An adorable NFL Films clip of 49ers legend Joe Montana realizing he could call his wife Jennifer from the sidelines during games is going viral this week as the Niners prep for their eighth Super Bowl appearance.
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Montana has told the story before over the years — and with good reason. It’s quite the clever realization. While making calls up to the coaching staff high in stadium booths, Montana wondered if the phone could also just … be a phone.
“I don’t know what made me do it, but one day I hung up and I’m sitting there going, ‘Hm, I wonder if these things call out,’” Montana recalls in the NFL Films clip.