European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes january the defenders super will feature cowboys Broncos 34 lineup in Battle of defences by Hal Bock new Orleans two intricate defences Denver 31 and the Dallas flex will be facing off in super bowl Xii when the champions of the Amer ican collide with the Kingpins of the National conference in Sun Days world championship game the an alignment popular through out the Slacks four linebackers behind three Down the in vented and practice solely by the cow staggers the line to plug All possible gaps and depends on the defenders holding their neither defense is simple but both arc the Anchor in Denver 34 is nose guard Rubin who is flanked by Al pro Alzado at one end and Veteran Gamey Chavous at the i have a two Hole responsibility in the said i have to cover both sides of the in a Fourman the two tackles would have inside in our Ive got to cover both of there of variations of the de it really depends which defensive formation were said some ill have to sacrifice myself but sometimes the linebackers arc the ones who must Al pro Tom one of the four Denver says the Success of the 31 depends on those three Down line our defense is based on three linemen pressuring the quarterback and control Ling the running he that makes it three against or or even and that hut our three Are super dome fans wont see replays new Orleans api fans in the us per Doc for sundays super bowl Xii wont get a Chance to Sec instant replays and the National football league says that has nothing to do with the recent uproar Over the decision not to show replays was made Well Over a year Jim Heffer the Nils director of Public said Well before season even the decision was made for several Rea two of them being that with the screens the lighting is not As Good As it should be and with the addition of several thousand scats for this the configuration is changed and a major number of people in the lower stands would not be Able to see the there is no correlation Between the decision not to show replays and the recent problems arising from the added referring to a couple of apparently blown in each Case a Fumble was awfully Quick and have such great knowl Edge of the game that they Clear areas for the linebackers to make our names Are in the but their names arc in the stax Alzado said the linebackers spell the Success or failure of the Denver 34 de it is predicated on the he i dont like but its been Success Ful for its difficult for the offence to Block because they dont know where the in the bag Dallas defensive lineman Harvey Martin is shown Here making one of the 23 quarterback sacks he recorded during the past season in route to being selected the associated press defensive player of the his victim Here is Ron Jaworsky of he Philadelphia Martin also was credited with making 55 unassisted tackles and a sisting on 30 photo linebackers Are going to the offence does exactly where Carter and Chavous will its our Job basically to gel in the said we use different stunts and if you have Good linebackers like we then its Dallas quarterback Roger staubach thinks the Denver 31 will limit his scram with the Speed of their i  get very he the Denver defense was fourth Best in the acc last yielding but the Broncos led the league in stopping the surrendering Only 120 less than the whose flex is specifically designed to Stop running the flex is a zone said Dallas ended too tall we each have an area of responsibility and you must discipline yourself to stay in your that Why its so Tough for new Guys to learn it and break into the in you pursue freelance a you the flex is Best against the run because we stay in and avoid the trap youve got to move us out of thais not easy against those two Book ends Dallas uses on each Side of the flex Jones is 69 and 265 and Harvey the a defensive player of the is 65 and ask Martin about the flex and he Smil its a coordinated defense that the he that All coach Landry tells linebacker Thomas Henderson is one of four new faces incorporated into the flex this its totally different from anything he you have to control your own theres no running Al though i have More Freedom than some of the other in the you can look terrible if youre not doing it you stick out like a sore How Tough is the flex to Leam said its not hard at it Only took me three coach Landry says you never know it All and that by the time you youll be too old to play both teams worked in sub freezing temperatures fourth coach in four years 49ers fire hire Mcculley i continued Page 21 focus of fans frustrations this my who signed a three year pact for an undisclosed he was not familiar with 49er but noted that when Plunkett was quarterback at new eng the patriots won four of six meetings with the i have High regard for Jim from Ive seen of he he also said that his impression of the 49ers is they have a Good defense and Good running the place we have to make some improvements in is the passing Morton says condition 300 percent better7 continued from Page 21 ment against him alleging that he owes to a new York i paid my original tax Bill in Decem which was about twice the amount there asking for Morton they gave me no they just sent a statement to my mom in the timing was but it was just one of those in not suspicious about the in going to pay it when i get in not going to say any More about the arcs second leading passer who threw two touchdown passes in each of the two conference playoff said the Broncos cannot afford to let the powerful Dallas defense Lake advantage of third Down the key to our attack is to be Success Ful on first and second he we have to keep them out of those third Down situations because they Are so we also cant throw it up for grabs Down the Middle because their safeties Charlie Waters and Cliff Harris Are so the fact he once played for Morton will not be a he played 9i years with the leading them into super bowl v in its been Long enough since Ive been said who was traded in 1974 to the new York it wont be any i know they know so it i think in a better quarterback More a making less mistakes and not forcing the Ball Lien timing coincidence Dallas Dpi the internal Revenue service said tuesday it was coincidence that a tax Lien was filed against Denver Bronco quarterback Craig Morton the week before he was due to face the Dallas cowboys in super bowl Morton has said he sees no connection Between the tax Lien and his super bowl and the irs confirmed this was a routine said a spokesman in the irs collection division the assessment was made Back in no vember a demand for the taxes was made at that the taxes were not so a tax Lien was filed to protect the governments the irs spokesman said it issued no news release about Morton tax problems he said the situation became Public knowl Edge when the papers were filed in Dallas county and that the court papers merely surfaced at super bowl time Byco you make the big play with a pass ing the fired assistants included Floyd Jim Doug Jimmy Howard Mudd and de linebacker coached Beard left the staff last although who came to san fran Cisco after four seasons As offensive cow dilator of the los Angeles had a disappointing 59 his firing came at a up Learned that Mcculley actually wat Thomas first Choice to become head coach last year but George Washington general manager and head refused Thomas permission to talk with Mcculley graduated from Louisiana tech in 1956 after starring As an Al Confer ence quarterback and immediately went into As an assistant at Stephen Austin College in Texas the univer sity of Houston Baylor 196341 and the naval Academy 197071 before entering the nil coaching ranks in in the past three the 49ers have had three head Dick Nolan was fired at the end of the 1975 season after eight he was succeeded by Monte who left in a dispute with Thomas after Only one year at the and Meyer led the club this past