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 [Bill] Walsh, forever a Young fan, would occasionally yank Montana from games, even when Montana was not injured. These forced exits -- and the mistaken belief that Young was lobbying for more playing time behind Montana's back -- made Montana resent his understudy. Yet to this day Young will not criticize Montana, as painful as the star's treatment of him must have been. Young's treatment by others wasn't much better. In 1991, on his way to leading the league in passing, Young was criticized by fans and the Bay Area press for not playing well late in games, for not winning the big ones and for running too much. Jerry Rice complained that Young was not throwing to him often enough. When Young suffered a knee injury in the ninth game of the season, Steve Bono stepped in and played splendidly. There was a loud call for Bono to pass Young on the depth chart. --From "Young and the Restless" by Peter King, Sports Illustrated, May 31, 1993
Photograph by John W. McDonough
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