European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 17, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 19 the Minnesota Vikings Matt Blair in the photo at left hands off an autographed nil stars handing off autographs football to spec. 4 Althea Stewart in Wiesbaden while nil official Bill Gran nil players Complete tour in Europe Holm looks on. And right Matt Suhey of the Chicago bears tries to keep up with is photos by Ken George the souvenir demand of fans As he passes out nil promotional material. Coffins gives Brock credit Tor rams Good season a Norw or a by Bucky Fox staff writer Wiesbaden the los Angeles rams have this problem. It s called get the quarterback. 1. They want to get a quarterback who can Lead them to the National football league championship. 2. They want to get to the quarterback Joe Montana who could keep the rams out of Contention. Linebacker Jim Collins likes the Odds of solving no. 1 better than no. 2. He says the rams might be gotten a championship quarterback last year in Dieter Brock. Dieter Brock had a bad game against the bears 10 of 31 completions for 66 Yards in a 24-0 pfc title game loss but otherwise he had Good stats third ranked bin the pfc. He did t screw up like a lot of quarterbacks did Collins said tuesday the final Day of the nil players Uso tour. With the Type of defense we had our offence did t have to be explosive. Coach John Robinson s philosophy is Don t make big mistakes and hold the other team for Good Field position. Brock s completion percentage 59.7 was very Good he had a Low amount of interceptions 13 and we did t lose a lot 11-5. If Dieter Brock was As bad As the . Press said he was we would t have been so close to the super bowl. There s nothing i d like better than to see Dieter Brock get us to the super bowl after All the abuse  for Brock to pull that off Collins and his defensive companions must Stop Montana. He s the Guy who Quarter backed san fran Cisco to two super bowl titles in the last five years. He s the Guy who plans to Lead the 49crs Back atop the pfc West after losing their division Crown to the rams in 1985. There s no one better than Montana right now Collins said. He s the top quarterback in the league. Maybe Dan Routs is More of a pure passer. But As far As leadership and his ability to pass and run if were starting a team i d pick him Over  Collins who led the rams in tackles Forine second straight season in 85, has reached Montana. That s on the Field not i be never talked to him Collins said. ,8�tten my shots a but not As Many As a like. We won the division so we re the team10 beat in the West. But i see the 49ers coming Back to championship form. Las year they were still the toughest offence to attend but their defense maybe was t As . A. ,. E  Is photo by Ken . Rams Jim Collins relaxes at the end of an 11-Day tour of us. Military installations in Europe with four other nil players. Tough. If we win the division again Well have to improve. If we Don to we can t win the  As Collins stretched his 6-foot-2, 235 Pound 27-year-old body beyond his hotel Couch he deserved a feeling of Comfort. He has a secure Job inside linebacker where he was voted by his Peers to last february s pro bowl. He plays on a winning team three straight playoff seasons out of his five nil years since graduating from Syracuse. Collins was also on the last leg of an 11 Day Jaunt through . Military bases in Germany and Italy. He and three other players Dave Krieg of Seattle Matt Suhey of Chicago and Mike Davis of the . Raiders were scheduled to Fly Home wednesday. Matt Blair of Minnesota is travelling a bit More before leaving. Right when Collins lands in California he plans to catch the end of the rams minicams. So tuesday night capping a Day of visiting the air Force Hospital at wies Baden and talking with troops at the wies Baden a gym offered a respite. He spoke of the rams. Turning to a two Back offence of Barry Redden joining Eric Dickerson. Drafting a quarterback within the first four rounds. Fielding that defense one of the few units that stood up to the super bowl champions. Chicago s defense is a pressure Man to Man defense. We re not As attack oriented said Collins of a ram defense that ranked fourth in the pfc. We re 95 per cent zone and they re 95 percent Man. We play zone better they play Man better. They have great athletes who make things happen. Because of the Success they had last year they could Call themselves the  he spoke of Jim Mcmahon meaning the difference in the pfc final. New or leans presenting a possible Surprise playoff threat in 1986the giants As pfc East favourites. Phil Simms has really come on Collins said of the new York quarterback. When we played against him i was not that impressed. But when i played with him in the pro bowl i really thought highly of  he spoke of the Best linebacker Law rence Taylor of the giants. One of the Best running backs Gerald Riggs of Atlanta. A couple of stud guards John Han nah of new England and Russ Grimm of Washington. Trying to sort them out in pro bowl voting. We get the ballots the week before the last game of the season and sometimes i won t know who to vote for Collins said. They la ask for offensive tackles i Don t know the Best offensive tackles. So i might say of i be heard of him so i vote for him. So not always the Best players get  Collins Hopes he gets there again after next season. Or maybe that Dieter Brock does and Joe Montana does t