When you think great QBs and throw in the 80s - Joe Montana has to be a main conversation point. One of the first stars in the NFL I remember watching as a kid, drawn to the machine that was the 49ers.
It was his 4 Super Bowls with the 49ers that made him a legend, it was the last two in 88 and 89 that I remember as a kid, which made me a fan.
After 1992 though, Joe wasn't done but San Fran was moving on which saw Joe spend his last two years with the Chiefs.
He played well, though maybe not at the greats he did with San Fran, it was a good couple years before he retired.
A guy who deserves to still show up on cards as an homage to the past, like the Prizm card here, one who deserved his easy way into the HOF.
I find it hard to consider players against each other when they play in such different times. Not sure Joe would stack up to a Brady or what a certain other KC QB may end up as when all is said and done, but a king in the 80s, he was.
I always rooted against the 49ers and Montana as a kid. They're still my least favorite football franchise. But I collect his cards, because he was my mom's favorite player.
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