The 2010 NFL betting season is getting underway, and it is unclear who will be the next Super Bowl Legend. Throughout the NFL’s 40 year history, there have been many greats to hoist Vince Lombardi’s trophy. Yet as many fans betting on the NFL know, becoming a legend in the game is far harder than many expect. One legend that became known as Mr. Super Bowl was San Francisco 49ers legend Joe Montana.

Joe Montana

From his first professional snap, fans and experts alike just knew there was something magical about Joe Montana. Today, Montana is known as Mr. Super Bowl, as no quarterback has ever taken it to another level during the big game, the way he has.

Montana won all four of the Super Bowls he participated in and had the highest passer rating of any Super Bowl quarterback. What’s more, he was the most valuable player in three of the four Super Bowls.

Perhaps the most impressive feats that make Joe Montana our Mr. Super Bowl King, is that in those four games, he set records for most passing completions and total yards. No quarterback has even come close to what Big Joe accomplished.

Montana’s two biggest Super Bowls were Super Bowl XXIII versus the Cincinnati Bengals and Super Bowl Super Bowl XXIV against the Denver Broncos. In the first game against the Bengals, Montana orchestrated one of the greatest drives in Super Bowl history. With just over three minutes to go, the Bengals led 16 to 13 and to say the tension was high in the 49ers offensive huddle would be an understatement. Montana was able to break the tension by moving the ball from the 49ers eight yard line all the way down to the Bengals end zone where he connected with John Taylor for the game winning pass.

Montana passed for a then record 357 yards, and two touchdowns while rushing for 15 yards. The next year in Super Bowl XXIV, the 49ers made quick work of the John Elway led Denver Broncos, cruising to a 55 to 10 beat down. Montana was named the MVP for the third time as he completed 22 of 29 pass attempts for 297 yards and five touchdowns.