The 1980s Niners reinvented offensive football as a short, possession passing game that set up the run. Bill Walsh, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott. This team boasted three of top 1012 or so players ever, and a phenomenal head coach.During and after his eightyear tenure with the San Francisco 49ers, he blasted coaches and quarterback Jeff Garcia. A 2004 trade that would have sent him to the Baltimore Ravens was nixed when Owens challenged that the 49ers owned his rights after his previous agent failed to meet a deadline to submit paperwork to declare freeagent status. A compromise sent him to the Eagles..

"The Smith family owned the team at the time, and when we negotiated a contract, it was part of the deal," he said. "They were dead last in merchandising sales at the time, so I understood. They were trying to get the people in the stands to start wearing the gear .."After the game, in looking at the film, you realize, 'Wow, look at all the plays