(01-15-2022, 06:58 AM)Hurlburt88 Wrote: I think Ed “too tall” Jones took a year or two off from the NFL to box. No idea on his record.
Given 40 years since the catch and the Niners-Cowboys Sunday, I harken back to TooTall and Montana. Don’t know if the story is real or apocryphal. But Jones had commented before that game that he really didn’t respect the 49ers. In fact the Cowboys had said that when the Niners crushed them earlier in the year it wasn’t the “real“ Cowboys. Which led Walsh to say something along the lines of – what do they have two teams; one they bring when they win and one they bring that loses . The arrogance of the Cowboys was overwhelming.
So back to “The Catch.” Jones was pursuing Montana and they ended up on the ground as Clark was making his iconic catch. Montana supposedly said to Jones - “respect that motherf——-r.” Don’t know if it’s true. But like it, anyway. Joe Cool was one big time competitor. Of course if Eric Wright doesn’t make that tackle on Drew Pearson it would have been a different outcome. People tend to forget that.