Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
Oh yes, the same old narrative that we aren't true 49er fans if we don't blindly follow everything our team does. What other mammal does that sound like? Oh ya, sheep.
You either praise Shanahan and bow at his feet or you aren't a true 49er fan. We get it. That's how you try to end an argument. "Agree with me or you're not a true 49er fan"
The real defense mechanism is at the end of the day at least we "made it to two Superbowls" right?
No you're just being flat out stupid and emotional.
Nick foles, Brad Johnson and Trent Dilfer are not better QBs than Dan Marino and Jim Kelly, yet that's the Kyle hater club's whole defense on why Kyle needs to go. Be objective for once.
Do you think Dan Marino and Jim Kelly would trade all their stats for one ring? Or do you think Ravens fans would trade 10 years of Marino and all those stats or one year of Dilfer and a ring?
No-one is claiming those guys are better than Dilfer or Foles. No-one is claiming that Doug Peterson is better than Shanahan but at the end of the day they have Championship rings and Shananan, Marino and Kelly are just another guy who couldn't get it done when it mattered.
At the end of the day this game is judged on how many Championships you win.
I remember watching the SB win in 1994 vs the Chargers and that was 30 years ago. I remember Jerry Rice and Rickey Watters torching that D with Steve Young. I'd trade every single stat and NFCCG and SB loss for one more Championship. Nothing else matters.
Its very possible that these questions yield opposite results. What a fan wants and what a player wants are two totally different things.
Would Dan Marino trade his career for Trent Dilfer's career? Doubtful.
Would Dolphin fans trade Marino for a Superbowl ring? Probably.
I guarantee Marino would trade all his stats and TD passes for one ring.
All of his stats and TD passes is what makes him a Hall of Famer, got him tons of endorsements, movie roles and made him an incredibly rich man. If he was Trent Dilfer he would have none of that.
You definitively stating he would trade his career for Trent Dilfer's is nothing more than an assumption.
[ Edited by SteveWallacesHelmet on Jan 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM ]