Word: esiason
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Montana and wide receiver Jerry Rice put together a fine drive in the game's final minutes. And when the game was over--after Cincinnati quarterback Boomer Esiason's pass fell to the grass--we saw something we don't see often in sports anymore, let alone on the tense city streets. When the gun sounded, 49ers Coach Bill Walsh and Cincinnati Coach Sam Wyche walked off the field...
...nation is talking football. The 49ers and the Bengals. Joe Montana and Boomer Esiason. Bill Walsh and Sam Wyche. The Ickey Shuffle...
...minute warnings, got to puzzling over why even sluggish teams always seem able to move the ball at game's end. Increasingly, he has had the Bengals operating in a hurry-up mode from the start, dispensing with huddles, relying on sinister (defined: left-handed) quarterback Norman ("Boomer") Esiason to communicate the plans aloud in a complicated tongue. The effect has been to freeze the other team's situation specialists on the sidelines or create a confusion of too many men on the field...
...that standard, Montana must be a codger. Since his 34-9 and 28-3 displays against Minnesota and Chicago, the Bay Area has never loved him more. Esiason won most of this year's quarterback awards, but Montana has no peer at the moment. Along with Walsh's brain and Montana's arm, a 49er composite features receiver Jerry Rice's hands and Roger Craig's legs. The handiest all- around back in football, Craig is one of three ex-Nebraska runners on call. "It isn't just that they're sound fundamentally," Walsh says, "it's that they love...
...Especially after last year, to be this victorious is great," Cincinnati quarterback Boomer Esiason said...