Longhorn_9:

Kickholder12:

Ween22:

Kickholder12:

I don't think any player in team history has been under more pressure to perform than White.  Few players are more underappreciated.  Meredith had to survive criticism, but he wound up in the Ring of Honor, and most of the negativity surrounding him has long since vanished.  White is still criticized for not taking the team to the Super Bowl, even though White's accomplishments compare quite favorably to Meredith's (not to take anything away from what Meredith did, mind you).

Consider White's record as a starter-- in five full seasons as a starter, White led the team to the playoffs five times and to the NFC Championship Game three times.  Prior to his injury in 1986, his record as a full-time starter beginning in 1980 was 62-24 (the team went 5-6 in games that he did not start during that time period).  The team's record for the remainder of the decade after he suffered his injury was 11-36, with no winning seasons.  There were, of course, other factors involved, but the sharp contrast of the team before his injury compared to what happened afterward shows his value.

Great point and analysis.  Based on that do you feel White should be inducted into the ROH?

That's a tough one.  I am hesitant, due mostly to the fact that he was not a starter as long as the three who are in, but I would say yes.  Without White, I have little doubt that the team would have struggled throughout the entire decade of the 1980s and not only in the latter half.  Instead, the team continued on the same track.  I have never blamed him for those three championship game losses, and even looking at them in retrospect, I don't see why he should take more blame than others.

The comparisons with Steve Young are too easy.  Take away the 1994 season, and Steve Young is a major disappointment as a starter for the 49ers because he could not accomplish what Montana did.  Give White one Super Bowl title, and I have little doubt he would be in the Ring of Honor.

Just think one play could have made such a difference in Dannys career, "The Catch" without that play maybe Danny and the Boys go on and win that SB and Danny White would be remembered as a hero instead of a goat! -

BigDog...you just cut my heart out with a butter knife by displaying that picture...