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And the Niners had 5 total turnovers in that game.  I think Dallas had 6.  



I don't remember anyone claiming Montana couldn't be trusted after those 3 picks.  The fact is fantasy football has skewed how people judge QB performance, and not in a good way.

That was also nearly 40 years ago, the game has changed a lot. Look at the interception totals Favre threw in his MVP years, 13, 13, and 16, each of which was at least a 2.3% INT rate, which would be ~20th in the league today. And those were Favre's good years! He was over 20 in a bunch of seasons. The same is actually true of Montana, pretty similar numbers (~2.5% INT%, mid-teens interceptions). No one would say that Rodgers or Garoppolo are MVP candidates this year, but Montana's All-Pro years were similar in ANY/A. The game was just different back then, using that standard to judge modern players is asinine.

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And the Niners had 5 total turnovers in that game.  I think Dallas had 6.  



I don't remember anyone claiming Montana couldn't be trusted after those 3 picks.  The fact is fantasy football has skewed how people judge QB performance, and not in a good way.

That was also nearly 40 years ago, the game has changed a lot. Look at the interception totals Favre threw in his MVP years, 13, 13, and 16, each of which was at least a 2.3% INT rate, which would be ~20th in the league today. And those were Favre's good years! He was over 20 in a bunch of seasons. The same is actually true of Montana, pretty similar numbers (~2.5% INT%, mid-teens interceptions). No one would say that Rodgers or Garoppolo are MVP candidates this year, but Montana's All-Pro years were similar in ANY/A. The game was just different back then, using that standard to judge modern players is asinine.