Ex-Cowboys coach Garrett appreciates ‘incredible rivalry’ vs. 49ers

The 49ers' rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys dates back to decades ago to when the animosity between teams was real, even after the game clock read zeros. Players like 49ers linebacker Gary Plummer hated the Cowboys so much that he had NSFW t-shirts made to exemplify the feeling. After all the Cowboys had ended the the 49ers path to the Super Bowl one too many times. Last year, in an ode to the fiery linebacker, George Kittle wore a shirt with the same exact message during the game. The All-Pro revealed the shirt towards the end of his three-touchdown performance which led him to be fined over $13,000. Former head coach for the Cowboys, Jason Garrett was a part of the rivalry as a backup quarterback during those pivotal franchise-changing years in the 1990s. "I mean, that was a different atmosphere back then, incredible rivalry," Garrett told NBC Sports Bay Area. "It really was, and it seemed like every game we played was so meaningful. It was, you know, it was a regular season game and somehow it was going to determine, who was going to have home field advantage during the playoffs and then we'd play them in the playoffs and just had these epic games against each other." Garrett...