European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes saturday november 22,1986 Rookie o Neal leads defense to respectability in san Diego by Dennis Georgatos san Diego a nowhere is the defensive Rise of the san Diego chargers More evident than in the play of Leslie o Neal a Rookie defensive end who Lead the pass Rush that has registered the most quarterback sacks. The no. I draft Choice is the catalyst behind a surprising reversal in the chargers defense a unit ridiculed in re cent years for its tendency to always Bend and often break. He s the most natural pass rusher i be Ever seen. If there s a better one. That s come out of College i d like to see him defensive line coach Gunther Cunningham said. A two time All american at Oklahoma stale. O Neal had five of san Diego s record lying 12 sacks against Dallas in sunday s 24-21 loss to the cowboys Ashe chargers look the league Lead with 45. It s just a matter of wanting logo out arid make he plays when it counts o Neal said. I think i be played pretty Well but i still have a lot to learn. I think i need to play the run a Tad belter and be More consistent. I d like to be a Complete player. They talk so much about defensive ends and different players. They say this Guy Osgood against the pass and this Guy is Good against the Rush i want to be Good in both o Neal said he can see and feel the change in the san Diego defense which switched from a reaction style to pres sure style under first year defensive coordinator Ron Lynn. Al first it was a Surprise to me whence were at Home to have our defense booed. I never had experienced anything like that o Neal said. But now it defensive end Leslie o Neal. Natural pass rusher seems like they re cheering when we go out on the Field and hold a team which has t happened much o Neal s play also is commanding the attention of opponents. He s All Over the Field. He i an out standing football player los Angeles raiders coach Tom Flores said. Certainly it opens our eyes and gels our at Tention when you see the number of sacks they be had this year.1 despite the 2-10 record the san Dieg defense has played Well in recent weeks holding opponents to less than 300 Yards in five straight games the first time the chargers have done thai since 1977. San Diego defense has climbed from the Bottom of the rankings where it was for most of the 1980s, to no. 22 in the league. The emergence of Leslie o Neal As a real dominant player in the defensive line is something that has really been a catalyst to the performance of All the players up front san Diego coach Al Saunders who took Over for Don Coryell three weeks ago. Said. He s not playing like a Rookie. He s playing like a Veter o Neal s statistics show How much he has meant to the chargers. Going into thursday night s game be was second in the acc with it i sacks and led the team in tackles Wilh 75. He also has two interceptions the most by a san Diego defensive lineman since Bob Mitinger had three in 1963. Undersized for an nil defensive end at 255 pounds. O Neal makes up for his Lack of size through desire and Quicci be always Felt thai defense was an attitude thing and if i could come in an project a Good positive attitude coupled Wilh some other players Here then i knew we would turn into a pretty goo defense o Neal said. Tie season turned out a Little bit different but i think it helped us grow As a defensive unit. It s a Confidence builder to say 1 was one of the originals when they started rebuilding this defense. H s just like at Oklahoma state. While i was there they More or less rebuilt the defense. We went to three straight bowl games something that had not been done before at that school. 1 think my desire stems from that Type of court attaches Berbick s share of title purse Las vegas. Nev. 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