'07 Defense like '94 Defense?

The 49ers learned that during their 1994 Super Bowl season when a defense loaded with big-name free agents -- Deion Sanders, Ken Norton Jr., Rickey Jackson and Gary Plummer -- struggled early.

"Good defenses play together, just like good offenses," Nolan said. "And when you add new players, there's a clock that goes along with when you get there. It's not just show up and we're good. ... In training camp, when you have new players, they're all trying to show that 'Hey, I'm a good player,' and sometimes they get off the beaten path as far as playing as one. And we've done that a couple times.

"But we've gotten better through the preseason. Last week we had a few more lapses than we'd like. But the challenge is going to be playing together as one. And that will just get better through the season."

Relax guys, we will be fine. This aint Madden!

[agent23]

I remember that year. They did struggle on defense for awhile until they went on their monster winning streak all the way to the Super Bowl.

[JANiners]

Tim Harris, Rickey Jackson, Bryant Young, Dana Stubblefield was our starting d-line. This d-line is nowhere near that. Add in Lee Woodall, Ken Norton and Gary Plummer and it is abundently clear that our front 7 then was light years better than our front 7 now.

[born49]

Originally Posted by JANiners

Tim Harris, Rickey Jackson, Bryant Young, Dana Stubblefield was our starting d-line. This d-line is nowhere near that. Add in Lee Woodall, Ken Norton and Gary Plummer and it is abundently clear that our front 7 then was light years better than our front 7 now.

Tim Harris,that was the guy who would shoot the guns after every sack.Nice

[1st&Gore]

Originally Posted by JANiners

Tim Harris, Rickey Jackson, Bryant Young, Dana Stubblefield was our starting d-line. This d-line is nowhere near that. Add in Lee Woodall, Ken Norton and Gary Plummer and it is abundently clear that our front 7 then was light years better than our front 7 now.

Tim Harris? I thought Chris Doleman was on the DLine. Man the 94 team was unstoppable..

I remember I believe it was 94 agaist the bills K. Davis jump the pile trying to get into the endzone and I think it was Plummer Smacked his @ss and dude fumbled Woodall picked it up and ran it all the way to the house, anyone else remember that play. maybe the year is off

[JANiners]

Originally Posted by 1st&Gore

Tim Harris? I thought Chris Doleman was on the DLine. Man the 94 team was unstoppable..

I remember I believe it was 94 agaist the bills K. Davis jump the pile trying to get into the endzone and I think it was Plummer Smacked his @ss and dude fumbled Woodall picked it up and ran it all the way to the house, anyone else remember that play. maybe the year is off

Remember the play so well, I think it was the following year, but am not sure.

[JANiners]

Originally Posted by born49

Tim Harris,that was the guy who would shoot the guns after every sack.Nice

Harris was one of my favorite Niners.

[BrentJones84]

You can't compare these two defenses.

For one, the 93 defense wasn't nearly as bad as the 06 defense.

[BrentJones84]

Originally Posted by 1st&Gore

Tim Harris? I thought Chris Doleman was on the DLine. Man the 94 team was unstoppable..

I remember I believe it was 94 agaist the bills K. Davis jump the pile trying to get into the endzone and I think it was Plummer Smacked his @ss and dude fumbled Woodall picked it up and ran it all the way to the house, anyone else remember that play. maybe the year is off

I remember that play well. It looked like we were going to loose the game, and then suddenly, we were ahead!

[JANiners]

Richard Dent and Dennis Brown were on that D-Line that year too. Man that was awesome.