He upset the Buddy Ryan Oilers on their home turf. That Oilers team was playing good as any at the time, and Joe just took them down with the most savvy game ever seen.

Little known fact:

Montana had scholarship offers to play basketball in college. What can basketball teach and hone in an athlete? Great footwork…

All those goal line near/far halfback and fullback fakes, Ohio valley offense stuff from Walsh days coaching with Paul Brown and the Bengals.

First, his players would flatten routes on high coverage, corners got tired of being burned and would sit back. Many of his routes were shallow crossers, and staying flat on the route prevented run under attempts to pick the out routes for six.

His shaving the step made sure the ball tailed lower on trajectory and stopped it sailing, making it more likely the target gets it, and nobody else, outside.

His hitch step on the throw back prevented a step up on passer rushers who could get into his footwork or hit him hard. It was more like a pass in hoops, step back, ball over. By taking the hitch off the route he’s able to avoid becoming hit after the ball is gone, it added some years to him, he’s already scrambled out of the pocket.

The footwork in pocket is much different, unless the call is an interior screen, he’s stepping up. The rollout or slide out of the pocket is different. He’s already going that direction and avoiding contain, more depth on his step to the outside is not as likely to get the backside hit.

Thus he has great discpline, knowing where he can use the extra field to use the system, set up higher ball control percentages, and still avoid pressure to his face or from back.

you said it all.

The next great dancer? I have to say Drew Brees, he of the Junior Tennis lore. A young QB should think about some tennis or squash playing during the off-season.