The Joe Montana Era in Kansas City lasted only 619 days — from April 21, 1993, when the trade was announced, until New Year’s Eve the following year, when the Chiefs played their last game with Montana under center: the 27-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins in their 1994 Wild Card playoff game.
619 days. That’s all.
Looking back, it seems like a lot longer. And somehow... a lot shorter, too.
I know my editor, Pete Sweeney, is counting on me — as the old man on the Arrowhead Pride staff — for an interesting story about where I was and what I was doing when I heard the news.