Editor’s note: Nate Jackson, a San Jose native, spent six seasons in the NFL. This is his weekly Fantasy Football column for the Bay Area News Group. His books include “Slow Getting Up” and “Fantasy Man.”
Sunday was Dwight Clark Day at Levi Stadium. T-shirts given out depicted his iconic silhouette, stretching to make “The Catch” on a January day at Candlestick. Thirty-five years later, football teams across America are still running the same play.
The play call behind “The Catch” is a staple of the West Coast offense; one of Bill Walsh’s many ingenious creations.