[teejers1]

It was a great play, and probably is the most memorable play in 49er football lore (but not NFL lore, as article states - still think the Immaculate Reception has The Catch beat).

And while The Catch has attained legendary status, few remember that The Catch was almost a "nice play" footnote.  Dallas had plenty of time to mount a final scoring drive and win, but the 49er D managed to stop a pretty good, Danny White-led Cowboys offense on their final drive.  Think a big sack was involved, but am shaky on the details.

On to the important stuff - always tough to see "larger than life" professional athletes wrecked by ALS and it is a pernicious disease.  Here's hoping for a cure - or at least a way to slow/stymie its body-destroying effects - in our lifetimes.

[teejers1]

It was a great play, and probably is the most memorable play in 49er football lore (but not NFL lore, as article states - still think the Immaculate Reception has The Catch beat).

And while The Catch has attained legendary status, few remember that The Catch was almost a "nice play" footnote.  Dallas had plenty of time to mount a final scoring drive and win, but the 49er D managed to stop a pretty good, Danny White-led Cowboys offense on their final drive.  Think a big sack was involved, but am shaky on the details.

On to the important stuff - always tough to see "larger than life" professional athletes wrecked by ALS and it is a pernicious disease.  Here's hoping for a cure - or at least a way to slow/stymie its body-destroying effects - in our lifetimes.