Going old school here- the team that first got called “finesse” by the modern media was the 1988 49ers.
This was especially used to contrast what the Bill Walsh coached West Coast Offense was doing with the timed receiving routes and lack of an emphasis on a run game first with teams like the NY Giants or Bears of the ‘80s. Well, as Keena Turner famously said during the post-game locker room interview, the “finesse ass 49ers” rolled into Soldier Field in the freezing cold during the NFCCG and wooped them 28-3.
Going old school here- the team that first got called “finesse” by the modern media was the 1988 49ers.
This was especially used to contrast what the Bill Walsh coached West Coast Offense was doing with the timed receiving routes and lack of an emphasis on a run game first with teams like the NY Giants or Bears of the ‘80s. Well, as Keena Turner famously said during the post-game locker room interview, the “finesse ass 49ers” rolled into Soldier Field in the freezing cold during the NFCCG and wooped them 28-3.