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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, August 22, 1997
Offensive firepower to carry quieter Cowboys through NFC East
Returning All-Pro players focus on helping team regain footing after off-season trouble
The Associated Press
The Dallas Cowboys Country Club went out of business this year, replaced by a virtual boot camp.
A talented but troubled team, the Cowboys tried put all their emphasis on football and eliminate the distractions that helped kill their season a year ago.
Owner Jerry Jones would like to have turned training camp into a monastery. He had to settle for something in between and —
coach Barry Switzer's gun misadventure notwithstanding — the players behaved until the final day of camp, when they trashed the dormitories at St. Edward's College to celebrate.
On the field, they seem improved from last season, when they finished 10-6 and lost to Carolina in their second playoff game.
some positive changes," said Troy Aikman, who reportedly threatened retirement rather than live through another stormy season. "We kept free
then second playoff game.
"We've had to take a hard look at our team in the offseason, and we've made
agents like Daryl Johnston, Broderick Thomas and Brock Marion. We had a good draft. We've taken
steps to correct our off-field problems. I think we are starting this season in a very positive atmosphere."
Dallas still beats its NFC East
Darren Woodson, Deion Sanders, Erik Williams and Larry Allen all made the All-Pro team. Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin, who all had poor seasons by their standards, still are star quality, capable of dominating any game and any opponent.
rivals in talent.
Tight end Jay Novacek and defensive end Charles Haley both retired, but they hardly played in 1996.
The Cowboys have to revamp their kicking game with the losses of placekicker Chris Boniol and punter John Jett to free agency, and might start
They let receiver Kevin Williams go to Arizona, replacing him with Denver's Anthony Miller.
two rookies, tight end David LaFleur and linebacker Dexter Coakey.
While the Dallas offense has the stars, the defense was the reason the Cowboys won the division again. The defense ranked third in the NFL behind Green Bay and Pittsburgh. Leon Lett will miss most of the season on drug suspension, the linebacking is a problem and injuries could hurt the secondary.
While the defense might cause some minor problems in the Cowboys' 1998 run at the Super Bowl,
"We've taken steps to correct our off-field problems. I think we are starting this season in a very positive atmosphere."
Troy Aikman Dallas quarterback
few divisional opponents have the complete team to stop them.
Predictions: Dallas, 11-5; Philadelphia, 9-7; Washington, 9-7; Arizona 6-10; New York Giants, 5-11.
Clash of the titans: Elway, Marino after Super Bowl ring
The Associated Press
In 1984, his second season in the NFL, Dan Marino set single-season records for yardage, completions and touchdown passes — an astounding 48 — leading the Miami Dolphins to the Super Bowl. When they lost 38-16 to San Francisco, the general reaction was: "Don't worry, he'll be back a lot. He'll get his ring."
John Elway took the Denver Broncos to the Super Bowl in 1986, 1987 and 1989, losing to the Giants, Redskins and 49ers by an average of 32 points. He thought he'd be back, too.
Marino's never gone back, Elway hasn't been there in eight seasons, and as 1997 begins, Elway and Marino have very narrow windows of opportunity to finally get a Super Bowl ring.
So this year is Windows 97, next year might be Windows 98, and that could be it. They're even rooting for each other.
"John's a friend," Marino said. "I've known him for a long time. Not only have we played against each other, but our careers have kind of paralleled. Hopefully, it's me and not John, but if I couldn't win it, I would love for him to have chance to win the Super Bowl."
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In many ways, athletes are like everyone else. As they get older, they get more brittle.
From Sept. 2, 1984, through Oct. 17, 1993, Marino started 155 consecutive games, a remarkable record of durability at a position where players seemingly wear bulls-eyes on their chests. Then he tore an Achilles' tendon and missed the final 11 games of 1993.
In 1995, he missed two games with a bruised sternum and last season missed three games after breaking his ankle.
Elway also was durable, missing one game in 1988 with a sprained ankle and another in 1989 with the flu.
But in 1992, he bruised his right shoulder, missing four games. He also was hurt in 1994 and last year, and has twice had shoulder surgery. During this preseason, he tore a bicep warming up for an exhibition game in Mexico City against Marino and the Dolphins. Last season could have been Elway's year.
For the first 13 games, the Broncos were at worst the NFL's second-best team and perhaps the
best. They were 12-1 and with four weeks left in the regular season and had clinched not only the AFC West, but home field in the playoffs, traditionally the easiest route to the Super Bowl. And in Terrell Davis, who led the AFC in rushing, Elway finally had the running back he'd lacked.
But early success also was the Broncos' downfall. From Dec. 1 to Jan. 4, it was like preseason: boring practices with meaningless games in between.
In hindsight, the most important week — psychologically, at least — was the one after the Broncos clinched, when they went to Green Bay for what was supposed to be a Super Bowl preview. Elway, who had a hamstring pull, sat out and the Packers won 41-6.
The Broncos never played their type of football again, except, perhaps, in the first quarter of their next meaningful game on Jan. 4, 34 days after they clinched. They jumped to a 12-0 lead against Jacksonville at Mile High Stadium, where they were 8-
0 during the season.
Marino seems to have a slimmer chance of getting the ring this season.
For much of his career, Marino's problem has been the same as Elway's: no premier runner and shaky defenses.
Since that Super Bowl season in 1984, the Dolphins are 4-5 in playoff games and Marino has gotten as far as the AFC title game just twice — in 1985, when Miami was upset 31-14 by New England, and in 1992, when the Dolphins lost 29-10 to Buffalo.
Of the six quarterbacks taken in the first round of the 1983 draft, four have reached the Super Bowl, but they're a combined 0-9. Jim Kelly, who retired last season, was there four times with Buffalo.
The bottom line? Maybe it's the 1983 jinx.
Elway has gone three times, Marino once and Tony Eason went with the Patriots in 1985.
Kelly and the Bills are one reason Marino and Elway haven't gone back. The Bills beat the Broncos in one AFC title game and the Dolphins in another in their run of four straight conference titles in the early '90s.
While NFC teams have won Super Bowls with Joe Montana, Troy Aikman and Steve Young, all marquee quarterbacks, such less talented QBs as Jim McMahon, Doug Williams, Jeff Hostetler and Mark Rypien won titles for teams with solid defenses and running games.
Chiefs, Rams will test mettle in NFL exhibition game tonight
The Associated Press
ST. LOUISE — It's time to see how much Orlando Pace's training camp holdout really cost him.
The No.1 pick of the draft will make his debut at left offensive tackle in tonight's exhibition finale between the St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs. Pace practiced for the first time on Sunday, but has made an immediate impression.
"Our defensive ends pass rush on him and he reaches out and jams them with those long arms. It straightens them right up," said coach Dick Vermeil. "Holy mackerel, he's impressive."
"It's pretty exciting," he said. "I'm picking up the offense quick and hopefully everything is working out pretty well."
Pace said he felt ready.
He also said he'd probably feel nervous before his pro debut.
"But once I get in there, it's just like any other place," Pace said. "You just play football."
Vermeil said there's no doubt the Rams made the right choice trading up in the draft to get Pace. Still, he'll take it slow at first, with Pace probably playing in the second half against the Chiefs' reserves.
"Let's not put him on a pedestal yet," Vermilg said. "He
needs a lot of work, but he's the right guy."
“This game doesn't count, you know what I mean?” said Rams cornerback Todd Lyght. “I’d rather lose this game and then win the next three.”
Heading into the final exhibition, both teams are 1-2 in the preseason. The Chiefs are coming off their first victory, 30-10 over Carolina, and the Rams lost 34-31 to Dallas in their last game
Both coaches said they would not hold back on their playbooks for the exhibition.
"We have certain things we're going to do," Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer said. "The fact we play the Rams later I don't think will be a factor in the things we're going to do."
The Chiefs have been struggling with a revamped defense, losing 28-14 to Pittsburgh in the preseason opener and 26-7 at New Orleans in week two.
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Golf course maintenance positions now available.
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