Let’s go 49ers!!! Sincerely, An Eagles fan

That interception in the endzone and Richard Shermans's expression was just amazing to watch.

Vikes fan here, still salty about my team but for sure rooting for the Purdy boy the rest of the way.

Probably depends on your age.

I'm a 9ers fan that suffered through 4 straight years of meetings in the playoffs and only 1 win. Those 3 rings Aikman has, while well deserved, could very easily have been claimed by Young and the 9ers.

You don't forget that. Those games turned on fine margins and it's a lot more of a bitter pill to swallow when you know you're a great team but there's another, very, very, very slightly better team blocking your road.

I mean, Kurt Warner went undrafted and literally had a movie about him called “American Underdog”.

But as a 49er fan, I hope Purdy wins it all and they make a movie about him called “Relevant: The Brock Purdy Story”. Just don’t make it a Christian propaganda film like the Kurt Warner movie.

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Brady and Purdy have one thing in common: both were thrown into the game on exceptionally good teams and were not asked to carry the team. In Brady's first years, that Pats defense was elite, and he wasn't asked to air it out like he did in later years. Purdy is in a similar situation. SF has one of the most stacked rosters in the league. It's got elite receivers, running game, defense, coaching. SF has it all. Purdy is the weak point, but he's not asked to do too much, and he's been good so far.

Only in the Superbowl, as a 'boys fan, we won't have to worry about that one for a long ass time.

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It was the packers. Lesser of evils. But I nearly choked on it.

>"Go Lions".

You must have been desperate.

there was an infographic showing all their stats. as far as they go, the only difference is the that Dallas has a better pass defense and San Fran has a better run defense. Their offenses are both prolific, and both of their defenses are elite. it's going to be a classic

In the under 35 crowd, no animosity towards the Cowboys, just their fanbase for being obnoxious in general.

For the under 35 Niners crowd, the main rivalry is definitely with the Seahawks. Sorry, the Bitch Pigeons.

Doc and Timmy Tenders are reigniting the rivalry

The heat has faded some, but yes. Views may vary slightly on the order (probably where to place the Rams in either era), but I think this is about right.

49ers top 5 rivalries (as of 2023, including residual historic beefs):

• Seahawks
• Packers
• Rams
• Giants
• Cowboys

If you made that list in 2000:

• Cowboys
• Packers
• Giants
• Rams
• Broncos

My point is that it was about a decade since the Niners played the Cowboys in the playoffs by the time of Dwight Clark's Catch.

I don't think it will reignite the rivalry. That only happens when it's between top teams. Back in the 1990s, the winner of Dallas vs. SF would win the SB. More recently, you have rivalries between top teams like Pats-Colts (with Brady/Manning), or maybe now Chiefs-Bengals. But there isn't the same feel here. Maybe if Dallas wins, but I suspect this game won't be very competitive (SF seems like the far better team), which means no rivalry.

I’m the 90s yes, since then I don’t think so. I feel like the Packers are our biggest non divisional rival lately.

ssshhh gotta let them try their cheap marketing ploy

So you were around at the time the rivalry was going on? Congrats. That’s beside my point. For people who were not around at that time, this singular game will not reignite the rivalry

I was a little kid when Dwight Clark made The Catch to beat the Cowboys. Even as a kid I knew what a big deal it was to beat the Cowboys.

49er fan here..... yes and I would say the hierarchy for rivals is 1. Cowboys 2. Packers 3. Seahawks

Haha I bet. Nothing like sports to bring people together. Even rivals or dormant rivals

It's been so long since we had any real games, I wouldn't call them a rival anymore. I would argue that our last real rivals were the Seahawks like 6 years ago.

If we go by my dad's interpretation then every team that has beat the cowboys in a playoff game is a rival of ours lol.