The comparisons stop with how both duos are quarterbacks.
Sure, in theory competition for a starting role could push any professional athlete to perform better in a practice setting at first. However, it’s worth pumping the brakes on comparing a quarterback nobody seems to want to trade for, and a sophomore who has thrown less than 75 passes in the league, to two Hall of Famers that brought five championships to this team.
There are some comparable elements, like the fact that the late-eighties quarterback competition was originally kicked off because Bill Walsh’s suggestion of trading Montana was shot down. At the same time, the team eventually went with a failed two-quarterback experiment that only brought more scrutiny to how Walsh was running things, and when Young eventually replaced Montana as starter following an injury, a rift in the locker room nearly tore the team apart before Montana was finally traded.