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Whenever anyone asks me who the best QB I have ever seen was…..the answer comes easy to me and it is Joe Montana.  Montana played in 13 seasons for the San Francisco 49ers and he led them to a 100-39 (71.9%) record during the regular season.  Montana played in 167 games (139 starts) in his career with the Niners and he completed 2,929 of 4,600 passes (63.7%) for 35,124 yards with 244 TD passes and 123 INTs (93.5 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 414 times for 1,595 yards (3.9 ypc) with 20 TDs for the Niners during the regular season.  He seemed to always take his game to a higher level in the playoffs.  The Niners were 14-5 (73.7%) in the post-season with Montana under center.  He completed 375 of 593 passes (63.2%) for 4,758 yards with 39 TD passes and 17 INTs in the post-season.  He also carried the ball 55 times for 296 yards (5.4 ypc) with 2 TD runs in the post-season.  The 49ers were 4-0 in the Super Bowl under Joe Montana as they outscored their opponents by a combin...
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