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Wyche is talking about unbeatable confidence. "At the end of the exhibition season this fall," says Walsh, "we traded a quarterback who had broken an N.F.L. record for completions, Steve DeBerg. Honestly, I can't think of anyone Joe wouldn't have beaten out eventually." For Montana, surpassing DeBerg was a victory, and a loss. "As a kid, did your neighbor ever beat you at something four out of five," muses Joe, "and you still said you were better? I mean, you honestly felt you were better? You knew you were? Well, Steve and I were both that...
Roommates, they shared a fondness for all contests, and if the Marriott Hotels that the N.F.L. teams frequent did not feature rumpus rooms buzzing with electronic whizbangers, DeBerg and Montana might have played checkers with match sticks on the tiles of the bathroom. "We could never quit," Joe laughs, "because somebody was always behind." Then he stops laughing. "It was unspoken, but we both knew. At practice, if one of us threw a pass that wobbled, the other would quack like a duck. We teased each other into staying friends, but we knew one eventually...
...DeBerg comes from Anaheim, where the team retreated to practice when fierce rains soaked San Francisco before the Dallas game. The two friends met for drinks. "It was great to see him," says DeBerg, "especially after all the triumphs he's had. We just talked about the good times. I can see that he loves it out here. He bought a place in Skyline [a half hour south of San Francisco]. He's had some of the best of California so far." Joe agrees. "I do like California," he says. "No snow, no scraping windshields. In the wintertime...