UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, September 26, 1998
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Tendon injury will keep KC's Dawson on reserve
World League leader to replace receiver
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs say Lake Dawson will be placed on injured reserve and replaced by Sean LaChapelle, who led the World League last year with 1,023 receiving yards.
Dawson, a third-year wide receiver, went out early in Sunday's 17-14 victory against Denver and was diagnosed with a tendon injury to the right knee. He was the fourth Chiefs pass-catcher to go down this year.
Dawson, hampered all year by a nagging, unrelated knee injury, has five catches for 83 yards and one touchdown in the undefeated Chiefs' first four games.
LaChapelle, 6-foot-3, 205 pounds was in the Chiefs' training camp the last two seasons and was signed Tuesday. He will be available for this week's AFC West battle at San Diego. Wide receiver Tamarick
"We are very disappointed with the loss of Lake," said Carl Peterson, Chiefs general manager. "He has been a very valuable player for our team."
Vanover, who missed the last two games with a rib injury, was expected to be ready.
were able to defeat Denver without two of our top three wide receivers and without our top two tight ends."
Productive play by backups Chris Penn and Danaan Hughes the last two weeks has softened the effects of the Vanover and Dawson injuries. Each caught key passes in the winning touchdown drive Sunday against Denver, and Steve Bono hit hughes with an eight-yard pass for the first touchdown.
"These things seem to go in cycles." Schottenheimer said. "Two years ago we weren't so lucky. Last year we were."
It's times like these when Schottenheimer is glad the organization works hard to develop depth.
right ends Keith Cash and Derrick Walker were both out last week, and seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker Derrick Thomas is hobbled by a hamstring injury, but he is expected to be ready for San Diego.
During their 13-3, 1995 campaign when they led the league and established a franchise record in victories, the Chiefs' luck with injuries was remarkable. The only starter who missed any time to speak of was 12-year left tackle John Alt.
"We're fortunate we've got depth." said Coach Marty Schotenheimer. "I think Tamarick will be back shortly."
"This team was built for depth and as we saw last week, players on our team stepped into roles and helped us win again," Peterson said. "We
"We play a lot of players," he said. "Our cornerbacks and most of our offensive linemen and quarterback play every snap. Beyond that, we're involved in a significant amount of rotating. That has enabled us to develop some of the younger players. So when you have a need, they're better prepared to perform.
"In the long haul, teams that have an absence of quality depth are going to struggle because ours is a game of attrition."
Indianapolis still in contention
Colts play with injuries, remain undefeated in first four games
By Dave Goldberg
AP sports writer
A few hours after Jeff "Me First" George was suspended by the Atlanta Falcons, Jim Harbaugh dove into a pile to pry away a fumble Miami's Chris Singleton appeared to have recovered. The move probably saved a game for the Indianapolis Colts.
Want one reason why the Colts are a contender, one of
after four weeks? Want one reason why they were a play or two away from the Super Bowlast season?
Jim Harbaugh's the quarterback and Jeff George isn't.
It goes beyond that, of course, back to Jan. 7, 1994.
when Bill Tobin was hired as the team's director of football operations, allowing Jim Irsay, who once traded two first-round draft picks for special teams whiz Fredd Young, to return to the administrative chores for which he's best suited.
Tobin is one of those guys like Carolina's Bill Polian, San Diego's Bobby Beeham, Buffalo's John Butler, Kansas City's Carl Peterson and Green Bay's Ron Wolf. They find nuggets in players that other teams reject.
So when Tobin left the Bears, one of his first moves was to shuffle George off to Atlanta for a first-round pick that turned into Marvin Harrison, another of the many budding stars on the Colts. Then he brought in a quarterback named Harbaugh, who has half of George's physical talents but twice his leadership ability and heart.
Moreover, he did NOT draft Trent Dilfer, leading to an on-the-air argument with Mel Kiper. Dilfer's performance, or lack thereof, in Tampa speaks for itself. The performance of Trev Alberts, the linebacker Tobin took instead, speaks for the Colts — Alberts has spent most of his career hurt.
That's what's made Indy — depth, a commodity few teams have in the salary cap era.
But injuries aren't something that faze this team.
"The kid's so green that he didn't know the defense that was called and he forgot to get off the field," Tobin grumbled at halftime after Burroughs was the 12th man on a penalty that set up a Miami field goal.
Barton says Monday night they lost outside linebackers Quentin Coryatt and Stephen Grant on one play early in the game, yet they held Miami, averaging 156 yards rushing, to 28 yards on the ground. One of the principals was Sammie Burroughs, a rookie free agent linebacker who last year was a defensive back at Portland State.
The Colts played without six starters Monday night for the second week in a row, including Marshall Faulk and Tony Bennett, their two best players besides Harbaugh and Corvatt.
But Burroughs also played a role in stuffing the Dolphins' running game.
But as they did in last season's playoffs, Lamont Warren and Zack Crockett make Faulk unnecessary at running back. A Hall of Fame-bound relic named Richard Dent, another of Tobin's old Bears, helped fill in for Bennett and got himself a sack, and Harbaugh did the rest.
"He's not one of those quarterbacks who's satisfied to take millions of bucks," said Tony Sirausga, the blue-collar tackle who's one of the leaders of the defense. "He's a football player."
That's the ultimate compliment from a guy in the trenches to a skill player. But these are the unselfish Colts. Tony McCoy, who plays next to Siragusa, had two sacks Monday night, a half-sack fewer than all of last year, and he heard it, too.
"Tony McCoy," Siragua said, "does all the hard work in the defense. It was great to see him get those two."
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