as the game progressed, we talked about ronnie lott, running through people and then it went to the head. in high school and college, if you got your bell running, you would go back in the game. that was good enough. all of us, like bill said, every time you hit someone you got a mild concussion. i'm going to be thinking twice about going over there after getting laid out, that smart of the game. >> now, do you check with people. >> how many fingers do i have up. what are you doing right now. is there a game going on. do you know the score. what day is it. there were times i remember in a championship game when i was denver bronco, i got side the side and came off the field, got to the sideline and i sat in john elway's lap. they asked me how many fingers they had up, i said stop asking me these stupid questions. the next time i went back out on the field. >> how do you perform when you are out of your mind? >> it's one of those things where to me the sideline represented failure. there was nothing that was going to keep me going out on the field. it's been something i had done my whole

there's a lot of guys -- >> i think the reason why scott brings that up is the whole ronny lott flap, speaking to the saints before the game, when they played you. i mean, that kind of pronounced this idea we're not seeing the legend around the 49ders like we say mays or mccovey who are beibe ing bally-hooed. >> i spoke to ronny. pu know why he spoke to the saints, the 49ers had a lot of trouble after our '81 super bowl team. there's a lot of young guys that couldn't handle the success. and their lives spun out of control. ronny spoke to the saints a lot last year. he comes very regularly to the 49ers. i have a great relationship with ronny. so, those guys are around. we don't necessarily publicize it. if you saw the guys that were there -- >> should you? >> should we publicize it? you know, it's really a personal relationship with those guys. and if those guys want to be part of the team, it's got to be how they want the relationship to be. i'm not going to try to publicize joe coming down to the 49ers so we can sell a couple extra tickets. that, to me, isn't as important as having j

. >> i was reading the words stories to appear at i guess ronnie lott. 40 niner at his finger cut off so he could continue to play. >> he comes to the sideline and says i have to take you to the locker room, stitch it up, by the time the story gets told it's growing. but the other story we will have to pull you out of the game stitched up later. he said no cut it off now i can go back in. >> this is tough this is good. >> i believe him. that's the way he plays. >> it but that's just crazy. >> it was the hippest of his finger. not like here, handoff. >> seriously who needs the tip. so erin rogers looking for to that. >> he started great and finished so-so. nevertheless he was fun to watch. >> when you watch the steelers and who they could blame. the jets said there's something wrong with the headsets. we had what he thought talkies. >> i don't doubt any of that stuff. like i said, 24-0 lead its two big of a lead. they kept coming back, and coming back, when you have to make up 24. it's too much. >> they look up too late. >> i think it will be in his third super bowl in seven years. whe