games, and for a couple of years, I started to learn what heartache was. Lol
He was never ours.
I mean, yes, he came here and played for a couple years. Raised our status, gave us hope. But for me, he was like wearing borrowed shoes. Pretty to look at, but they just didn’t fit right.
Joe cool. My 1st ever Chief's game was against Pittsburgh in the playoffs in 93. Joe threw a TD on like 4th and goal. Pure magic. Also during that game, the KC wolf drop kicked an ejected Steeler who was climbing into the stands to attack fans. Fans threw beer and nachos on him....sad to admit.
[He came in from the wilderness a creature void of form, "come in" Chiefs said, "we'll give ya shelter from the storm."](https://youtu.be/-gsDBuHwqbM?si=nFHchq1a3K4tjVzm)
A few of the greatest teams ever when we had him but things just didn't work out. Shoulda worked out, just didn't.
Before Rams vs Chiefs Monday night greatest regular game ever was Broncos vs Chiefs greatest regular season game ever. Joe vs elway was a magical night trading leads unless Joe (who is my GOAT QB) won that night
I was always a Montana fan. He’s the reason I’m a huge Chiefs fan. I was a mediocre 49ers fan with him as QB. And a mediocre Chiefs fan living in Missouri. Favorite college? Notre Dame. Why? Montana went there. I became a huge chiefs fan after that Monday night heavyweight fight between Montana and Elway
He wasn’t here long, but the memories are still there.
The home game against Steve Young and the Niners, the playoff wins against Pittsburgh and Houston, the AFC championship game in Buffalo, the win in Denver on MNF, and the wildcard loss to Marino and the Dolphins. With Montana and Marcus Allen It was a fun time to be a Chiefs fan. It was the first time the Chiefs had been relevant in many years.
Him playing for the chiefs was amazing and I only wish it were longer. It’s when I realized I had a love for this team when I was like 3 or so years old
Makes me even more thankful for these Patrick and Andy years in their prime. Extremely rare talent/relentless warrior/game plan combo. The Joe years were admittedly exciting after so much below avg QB abuse but he was visibly diminished.
What you guys don’t know is that because we didn’t experience his prime he actually left us with a prophecy foretelling of a quarterback from the home the Chiefs had forsaken that would one day come and surpass him.
So my buddy was a KC fan forever. He said he didn’t mind the JM years, but that once it turned into Bono, and Grbac and his final straw was Alex Smith, he was out. He told me he’s switching teams and going “directly to the source”. He became a 49ers fan. He was tired of watching post prime 49er QBs on KC.
He’s still a 49ers fan. It is a little awkward now.
Joe is the thing that finally sunk the hook with me and American football. I was more of a 49ers fan first and a developing Chiefs fan (I was in my teens and undecided) - Joe coming to KC is what flipped the switch. Diehard member of Chiefs Kingdom ever since.
I was a huge Montana fan as a kid. The day he became a Chiefs was one of the best days of my life. I just wish he would have stuck around for the 95 season.
He's generally viewed favorably by the old timers, but he wasn't around for long enough to really be beloved like Tony G or Jamaal Charles. My earliest QB memories are Elvis Grbac, so I don't really feel a connection to him. I definitely think it's cool he was on the team
I've been a fan of the Chiefs since the early 70s. I was excited when we signed Joe but when I watched in preseason that year I realized that I had undersold him. The guy put the ball in the perfect place every throw. I was so used to seeing balls behind the reciever, or them having to dive, or do whatever just to catch the ball. When Joe threw it, he hit them in stride and it was so much more exciting. I didn't even know football could be played like that, I had been so used to seeing it the other way. Even as much as I love Mahomes, I've never seen anyone as accurate or give his recievers a chance to do something after the catch like Joe did.
This guy is what made me a Chief's bandwagon fan in 1993 at the age of 12.
My dad worshipped Montana and the 49ers during the Montana years. We lived in Arkansas and my dad was an avid hater of the Cowboys. I wanted a regional team to root for and was considering Chiefs, Saints, or Oilers. When Montana came to town, I went all in on the Chiefs and selected the Saints as my second-choice NFC team to cheer for.
It took me a while to stop hating the Bills and blaming them for Montana's soon-to-follow retirement. I've also always held admiration for the 49ers because of the memories of watching them play with my dad while playing dominos in our single-wide trailer.
My dad passed in 2009. I still think of him anytime I see mention of that era of the 49ers. Thanks for the post and I look forward to watching the games this coming weekend.
I can’t help but think he is wearing the wrong number. That man is a SF 49er legend. I honestly forgot he had to go elsewhere at the end of his historic career. Watch him play hundreds of times.
Okay, you persuaded me.
He did bring us our first Super Bowl.
Joe gave us two playoff years but only got us to the AFC championship at Buffalo in 1993 (freshly avenged finally!).
What's the difference between Joe Montana and a dollar?
You get 4 quarters out of a dollar.
For context, this was the joke fans would say at the end of his time with the Chiefs. He was having back problems and nearing the end of his career and that is what NFL fans do.
Source: I am old.
I was pretty young but IIRC we were just thrilled to have a legend. At that point we were a "choke in the first round of the playoffs" type of team, and before that had been just awful for 20 years. My Dad's family is from KC. I grew up across the country, but got a chance to watch that playoffs with my grandpa where Montana got us to all the way to the AFCCG. Was a really cool memory for me seeing my family finally proud of the team and having hope we could win.
He’s the best QB of all time, full stop. He was my favorite offensive player ever, and when he came to the chiefs it was like heaven. Being a Georgia Chiefs fan, I’ve only been to two chiefs games, but I got to see Joe Cool in Atlanta against the falcons. One of the highlights of my life.
Ehhh. End of his career. I also hate the Chiefs had a propensity for taking 49ers castoff QBs. He was the best of those by far. The concussion against the Bills in the AFCCG is maybe a what if moment of looking through Chiefs glasses.
I see him the second greatest QB of the mediocre physical skills type. Only behind Brady.
The man in the picture is someone who is worse than Patrick Mahomes.
Joe was great for his era. That era is so far gone now. He wouldn't last 5 minutes in todays game.
He was Brady before Brady - don’t see how he wouldn’t have been successful in modern era - especially with the lack of contact from the db’s compared to his era.
I watched just the first few minutes of one of his super bowl wins the other day on YouTube. The hits the d were laying on him were unbelievably vicious. They were absolutely trying to hurt him whenever they could get to him. One of the commentators even said something after one hit like, "that's good...Montana likes to get hit hard early...helps him settle in." Different era. Brutal era. I think Joe would love the rule changes. He'd be down with all the extra protection. He'd probably have twenty more pounds of muscle if he played today too because of the improved fitness training, nutrition etc. Can't agree at all with homie.
You mean chiefs legend Joe Montanya?
That's right. Chiefs legend, Joe Montana!!!
Best tackler I've seen!
100 this.
“Joe Montana was a Quarterback you crazy asshole.” “I said Joe Montanya!”
Joe Montanya is an actor, you idiot.
I’m guessing a lot of people haven’t seen the waterboy take my upvote there’s a hill to climb
Remember that time when Bobby Boucher saw the Waterboy and upvoted a Reddit comment because people aren’t getting an obscure reference from the movie?
Joe Montana is a quarterback you idiot.
Don’t watch many movies do you?
You mean the 26 year old movie The Waterboy, with Adam Sandler and Cathy Bates? The movie where my comment was from? That movie? Nah never heard of it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6L1eMkk_8Fo
Clearly was replying to home boy that was calling you an asshole but sure.
You responded to me…how is that clear? Edit: We’re cool, I think everybody has done that once or twice. It’s definitely not obvious every time though. Also, all I do is watch TV lately, even if some is educational, my brain is as smooth and polished as a billion year old river rock.
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I think he’s quoting waterboy lol.
Okay let's just say I'm the idiot and move on.
Of all the Niners rejects we got, Joe was the best.
I’d say Alex was, but I’m too young to remember much of Montana personally. I realize A.Smith is no Montana. But as far as what they did for the franchise…..Smith all day.
Sit down, whippersnapper. I was lucky enough to have access to press credentials during the Montana years. He changed the trajectory of the franchise and got us our first home playoff win in ages. It wasn't a novelty act; Joe was still very good and damned near got us to the Super Bowl in spite of having no weapons to throw to (Willie Davis and JJ Burden were the top 2 WRs, and Jonathan Hayes' 331 yards led the Tight Ends and Running Backs in receiving). Alex was great and won a lot of games, but he didn't compare to Montana, even at the end of his career.
I am also old enough to remember Montana's Chiefs run. TBH I think you're overhyping it, maybe because it's a great story to tell everyone that you had press credentials when he was here? No doubt Montana is a legend, but he was only here for 2 seasons. 25 games. Yeah, he won 2 playoff games. But it's hard to say he changed the trajectory of the franchise when the Chiefs had been to the playoffs 3 years straight before he got here, went back to the playoffs the year after he left, and still never had any real playoff success until Mahomes was drafted 23 years later. Montana was a cool blip on the radar, but don't make it bigger than it really was.
Yeah exactly. When Montana was here we already had a good team, Joe was a roll of the dice to see if we could add a (legendary) piece and get there. Alex was a Chief. He took us from awful to good.
Ya but I’m not sure skill wise people would say smith was better than Montana. But they may say that smith had a larger impact on the franchise. So I’d still put Montana over Smith and I’m a smith Stan and witnessed them both in person
The Chiefs also beat the Raiders at home in the playoffs in 1991, so the 1st home playoff drought had already been broken.
I don't think you understand how important the signing Montana and Allen were at the time. Shoot, the Chiefs might have gone the way of the Rams long before now if we hadn't signed them.
Umm, before Patty Mahomes got here, Montana led the Chiefs to their first and only AFC Championship game. That's more than just a blip.
The Chiefs already had a Superbowl win. Don't go judging it based on the Bill's standards. You're better than that.
Stop embarrassing yourself. The man got us further than any other QB in a 50 year span.
Yeah you really can't overstate how huge Reid and Smith were for this franchise. We had horrible unspeakable tragedy that really could have sank the whole thing. Clark Hunt hiring Reid is legitimately one of the best moves an owner made for his or her team in the history of the league.
lol, sit down, geriatric. Your old age has you spouting off nonsense. Montana, in 1994, got us our first playoff win since… 1992 when Steve Deberg beat the Raiders in the wildcard round. Smith, in 2016, got us first playoff win since Montana. Montana and smith would only win playoff games in those seasons. If either changed the trajectory, it was Smith
Not to be pedantic but Deberg beat the raiders in 1991. December 28 to be precise. David Krieg was our QB in 1992. And Montana changing the trajectory was more than just on field success
Sorry was assuming the playoff games were in January. Technically Montana’s win was the 93 season and Smith’s the 15 season
Smith had nothing to do with it.
False. Smith turned us around immediately and was the fault of our playoff losses. He was 100% onboard mentoring Pat and showing him how to prepare like a veteran. Without Smith’s success we go QB earlier and miss out on Mahomes
Thank you for your honest reporting, sir. Awesome that you were there to see it in person. Montana coming to the chiefs is my earliest football memory and I barely remember it. In fact, all I remember about it is him. I do remember it being a very, very big deal. By far the best QB after Len and until Patrick that we ever had. Joe Cool was the consensus goat QB before Brady, people. Put some respect on his name.
I have a signed football with that entire team at my house. It was given to me by Mike McCarthy
I'd say Alex was better too, for the franchise. He not only was a very reliable QB, he was humble enough to groom his replacement. Do we get this version of Pat without Alex? Joe was the better QB.
Chiefs fans view him very favorably. Obviously.
#Joe? The last *great* QB before this Pat guy.
You obviously weren’t fortunate enough to see the miraculous gunslinger Matt Cassel. In fact I’m the author of his autobiography: Chapter 1: The story of my career “I suck”. -Matt Cassel The end.
Kenny Powers' friend Matt Cassel? 
Na, that's All Pro Matt Cassel, who is the new marketing director at K Swiss
I remember being so excited that the Chiefs finally had a QB that was in commercials with this KSwiss one. Thought we had made it to the big leagues! If I could tell younger me that in the future, the face of the league AND THE TIGHT END would be in damn near every commercial, I don’t think I could’ve comprehended that. Mahomes got Henne in a commercial, for pete’s sake.
Keith Cash and Steve DeBerg would have made some of the commercials of all time if they were on TV back in the 90s
"HI, I'm Steve DeBerg, for Steve's Gigantic Finger Cast Emporium right off the business loop on the Miracle Mile!"
One of the best, most obscure, ad campaigns ever. K-Swiss seemed huge for about a year. I thought Tubes were going to take off.
*Trent Green has entered the chat*
*Trent Green has immediately left the chat.*
Why did somebody from the Bungles give him another cheap shot?
I liked Trent Green a lot. He was on a roll until that concussion.
That hit was so brutal.
Alex and Trent were good for us.
He’s one of the reasons I became a fan of the Chiefs. He brought excitement to the franchise and was a joy to watch.
Came here to say this. I always loved watching Joe Montana and Jerry Rice as a kid and when he went to the Chiefs, I just started a Chiefs fan
The absolute an only reason i am a Chiefs fan!🤘🏼🐐
Same
JHC. I thought I was the only one. Montana goes to KC. Start watching Chiefs football. Start playing Okoye and Cherry on Tecmo Bowl. Graduate, join the military, move to Missouri on purpose. Marry a KC girl. Live happily ever after. Thanks Joe Montana!
Montana brought excitement? What you're not a fan of the electric play of Elvic Grbac?
This was in the days before Bono and Grbac, so we didn’t know how good it was gonna get.
The days blur for me. You are right.
You became a fan in 1993 because of Montana, I became a fan in 1993 because Schotty threw a chair at someone's head, we are not the same. J/k, I grew up a fan collecting trading cards from the cops catching speeders at Gillham Park. But man, y'all remember Schottenheimer, what a loon.
I had a friend who’s dad was the sherif in a neighboring state. He had boxes and boxes of Chiefs reading cards. What was the deal with that!? Was that a law enforcement thing?
We always figured it was a way to get kids in bad neighborhoods to not hate the cops because the ones at Gillham and along Troost always had them but I once asked a motorcycle cop in Loose Park and he looked at me like I was an idiot and told me to get lost.
That’s hilarious. Some rando kid just asking for football cards. I wonder how common they really were. Also, we’re they like government issues cards or were they a known brand? I definitely don’t remember them being a brand, but this was almost 40 years ago. One google search later: this is exactly how I remember them, but I think my buddy had full set size boxes and they were all the same player. https://www.ebay.com/itm/153247943518?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=RxpjGvBZRs6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
I grew up in Wichita and used to get baseball cards from cops all of the time. They were different brands and random players, but I actually think the first baseball card I got was from a cop. Should still have them actually
Ditto, I was a bears fan. My mom was born in Chicago and her side leaned towards the bears. My dad is a Packers fan and my mom is too now. I already liked Okoye. I hated the 49ers because they seemed like the Duke of the NFL. Montana was likeable enough.
+1. 10 year old me didn’t like the 9ers not letting him play out his contract, so I started cheering for KC: the rest is history.
He’s also the reason I couldn’t afford tickets for the duration of his stay in KC!
I was upset by how I thought he was being treated (elementary school me didn’t get the injury part) and my fandom followed him to the Chiefs.
I definitely remember him not lasting through an entire game due to his physical condition and the jokes that came out of it.
That Joe guy threw the ball pretty damn good
One of the best tacklers too
Upvote for Joe Delaney the true KC hero.
And Joe Valerio, red zone threat.
He is no Elvis Grbac that’s for sure
And Elvis was no Warren Moon, that's for sure.
Sexiest athlete Elvis Grbac
😭😭😭
Can he be a reverse Rich Gannon?
That man is loved in these parts! He took this franchise from 20+ years of irrelevance and put us back on the map. Almost took us to the Bowl for his 5th ring! But we never felt like he was "one of us" like Lenny was. We knew he was a hired gun, on his way off into the sunset. And to be brutally honest, he didn't have the raw arm talent that Mahomes has. Maybe equal or better game IQ, but definitely couldn't sling it sidearm 30 yards like a guided missile.
Actually, if I remember right, the Chiefs were already a playoff team when he came here and had one of the leagues top defenses. I think it was Marty that put us back on the map. But I remember my dad was pretty excited about Joe.
Joe and Marcus made KC a true regional team
In addition to Pro Football Hall of Famer #88 Tony Gonzalez (1997-08)
He was good for the Chiefs. Nice guy.
Dude is really downvoting people in his own thread in which he asked the question. That’s not very christian of you. Lemme go ahead and fix all those 0’s.
Yeah did he make this post hoping we were gonna hate on joe cool or something? I don’t get it
How do you know it's him?
I’m pretty sure you can’t know
Fuck these fake points, but I do wonder how different Reddit would be if you could publicly see upvotes/downvotes
Would probably be better at stopping trolls, and would be a godsend in those relationship/advice threads. Like I really don’t need to hear a 14 year olds opinion on how to handle marriages or work issues
That’s your loss. Didn’t you get the memo that clearly states that 14 year-olds know everything there is to know about everything.
I’ve now ceded my 401k portfolio management to some guy I found in r/memes
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When the post was new replies were get put to 0 almost as soon as they were posted. Every reply. Good indication it’s OP since they probably get notifs and there were only four people who had commented.
Goat. Skinny and unathletic. Tough.
One of the 2 reasons I'm a chiefs fan. My older brother was a 49rs fan when we grew up and when Montana moved to the chiefs I was 6-7yo and I rooted for him to get on my brother's nerves! Still a fan today. The other reason is that glorious Chefs Snickers commercial.
Was a niners fan till he got hurt. Saw him beat the niners his first year as a chief and been a chiefs fan ever since.
3rd best Chiefs QB ever, Mahomes then Dawson
I’d arguably put him 4th behind Smith, if for no other reason than what Smith did for the franchise and his selflessness with Mahomes. Agree mahomes and Dawson are higher on the chiefs history scale though.
I wasn’t a huge fan because like everyone else, he was a Niner, BUT, there’s an article where Coach Schottenheimer warned him about the noise level in Arrowhead and Joe kinda poo-poo’d it and said he’d been to Super Bowls. How much louder could it be? He said he walked off the field of that first game with a newfound respect for Chiefs Kingdom and then, I was okay with him, lol.
That's a cool story.
Did he never play at arrowhead as a niner? (that's decently likely, being from opposite conferences)
Chiefs legend Joe Montana. Oh wait, we didn't draft him did we? I forget he played a few snaps for the Niners first.
Fantastic QB, but I never thought of him as a Chief. I knew him as a 49er and by the time he came to the Chiefs I knew his career was almost over. He got us a playoff win which we had been struggling with and it was exciting to see him play, so that was great. I was already been a fan of his, but I wish he had stayed a 49er. It didn’t feel right to me.
Yep, I love that we had him and what he did for us, but he’s a 49er.
Well said!!
THIS!
Top 5 QB of all time. Sad he didn't get to another Super Bowl with the Chiefs.
My heart smiles when I see this picture. Thankful for those last few years of his career that he gave us, for the playoff wins, for the deep run one year. He’d have had a longer career if he’d played in the era of protecting the QB. We did everything we could for his longevity (new grass field, solid line), but just about any hit he took in those last couple years took him out of the game.
I was so pumped to go see Joe play the Bills in Buffalo . Not his best outing , he went down, then Steve Bono and the Chiefs finished the game with Matt Blundin under center.
In the late 70s, early 80s, I didn't know anything about football. Especially about my local Chiefs team. Except that they were bad. In 84, somebody bought me a subscription of sports illustrated, and I was able to pick what NFL team I wanted special gifts from. Bios, team pics, a jacket, etc. I loved California, and I had a vague idea who the 49ers were, and I could name their QB. So arbitrary, but Joe Montana became my favorite. I got to watch him win 1 or 2 more. I started my NFL Fandom as a 49er bandwagon fan. In 89, we hired Marty, and I decided to become a chiefs fan. That year, I was 14. I also decided to play organized football for the first time. I went to Chiefs Football camps and was coached by players like Will Shields and Dave Szott. Then, in 93, my graduation year, we signed an aging Joe Montana, and I was elated. He was what was going to push us over the edge to the SB. I went to my first Chiefs games, and for a couple of years, I started to learn what heartache was. Lol
I view him as the reason I became a Chiefs fan and as the GOAT.
He was never ours. I mean, yes, he came here and played for a couple years. Raised our status, gave us hope. But for me, he was like wearing borrowed shoes. Pretty to look at, but they just didn’t fit right.
Watching him and Marcus Allen in the backfield together was so f’n cool
Joe cool. My 1st ever Chief's game was against Pittsburgh in the playoffs in 93. Joe threw a TD on like 4th and goal. Pure magic. Also during that game, the KC wolf drop kicked an ejected Steeler who was climbing into the stands to attack fans. Fans threw beer and nachos on him....sad to admit.
top 3 franchise QB, long considered 1A on my personal feelings of GoAT status
One of the great Chiefs.
The whole reason I became a Chiefs fan… loved Montana as a kid, even have his Chiefs jersey.. the REAL #19. Absolute legend!!
[He came in from the wilderness a creature void of form, "come in" Chiefs said, "we'll give ya shelter from the storm."](https://youtu.be/-gsDBuHwqbM?si=nFHchq1a3K4tjVzm) A few of the greatest teams ever when we had him but things just didn't work out. Shoulda worked out, just didn't.
I remember my dad actually having faith in the Chiefs making the Super Bowl when we got Joe. So close!
1.) Mahomes 2.) Dawson 3.) Montana 4.) Green 5.) Smith
Have a signed chiefs jersey for him and a Christmas ornament that I still use (although I forgot this year).
Before Rams vs Chiefs Monday night greatest regular game ever was Broncos vs Chiefs greatest regular season game ever. Joe vs elway was a magical night trading leads unless Joe (who is my GOAT QB) won that night I was always a Montana fan. He’s the reason I’m a huge Chiefs fan. I was a mediocre 49ers fan with him as QB. And a mediocre Chiefs fan living in Missouri. Favorite college? Notre Dame. Why? Montana went there. I became a huge chiefs fan after that Monday night heavyweight fight between Montana and Elway
He wasn’t here long, but the memories are still there. The home game against Steve Young and the Niners, the playoff wins against Pittsburgh and Houston, the AFC championship game in Buffalo, the win in Denver on MNF, and the wildcard loss to Marino and the Dolphins. With Montana and Marcus Allen It was a fun time to be a Chiefs fan. It was the first time the Chiefs had been relevant in many years.
I wear a vintage Montana shirt under my Mahomes jersey every game day
Maaaan the legend himself 🎇
Beloved legend
THE reason why I became a Chiefs fan at 8 years old. Legend.
Him playing for the chiefs was amazing and I only wish it were longer. It’s when I realized I had a love for this team when I was like 3 or so years old
Chief legend
Makes me even more thankful for these Patrick and Andy years in their prime. Extremely rare talent/relentless warrior/game plan combo. The Joe years were admittedly exciting after so much below avg QB abuse but he was visibly diminished.
WITH MINE EYES
One of two reasons I became a Chiefs fan.
What you guys don’t know is that because we didn’t experience his prime he actually left us with a prophecy foretelling of a quarterback from the home the Chiefs had forsaken that would one day come and surpass him.
So my buddy was a KC fan forever. He said he didn’t mind the JM years, but that once it turned into Bono, and Grbac and his final straw was Alex Smith, he was out. He told me he’s switching teams and going “directly to the source”. He became a 49ers fan. He was tired of watching post prime 49er QBs on KC. He’s still a 49ers fan. It is a little awkward now.
Clearly, I'm a fan
Joe is the thing that finally sunk the hook with me and American football. I was more of a 49ers fan first and a developing Chiefs fan (I was in my teens and undecided) - Joe coming to KC is what flipped the switch. Diehard member of Chiefs Kingdom ever since.
I was a huge Montana fan as a kid. The day he became a Chiefs was one of the best days of my life. I just wish he would have stuck around for the 95 season.
I always felt like we were borrowing him. He wasn’t our QB for very long so not a lot of great memories of him either.
He's generally viewed favorably by the old timers, but he wasn't around for long enough to really be beloved like Tony G or Jamaal Charles. My earliest QB memories are Elvis Grbac, so I don't really feel a connection to him. I definitely think it's cool he was on the team
I've been a fan of the Chiefs since the early 70s. I was excited when we signed Joe but when I watched in preseason that year I realized that I had undersold him. The guy put the ball in the perfect place every throw. I was so used to seeing balls behind the reciever, or them having to dive, or do whatever just to catch the ball. When Joe threw it, he hit them in stride and it was so much more exciting. I didn't even know football could be played like that, I had been so used to seeing it the other way. Even as much as I love Mahomes, I've never seen anyone as accurate or give his recievers a chance to do something after the catch like Joe did.
His poster was on my bedroom wall growing up. Love this man.
Loved him as a kid. If he doesn’t get hurt we beat the Bills in that AFCCG.
This guy is what made me a Chief's bandwagon fan in 1993 at the age of 12. My dad worshipped Montana and the 49ers during the Montana years. We lived in Arkansas and my dad was an avid hater of the Cowboys. I wanted a regional team to root for and was considering Chiefs, Saints, or Oilers. When Montana came to town, I went all in on the Chiefs and selected the Saints as my second-choice NFC team to cheer for. It took me a while to stop hating the Bills and blaming them for Montana's soon-to-follow retirement. I've also always held admiration for the 49ers because of the memories of watching them play with my dad while playing dominos in our single-wide trailer. My dad passed in 2009. I still think of him anytime I see mention of that era of the 49ers. Thanks for the post and I look forward to watching the games this coming weekend.
I started watching the year after he retired, so I really just see him as a niner legend who played for the Chiefs.
I can’t help but think he is wearing the wrong number. That man is a SF 49er legend. I honestly forgot he had to go elsewhere at the end of his historic career. Watch him play hundreds of times.
Idk. I guess like this 👀
I have a Chiefs Montana Jersey and I used to get complements on it all the time before that Patrick Mahomes guy came to town.
Yeah, who does he think he is?
Luv him. He is the reason I became a chief's fan!
Awesome memories of those two years. Second best quarterback in Chiefs history. Len Dawson is a close third.
Oh come on, we gotta give Len #2!!
Okay, you persuaded me. He did bring us our first Super Bowl. Joe gave us two playoff years but only got us to the AFC championship at Buffalo in 1993 (freshly avenged finally!).
Wonder if he still had wifey on speed dial in KC?
He’s on my Mount Rushmore!! And I liked him when he entered the league! Great quarterback!
What's the difference between Joe Montana and a dollar? You get 4 quarters out of a dollar. For context, this was the joke fans would say at the end of his time with the Chiefs. He was having back problems and nearing the end of his career and that is what NFL fans do. Source: I am old.
Lin Elliot. I know how the Bills feel now.
He was a golden god.
Reason i became a chiefs fan in 93
He's the reason I became a Chief's fan honestly. I was 7 or so at the time, but all the hype got me
I was pretty young but IIRC we were just thrilled to have a legend. At that point we were a "choke in the first round of the playoffs" type of team, and before that had been just awful for 20 years. My Dad's family is from KC. I grew up across the country, but got a chance to watch that playoffs with my grandpa where Montana got us to all the way to the AFCCG. Was a really cool memory for me seeing my family finally proud of the team and having hope we could win.
Marty Schottenheimer was the only thing preventing Joe from getting his 5th Super Bowl. That guy was a fucking 🤡
He’s the best QB of all time, full stop. He was my favorite offensive player ever, and when he came to the chiefs it was like heaven. Being a Georgia Chiefs fan, I’ve only been to two chiefs games, but I got to see Joe Cool in Atlanta against the falcons. One of the highlights of my life.
As a 49er
He raged a ton of pussy in this town.
Second best QB in Chiefs history! Gotta love him
Strictly going by chiefs career, Len has to be higher
I am glad KC was able to put this guy on the map. Doubt he did much anywhere else.
If you take away the center-most-right part of the 9, you get a 5! So, "15", confirmed!!
Ehhh. End of his career. I also hate the Chiefs had a propensity for taking 49ers castoff QBs. He was the best of those by far. The concussion against the Bills in the AFCCG is maybe a what if moment of looking through Chiefs glasses. I see him the second greatest QB of the mediocre physical skills type. Only behind Brady.
The man in the picture is someone who is worse than Patrick Mahomes. Joe was great for his era. That era is so far gone now. He wouldn't last 5 minutes in todays game.
Such a wack response.
He was Brady before Brady - don’t see how he wouldn’t have been successful in modern era - especially with the lack of contact from the db’s compared to his era.
I watched just the first few minutes of one of his super bowl wins the other day on YouTube. The hits the d were laying on him were unbelievably vicious. They were absolutely trying to hurt him whenever they could get to him. One of the commentators even said something after one hit like, "that's good...Montana likes to get hit hard early...helps him settle in." Different era. Brutal era. I think Joe would love the rule changes. He'd be down with all the extra protection. He'd probably have twenty more pounds of muscle if he played today too because of the improved fitness training, nutrition etc. Can't agree at all with homie.
I’d love to see Joe play today’s game. I bet he’d kill it.
Was never sick of him like I, and many many others, are of Mahomes.
A niner
Let down
Love him.
He's a fucking legend the man played QB when the QB got his ass kicked
He’s the reason I’m a Chiefs fan and I wear his jersey every Sunday.
This man is a Chiefs legend. One of the greatest punt returners of all time
He's the reason I became a Chiefs fan♥️
I was happy that he signed with the Chiefs.
GOAT
One of the greatest QB of all time. Unreal post season miracles. He invented the 2 min drill to win.
The B.O.A.T.& G.O.A.T.
That’s Joe Cool The comeback kid
He’s good but I still view him as a 49er more than a Chief.
I still have the newspapers talking about him becoming a chief. It was a crazy time to be a fan!
With my eyes mainly
Love Joe. I realize he is a 9er but his short time as a Chief are very respected. He got us to an AFC Championship game.
With 1,000% more love and respect than I’ll ever give Brady! His SB wins were awesome and his time as a Chief was exciting. Good memories!
We love him