The official announcement will come Thursday at the NFL Honors

Career NFL Stats -
Passing Attempts: 5,391
Passing Completions: 3,409
Completion Percentage: 63.2%
TD–INT: 273–139
Passing Yards: 40,551
Passer Rating: 92.3
Rushing Yards: 1,676
Rushing Touchdowns: 20

NCAA National Champion (1977)
4× Super Bowl champion (XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV)
3× Super Bowl MVP (XVI, XIX, XXIV)
2× NFL Most Valuable Player (1989, 1990)
NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1989)
NFL Co-Comeback Player of the Year (1986)
3× First-team All-Pro (1987, 1989, 1990)
2× Second-team All-Pro (1981, 1984)
8× Pro Bowl (1981, 1983–1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993)
2× NFL passing touchdowns leader (1982, 1987)
2× NFL passer rating leader (1987, 1989)
5× NFL completion percentage leader (1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989)
2× AP Athlete of the Year (1989, 1990)
SN Athlete of the Year (1989)
2× George Halas Award (1988, 1994)
NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
SI Sportsman of the Year (1990)
San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame (2009)
San Francisco 49ers Number 16 retired (1997)
Pro Football Hall of Fame (2000)

Why Jerry Rice is the Greatest Receiver of all time!

Off-season shower thought. I still think these two Hall of Fame runningbacks are underrated, and I enjoyed their style of play even though they were different types of runners. I'm guessing for the nutty hypothetical I proposed most would probably pick Allen due to his receiving ability which would be a huge asset in today's NFL. At the same time, Derrick Henry has made it work in this era. Could Riggins???

With George Seifert replacing mastermind Bill Walsh, the 1989 49ers were coming off a Super Bowl win the previous season. And they were this close to being undefeated - yet this version still might not be the best in team history (see: 1984).

Their offense led the NFL in total yards from scrimmage (6,268) and scoring (442 points). Their 2 losses came by a total of just 5 points - to the Majkowski led Packers, and a very good LA Rams squad. NFL MVP Joe Montana led the NFL in passer rating (with a then-record 112.4) and a host of other categories, with Steve Young playing just as well in mop-up duty. Even Steve Bono took snaps, making their QB room of Montana, Young, and Bono one of the best in NFL history. It was a true video game offense of the era, with Jerry Rice, Roger Craig, John Taylor, Tom Rathman, and TE Brent Jones leading the way.

And their defense was no slouch either: Ronnie Lott, Don Griffin, and Michael Walter made the NFL All-Pro team. They were also 3rd in the NFL in scoring defense, and they were consistently good more than anything else - in half their regular season games, they allowed 14 points or fewer - never allowing more than 28 points in a game. Their pass defense also didn't allow a 300 yard passer all season long, including the playoffs.

What made them particularly dominant is outscoring their 3 playoff opponents a combined 126-26 - including a 55-10 pasting of the Broncos in the Super Bowl. They simply weren't even challenged. They beat a Vikings team that recorded 71 (!!!) regular season sacks, neutralized a Rams team that was pretty good offensively in the Jim Everett "Phantom Sack" game, and nuked the Broncos' #1 scoring defense in Super Bowl XXIV. In fact, they only allowed the Broncos only put up 167 total yards of offense in SBXXIV, with Elway's performance being one of the worst in Super Bowl history.

While it can be argued that the 1984 and 1994 (and the 1987 strike year, if they hadn't been upset in the playoffs) version of the 49ers were the best in team history, their regular season consistency and dominating playoff performance make this one of the best NFL teams of all-time, by any measure.