ts Sections 49ers Salary CapLevi’s Stadium Events49ers Transactions49ers Injury News49ers Press Conferences & Conference CallsSo DeForest Buckner Jersey , David Carr doesn’t have Joe Montana in histop-10 quarterbacks of all timeNew,121commentsThis discussion should be interesting. PDTShareTweetShareShareSo, David Carr doesn’t have Joe Montana in histop-10 quarterbacks of all timeThere are unpopular takes and there are asinine takes. This take falls onto the latter. Does anyone remember David Carr? Of course you don’t. Carr put on a 49ers uniform during the Mike Singletary days and saw game action for an injured Alex Smith during all of three quarters. That was enough for the 49ers to decide to put third stringer Troy Smith in at quarterback while Alex Smith recovered. Carr’s time in San Francisco will be remembered for one chant. Well, Carr is out of the NFL and an analyst for NFL.com while his younger brother, Derek tries to not follow in his footsteps. Though the word “analyst” should be used loosely becausebecause when they talked about the top-10 quarterbacks of all time Carr left 49ers hall of famer Joe Montana out. Just omitting him could leave our imaginations to do the rest, but Carr attempted explaining why: Those of you who are frequent to Niners Nation know I have the unpopular opinion of saying Joe Montana is not the No. 1 quarterback of all time. I do feel Tom Brady has surpassed him and this is coming from a guy whose hero was Montana. Montana was the reason I became a 49ers fan. I also think the quarterbacks played in two different eras so ranking them is a bit unfair since no one knows how durable Brady would have been with the bulldozers running him over in the 80s. I can understand putting Brady ahead of Montana. But to leave him off the list entirely? You need to have a good argument to not have him in the top-5 or top-3—it’s subjective at that point but the top-10? Alright, let’s break down these arguments one by one. Why, yes he is. There are two things wrong with this. First, Gandalf the White doesn’t arrive when he needs to. That’s Gandalf the Grey who says that. Gandalf the White shows up when he finds Aragorn, Gimli Garry Gilliam Color Rush Jersey , and Legolas. If you’re a purist, you’d say he never said that since he never says that in the Lord of the Rings books. Second,Joe Montana arriving precisely at the right time? You mean at precisely the right time to back up Steve Deberg in 1979? And to start seven games in 1980? That right time? That doesn’t sound like precision. Jimmy Garoppolo arrived at precisely the right time—then he got injured. Joe Montana arrived and needed to develop. But yes, he is right,Bill Walsh is still a genius. Hey, you remember when the New York Giants beat the heck out of the 49ers in the playoffs? Yes, I repressed that memory too, but they showed that you could beat the 49ers, if you knew what you were doing.The Minnesota Vikings had some fun with it as well, just throwing that out there. On the other hand https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Garrett-Celek-Jersey , Montana took things to a whole ‘nother level more often than not. My point is, it wasn’t like he was unfair or something. He was darn close though. Is he talking about Super Bowl XXIV? That was, after all,one the best games of Montana’s career. Speaking of that, did you know that Bill Walsh wasn’t the coach of the 49ers that year? So the 49ers didn’t have a genius for what was one of the most lopsided Super Bowls in NFL history. And Montana’s best. Just saying. The 49ers thought and said that exact same thing...when Montana was 37 years old and it was time to move on with Steve Young in the building. Oh by the way, Montana didn’t have Jerry Rice for most of his career like Steve Young did. That will always help your stats. So there you have it. Every year there’s some segment that comes in that I need to break down like this and every year I’m out of breath when I’m finished. I can respect any argument for or against Montana not being No. 1. I can’t respect one that doesn’t put him in the top-5. Especially after what he had to go up against. The Bears defense? Remember that? That was a Montana thing, not a Bears-not-ready thing.Now I’m done. The San Francisco 49ers wrapped up the 2018 season and they have begun their work to prepare for 2019 free agency and the NFL draft. The coaches and scouts are back from a week in Mobile, Alabama at the Senior Bowl, but there is plenty more to be done as they get ready to build on a disappointing 2018 campaign. We’ll be breaking down plenty of what that means, but in the meantime Arik Armstead Jersey , we wanted to take a look back at the season that was for the 49ers.Jimmy Garoppolo’s injury sent things south, but there is plenty still to assess. We are going to take a look at every notable addition and provide a forum for grading how that signing, trade, or draft pick worked out.D.J. Reed, defensive backHow acquired: Drafted in the fifth round (142nd overall)The 49ers invested quite a bit in the secondary last offseason, and D.J. Reed emerged as one of the more intriguing options. It took injuries to get him into the starting lineup, but once there, he impressed as a versatile option.Reed opened the season as a special teams player, returning kicks and getting some work in at a variety of other special teams roles. In Week 3, Adrian Colbert hurt his hip and Reed took over at free safety for that game and through Weeks 4 and 5. Colbert returned in Week 6 Frank Gore Color Rush Jersey , but then suffered a high ankle sprain in Week 7 and went on injured reserve.Jimmie Ward moved from cornerback to free safety after Colbert went on IR, but after three weeks, Ward got hurt and ended up on IR himself. There was a lot of back-and-forth as the 49ers went through eight different safety combinations. Reed got some free safety work over the back half of the season, but spent the majority of his defensive snaps as the nickel back. K’Waun Williams suffered a knee injury and that gave Reed a chance at his more natural slot corner role.Reed did not secure consistent playing time the entire season, but he got a chance to show his versatility. The 49ers have cap space and draft picks to further invest in the secondary, but Reed would seem to have secured a chance to compete for a significant role. He could eventually replace Williams, but in the meantime, he has a chance to develop into a super-sub role — not too shabby for a fifth round pick.If you can’t see the poll below, click here.