Steve DeBerg
American former American football playerWikipedia
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Sep 17, 2026
Jacob WestendorfHOST
Yeah.
Jacob WestendorfHOST
[laughs] Uh, what was the other guy? Steve, Steve DeBerg, they pull him out of retirement.
Mark EckelHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Jacob WestendorfHOST
I remember them doing that a couple times when I was a kid.
Jared JusticePANELIST
it is not it is a Gardner Minshew
Rick BallouHOST
oh I thought it might have been a Steve DeBerg jersey
Jared JusticePANELIST
I mean either him or you know Elvis Gerbach
Rick BallouHOST
Jim Hart no no that's that was the St. Louis
Tim GrunhardtGUEST
Your main job, the number one thing your job is to do is to get the ball to the quarterback.
Tim GrunhardtGUEST
And I will tell you that there's even levels to that where guys like Steve DeBerg and back in the day, Joe Montana even, and even Elvis Gerbach, if you would snap the ball and you had the laces on the wrong side where they had to spin the ball in their hands, Steve DeBerg is a lot too.
Tim GrunhardtGUEST
Well, they don't even – he – He throws it back there holding the point of the ball.
Tim GrunhardtGUEST
Yeah, I know.
John KincadeHOST
Could throw stuff pretty far so she could be there.
John KincadeHOST
MPK wants us to go back to the Joey Harrington-Byron-Leftwich era.
Matt ChernoffHOST
Oh, no. Eric gave Steve DeBerger mention.
Matt ChernoffHOST
Oh,
John KincadeHOST
wow.
John LundHOST
Sember- September 14th, 1980.
John LundHOST
This is the Steve DeBerg laryngitis game.
John LundHOST
Uh, they're taking on the Cardinals back when they were in St. Louis, and Steve DeBerg had that crazy, uh, contraption on his back.
John LundHOST
It, it, it, uh, amplified his voice because he couldn't, he couldn't talk 'cause he had laryngitis so he had to wear this thing on his back.
John LundHOST
Take a listen to this.
John FacendaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The message was being sent out by the 49ers' Bill Walsh.
John FacendaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Aided by a battery-powered amplifier, laryngitis-stricken Steve DeBerg relayed his master's voice into the huddle.
John FacendaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[upbeat music] For the most part, DeBerg's arm did the talking against St. Louis.
Tim WebbHOST
Yeah, some of them are...
John LundHOST
what you're doing in a bath i can't read those things i'm acknowledging you that are texting in i'm just saying some of those i can't read but but i appreciate the interaction like i said i love when people interact with the show so i appreciate it all right number five on lun's last call does everyone remember this now of a certain age you wouldn't because you might be too young but of a certain demographic you would remember this september 14th 1980 this is the steve deberg laryngitis game They're taking on the Cardinals back when they were in St. Louis, and Steve DeBerg had that crazy contraption on his back.
John LundHOST
It amplified his voice because he couldn't talk because he had laryngitis, so he had to wear this thing on his back.
John LundHOST
Take a listen to this.
John LundHOST
The
Harry KalasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
message was being sent out by the 49ers' Bill Walsh.
Harry KalasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Aided by a battery-powered amplifier, laryngitis-stricken Steve DeBerg relayed his master's voice into the huddle.
Harry KalasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
For the most part, DeBerg's arm did the talking against St. Louis.
Warren MoonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's going to be a good football game.
Warren MoonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The question for Kansas City is how well DeBerg's injury is or not.
Jack AruteCORRESPONDENT
Now, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Houston Oilers, you're not going to be able to play in that game.
Jack AruteCORRESPONDENT
How is Houston going to win without you at quarterback?
Dan SileoHOST
Don't make it sound like Bill Walsh was winning football games prior to Montana showing up and putting him in the starting lineup.
Dan SileoHOST
They had Steve DeBerg there.
Dan SileoHOST
Elway's superior is the point, my dude.
Dan SileoHOST
All around with the running ability, probably.
Alonzo CarterGUEST
I'm just like, oh, we got OJ.
Alonzo CarterGUEST
That's how I know about Steve DeBerg and Chip Plunkett.
Alonzo CarterGUEST
So now I'm a 49er fan.
Alonzo CarterGUEST
We got O.J. Simpson.
Alonzo CarterGUEST
So when you're preparing, you're a one.
Alonzo CarterGUEST
Like I say, you always go a one – and a 1a in my mentality now you know the one's gonna get those reps and you never want somebody to lose their job to injury because that's that you want them to have an opportunity to come back but i grew up uh watching joe montana steve young i'm a 49er fan so i've seen that i watched it go from steve the bird to joe montana I've seen that transition.
Alonzo CarterGUEST
I remember when Jeff Plunkett was the quarterback.
Alonzo CarterGUEST
That's how long I've been watching 49ers.
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