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Rookie of the year, all-pro, and still looks like a bad pick compared to rice. Life’s just not fair.
In perspective Jerry played 14 more seasons than brown. Injuries the only thing that stopped him.
Brown was a good pick. Cincinnati got 7 excellent seasons and numerous franchise records from him. But still it wasn't on par with Rice.
It's never fair for how some players are compared, regardless of accomplishments. Take the 2000 NFL Draft. There were some amazing 1st Round talents in that draft: Jamal Lewis, Shaun Alexander, Corey Simon, Brian Urlacher just to name a few. But they all get compared to a 6th Round Pick; Tom Brady.
Eddie Brown and Al Toon were really really good! I had all of their football cards! 1000+ yards receiving multiple years...
Ryan Alexander Bloom stfu
man as a kid watching college football on saturday mornings as kid when Rice was in college was crazy because he was never on tv they showed no highlights all they did was report Jerry Rice had 400 yards and 5 td's he was like a mythological creature
Yeah that does sum it up pretty well. He was like a God or something, something people only spoke of and never really saw. What a legend
I used to watch him on BET on SAT nights when they had their sports highlights. And i got a chance to see him n his senior yr at MV St. on the BET game of the week.
Lol 😂 Good point
@@elwin38 With all due respect Rice played against some D2 schools like Kentucky St and when it came to the postseason he was shut down by better competition case and point they met Louisiana Tech and was destroyed 66-14.I wished that MVSU had played against the cream of the crop in 1-AA.
They did the same thing with Steve McNair at Alcorn St. years later. When The Oilers drafted him, I thought that the Oilers were insane. I guess both picks panned out.
Thats the thing about the draft you never know you might have got a hof or missed one or you got a bust thats why the draft to me is fun
Thats true. And compared to the NBA the players from college have more assurance compared to players in football.
That's the exciting and fun part about the draft. You have to wait and see if you Mucked up or not
Tom Brady is the best example
The "experts" at espn really don't know
Was Eddie Brown a bust? If he had gone to SF, who is to say he wouldn't have had a better career?
I had Al Toon & Jerry Rice's Starting Lineup action figures😊..just wanted to say that..
😂😂😂 Im a 80s baby too, so I know what you meant literally lol
@@jasonallen3678 yessir..im an 80's baby also, sir 👍
My entire childhood entertainment was based on action figures and trading cards lol,these kids today basically get all those old expensive toys in our day for free now.
Cool stuff
Jason Allen I don’t rich kids do
Walsh had an amazing ability to see talent, Rice, Young, Craig, Montana, and he was an amazing play maker, one of the best coaches
Jerry had great talent and an even greater work ethic. Joe and Steve were pitching him the passes but Jerry ran flawless routes and practically invented YAC. Oh by the way, do people remember Joe Montana was a third round pick? That Walsh guy really was kind of a genius!
If Phil Simms ex-Giants QB had not been sick with a 100 degree temperature he would have been a NINER instead of Montana.
@@dwightlove3704 didn't phil simms try out for Bill Walsh and the 49ers?
@@pdumpsterful Yes but he had a 101 degree temperature at the time and Walsh threw in the towel on trying to draft Simms.Simms was stuck in offensive purgatory with Parcells just like McMahon was in Chicago with Ditka both of them threw a ball ONCE A MONTH.McMahon came from BYU where they threw a ball on every down.Simms had a strong arm coming from Morehead St.
@@pdumpsterful I saw the ESPN DOCUMENTARY 30 FOR 30 ON THE '83 DRAFT and Walsh was seriously thinking about trying to draft JOHN ELWAY and trade JOE MONTANA but turned down the idea due to his loyalty to Montana.
@@pdumpsterful Dwight Clark (RIP) immediately thought of him as a PLACE KICKER.
Damn shame Al Toon couldn't stay healthy. He was an amazing talent.
Neither of the two guys selected ahead of Jerry were all that bad. Both their career's cut short by injuries. Obviously they were no Jerry Rice though.
@@Letterman0412 Al Toon was pretty damn special talent wise. Eddie Brown was pretty damn good too. It's not by chance that both the Jets and Bengals offenses fell way off when they were lost to injuries.
Al Toon would've been a first ballot HOFer with Montana throwing to him. Jets QBs got him killed........
@@christopherharris3229 I agree he was like a Sterling Sharpe before him.
@@Letterman0412 Al Toon had an amazingly productive career, especially considering his QB situation. I feel for guys like him and Tim Brown, stuck with no QB but still leading the league in receptions.
Toon, Brown, and Rice all in one draft class.
I think Andre Reed was 1985 as well though he was much later in the round selection.
That's a pretty good selection of WR.
“BEST NO TRADE EVER MADE”
These Draft stories are always amazing.
What they fail to mention in this video is that there was another team that was interested in trying to get Rice, the Dallas Cowboys at #17. But the trade by Walsh and the Niners ended up killing the Cowboys hopes of getting Rice.
Eventually, the Cowboys descended into mediocrity and years later Tom Landry was fired when the team was purchased by Jerry Jones.
So the Cowboys got a different Jerry that won them Super Bowls & made it into Canton. So it all worked out!!
Skip is that you ... this story has nothing to do with the cowboys skip .... leave it to skip to make it about them boys... sorry i instantly thought about how skip always makes it about the cowboys
@@georgemorgan6088 Dude, I'm not even a Cowboys fan. I'm a Saints fan. I just thought it was relevant to bring up that little known fact about how the Cowboys were the only other team that was really interested in Jerry Rice that year.
@@MrJLov13 no i didn't mean it lije you were .. skip Bayless seems to always find a way to bring up the cowboys like when the lion's signed cj Anderson they talked about what it ment to the rams losing him then some how the next 3 minutes on Dallas then back to la ....... it just made me laugh plus Jerry was sought after by more teams than just the boys
It’s just another chapter of the wider 49ers-Cowboys rivalry...hopefully it makes a comeback soon! #NinerFaithful
Looking over it, this could've been the greatest WR draft class considering all 3 guys played very well in the NFL. Its unfortunate Al Toon had to retire young from concussions(hope his minds in a good place today) and Eddie Brown regressed because of injuries.
I love stories like this -- well done!
That image at the end of both coaches embracing each of is amazing and something we just dont see anymore the world is to mean now
Damn if the Bengals would've ended up with Rice, the MVP of the opposing team in the super bowl 3 years later. What might have been.
About 3/4 of the way through their rookie seasons it looked like Jerry Rice was a huge bust and Eddie Brown was the Fashizzle.
John Taylor caught the winning TD in that game.
They would have lost
Bungles...still. Would have choked.
Whats crazy dallas was going to draft rice also 49ers moved one pick in front of dallas and drafted rice.
choo choo damn, it’s crazy to think about how different the nfl would have looked with those picks between the 49ers, bengals and cowboys
I know right jerry wouldn't have been who he is.
So true
choo choo he would be balling with Troy & Irvin 👀 imagine
Niner fans would have been hating Rice instead of rejoicing him.
Eddie Brown had one 1000 yard season
Al Toon had two 1000 yard seasons and three Pro Bowls
Jerry Rice had 11 straight 1000 yard seasons, 14 overall, and 13 Pro Bowls
@floatpool pool And Elvis Grbac and Jeff Garcia and Jim Drukenmiller and still balled out . He put 1100 and 1200 yard seasons at 39 and 40 years old . Rice just simply put in the work .
@floatpool pool Jerry Rice had a way of making people setup a bit , even if they were subpar. He at least made Grbac just a "little" bit better to make a slight improvement. That's just what I saw for the most part.
Yeah but Toon and Brown were major forces in the NFL , you had to follow football during that time to know in depth about that .
Jerry Rice simply the best
Eddie Brown was a nice player for the bengals. I still remember the combination of Brooks (RB), Brown (WR) and Holman (TE) combination. With that awesome O-line and Esiason at QB, it was a great team to watch. But no one could take on those 49ers, as they were stacked with HOF caliber players.
dont forget Cris Collinsworth
The 88 Bengals with Icky woods ... best team to never won a Super Bowl I say
I love these stories man. U see how the draft was back then? The table that the commentators are sitting at looks like a sign-in table at an elementary school fund-run. The draft was a big deal for them. They knew the fans would love it too, they just needed the exposure.
49ERS FOR EVER THAT 80
This aged well
If Eddie Brown went to 49ers it would not haven the same player as Rice. But if Rice went to the Jets or Cinny he also would not had the same career he had with the 49ers.
Same for Brady and the Pats.
Bullshit..You just a Hater and that's it and that's all.
@@Pfsif 😂😂 He probably fight you over that comment
OSCAR and EMMY no but it sure helps Larry Fitzgerald would be a bigger star if not for shitty Arizona
Bullshit
96 draft was one of the best for WR. So many can't miss prospect in that draft. Keyshawn Johnson, Terrell Owens, Eric Moulds, Marvin Harrison, Muhshin Muhammad, Joe Horn. Such a blasphemy that TO went in the 3rd. Should of been number 1 over Keyshawn.
Hype plays a big role. Also, it depends on the university you played in. Keyshawn played at USC. Terrell played for a 2nd division team.
How dare you leave out Terry Glenn.
@@alexmiller6214 Sorry man forgot about him and for those Patriots bandwagon (real Pats fans know). He was the guy who caught Tom Brady first TD pass. Brady to Glenn would've been something good.
@@supratrd900 also had rookie reception record for a long time
@@alexmiller6214 Yes until Boldin broke it. RIP TG. People forgot Brady could've of almost play with Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne vs Deion Branch/Givens and a bunch of journeymen receivers in his early years but Pats pass up on both of them. Harrison going 16 to Indianapolis and Pats trading their 30th pick in 01 to Indy and moving up to get Richard Seymour. That trade work out for both the Colts and Patriots.
Sam Wyche at the end saying "And they're the genius because they wouldn't give me a 3rd round pick" well laughing/tearing up hit me right in the FEELZONE.
Good thing all 3 had very productive careers and have alot to be proud of.
I love this: my favorite team, the 49ers, and the video is bookended by Golden Girls, my favorite show!
Hindsight is always 20-20 all we can do is be thankful things turned out the way they did and we got to see such a great player at his full potential
The Golden Girls intro music was beautifully written into this storyline between coaches who were friends Bill and Sam .
The draft is so amazing. 1 draft can change everything.
I always wondered about what happened that year with the draft. I remember for the longest time wanting to know why the Raiders picked Jesse Hester in the first round that year instead of Rice.
Now we got guys like ab🤦♂️
David Vera obj lol tall receivers arent doing it anymore its the quick feet
And Larry Fitzgerald.
And Julio Jones... And DeAndre Hopkins... What's your point?
Where's AB? crickets
Whole Lotta money
Jerry rice and bill Walsh beautiful combo
Makes me wanna play madden now! Thanks! :)
Great vid
What can I say thank you for being a friend
Jerry Rice The Best Their is The Best Their Was & The Best Their Ever Will Be 💯
Jerry rice is the best wide recivier in NFL history change my mind
jackson bowering Deion Sanders shut him down. I think Terrell Owens was the best. There wasn’t a corner in the league that could shut dow TO.
@@skyehamilton9209 but Jerry rice has 22k yards and they dont
Best one yet
What everyone is forgetting is that HOFer Andre Reed went to the Bills in the 4th round that year. So much for Walsh not wanting to stay at 28. Walsh in 1979 also wanted Phil Simms in round 1 and "settled" for Joe Montana in round 3. Sometimes, not getting what you ultimately think you want, works out for the best.
As a Bengals fan this is painful. Good lord we were this close to getting Jerry Rice. Think both of those super bowl losses came down to a last minute touchdown to make it even worse
Bengals could've been a dynasty if it weren't for Walsh. Sorry fam.
@@imjustken1
All good bro. Became a huge 49ers fan afterwards. If you can't beat em join em. Lol
Great video
Tom Brady might be the most legendary player of all time, but the greatest football player to ever play the game will always be Jerry Rice. You look at the records and he has them all. Complete dominance for over a decade and a half
Plus, Jerry Rice had THE greatest work ethic in the history of the game
He has every record a wr can have his career numbers will never be beat you can't debate who is the greatest wr of all time because rice is.
I disagree. Both are very similiar players legacy wise. Both not the best athletes or the most flashy highlight reel players. Both are postseason experts and consistently played great while playing forever. And both had their criticisms of cheating and being system players. But let’s not forget, San Fran’s dynasty started before rice got there. Tom Brady to me has made such an impact on the nfl since he began I’d say If football was more of a global sport it’d be on the same level of jordon. For two whole decades, there has been one team that has defined the nfl. Two whole decades. The entire 21st century so far. Not just that, but they really are the greatest dynasty ever that’s not disputable to me. I feel Brady is a much bigger part of that than rice.
@@jakerosner8043 agree
Tom Brady is nothing special. Its Bill Belicheck
Bill walsh. GENIUS!!
Al Toon was amazing; he was legally blind in his right eye and still accomplished so much.
Wesley Walker was the WR that was legally blind, not Toon
Marcus Aurelius That’s right it was Wesley Walker. Rice ran a slow 40 yard dash but his first ten yards were incredible and in the West Coast Offense it worked for the 49ers. And I would compare Rice’s work ethic with Jordan.
All three were very good Brown and Toon had injury problems and Jerry Rice is the Greatest of all Time.
Rice wore the #88 because of Lynn Swann.
Coach Wyche what great sportsmanship after a Super Bowl loss
Im a Steeler fan. But that Niner team with Joe and Jerry was fun to watch.
In my opinion, Jerry Rice, is the the greatest football player that has ever played the game.
I mean Barry Sanders is good.
Saint Michael I agree buddy iam 48 he’s the best I ever seen
Saint Michael Lawrence Taylor is the GOAT
GOAT!!! i know, original. But Jerry Effn Rice is the GOAT.
Dave Richards nah Lawrence Taylor is the GOAT. Rice is the GOAT of receivers tho
Hard to believe Eddie Brown and Jerry Rice are the same age. Jerry today looks like he could still play.
This man caught a short pass and took it to the house. Jerry Rice the GOAT 🏈
The ending has a sitcom vibe to it
Barring a freak injury I believe Toon or Brown wouldve also done very well in SF because of the system. The SF system was a freaking machine.
Hell Wyches Bengals won the AFC in '88 with a similar, but much less established system.
SF whole oline was all pro the bengals online out side of anthony munoz was trash
Do Peyton Manning and all the QBs drafted ahead of him
LMAO yeah ok
Yeah, and do it for Terry Bradshaw, John Elway, and Troy Aikman, too
Jaret stidham
Do tim couch he was the greatest
Make no mistake, Eddie Brown was a solid player
Al Toon was a decent receiver for the Jets but I don’t remember Eddie Brown and now I know why. Gotta feel bad for Brown and his injuries that cut his career short. In the end I’m Glad the 49ers were able to pick the kid from Mississippi Valley State who became the Greatest wide receiver of all time. It helps he had some Hal or fame quarterbacks in Young and Montana. Garcia was a viable quarterback as well and was probably thankful to have number 80 on the team.
Toon was pretty good for the Jets. I still wonder though if Toon would have the same career as Jerry because of the system. Maybe not. Jerry never took any days off. Kept working even the day after Super Bowl wins.
They were all great picks...all productive receivers
Al Toon was a fine receiver too. Damn fine. made an AllPro team. Injuries & shitty QBs plagued his career
Brown was good too. You never know in this league when a career ending injury is going to happen.
Sometimes, the best things happen, when its by accident.
Jerry had a great career, hof career.. mr brown being modest
You know, there's always a mystery in regards to the NFL Draft vs the NBA Draft. In the NFL, late picks have just as much chance to shine as first rounders, and more often than not, do, but in the NBA, for some reason, if you're not a first rounder, you're more likely to see yourself get cut. Makes you wonder.
Adrian Arshad smaller rosters
The 49ers had won the Super Bowl just months before. And the drafted Jerry Rice.
Hall of famers who enrolled at HBCU
Aeneas Williams Defensive Back-Southern (5th round pick by the Phoenix Cardinals-1991)
Jackie Slater-Offensive Tackle Jackson State (3rd round pick by the LA Rams 🐏-1976)
Jerry Rice Reciever Mississippi Valley State (1st round pick 16th overall by the 49ers-1985; SB23 MVP;3x Champion)
Walter Payton RB Jackson State (1st round pick by the Bears 🐻-1975; 1977 MVP; SBXX champion)
The greatest football player of all time!!! He is the Wayne GRETZKY of football!! Numbers so big they completely lap most!!!
He the best football player I ever seen play not just wr
Steve Carter not better than Lawrence Taylor
3:34 there was a brown however
I AM THE BIGGEST FAN OF JERRY RICE AND NFL FILMS
Giovanni Brown me too
@Nathan Peterman Hey GOAT how's it going?
The thing is that you aren’t
If you were the biggest fan you would have at least 6 of his game jerseys
@zeroinfinityzero
Are you a fan of spygate and deflated balls?
They gave him the title of “Mississippi Valley State Receiver” lmao
It’s the flow of the universe. Rice was pick 16. Montana.
It’s crazy how things work and we can look back and say “what if?”
What a draft. The best defensive end ever- Bruce Smith. And the best wr of all-time-Jerry Rice
Reggie White is the best d end ever pal
Facts!!!
R.I.P. B.W.
LOOKS LIKE THEY SPENT $85 on them draft decorations.
3:48 scuttlebutt
Basically gossip but funnier
Funny that at one point the 4 slowest receivers .... at least stop watch wise ...were the 4 best. Jerry Rice, Michael Irvin, Cris Carter, Herman Moore. A buch of 4.7 guys dominating the league.
As a bengals fan, this hurts me very deeply
The goat = jerry rice
Rob Watt the GOAT= Lawrence Taylor
Niners Baby!!! Hell yeah!!!
1:28 Pete Caroll in 50 years of chewing gum
Stick’em to them Rice ...
Mississippi valley state university stand up💯
Yes ma'am!!! MVSU ALL DAY!!!! DELTA DEVILS STAND UP!!!
Toon and Brown were both also quite good in their careers
I remember that draft in 1985 Eddie Brown & Al Toon were the best 2 WR in college football better at that time because how the NFL looked at guys from small school where Rice came from if the 49ers at the time were picking higher and Brown or Toon was available I believe they would have drafted one of them but Rice fell to them and the rest is history.
Bill Walsh is the GOAT. He changed the game.
Damn nothing about how the cowboys were so close to drafting Rice had the niners not swooped in and stolen him away like a thief in the night. Can you imagine #80 and 88 together
Was the guy at 3:40 talking about the same 3 receivers as Walsh?
Today! #6 Go Niners! Eddie Brown turned out to be pretty good as well!
I love the Golden Girls
We need another Niners and Bengals Super Bowl 😁
They played the Golden Girls
Hell yea
lol but it fit!
I actually had to stop the video and go find the golden girls one so I could belt the song a few times before I could focus.
Actually it a song written by Andrew Gold called "Thank You For Being a Friend." A very nice song.
G.O.A.T
Other two receivers had solid careers but Jerry rice just had a hof career.
An the rest is history!!
I'm a dolphins fan and I say Jerry Rice is the greatest football player ever.
My Uncle shut him down when he played against Texas southern he admitted too
They act as if having 2 HOF quaterbacks, a HOF coach, and a league MVP throwing to him didn't have an effect on his career.
@Harry Engel did u just say jerry Rice a top 20 all time receiver? lmaooooooo. pretty sure he's number 1 and thats it.. please tell 19 WR better then him?
@DonkeyLips McGee He still is the best, it doesn't take talent to chuck it to a wide open receiver.
You can say that about any of the GOATs, right place right time. But the fact is to be the GOAT you have to put up the numbers, accumulate those wins, and perform big in big games. Rice did it, should've, could've, would've, doesnt change his numbers and legacy and that's all you have to go off of in the end is the facts.
If you start speculating and trying to guess what could've happened than there is an argument for just about any player to have been the GOAT in the right circumstance. What matters are the concrete facts and Jerry has a literal ton of them.
@rl184 He was in college
@rl184 I was talking about Rice in College and how he was proven in College
Greatest draft of all time
Brown and Toon was a great choice