European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday augusts 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 25 Broncos con f leave Home without Kubiak Bubuc Syfox stiff writer London you re in a foreign land. Some 80,000 brits yell for your Star quarterback John Elway. Suddenly he goes Down under a Gary Jeter sack. You search for another Money Man. What do you do you go to backup quarterback Gary Kubiak Thebes insurance this Side of travellers checks. Yes Gary Kubiak. The denvei1 Broncos Don t leave Home without him. The key for Gary is he s always ready to play said Denver coach Dan Reeves As he strolled with his Broncos through Hyde Park after saturday s i not easy when you think you can play and you have a Guy like John Elway ahead of you. But Gary realize his Kubiat s role sunday is to quarterback the second Quarter and part of the third in the nil s american bowl Al Wembley stadium. Kickoff for the Denver los Angeles rams exhibition game is 6 . Local time Afn-tv.7p.rn. That s More quarterbacking than Kubiak gets in the regular season. He played in every game of 1986, but Only because he holds on Field goals and extra Points. To his limited Lime behind Center be completed 23 of38 passes for 249 Yards All of last season. Those Are Normal Elway stats for one game. Therein lies Kubiak s problem. He s playing behind Elway a super and pro bowl quarterback whom Many Call the s the quarterback said Kubiak during a break at the intercontinental hotel Headquarters for the Broncos. Hell be it until he retires. The last few years he s been healthy so i Haven gotten la play much. But in this league it s Lough to break in anywhere. So i try to do a Good you Mich five seen Kubiak s Best Job. In a game aired on an in 1984, he hit 21 of 34 passe for 206 Yards in Denver s 22-19 overtime Triumph Over the defending super bowl Champion los Angeles raiders it did t make me think i was a Star but 1 knew could compete in this league. It boosted my Confidence said Kubiak. Gary was fortunate 19 get trial playing time Early in his career said offensive coordinator and Quarter Back coach Mike Shanahan. He played and won soothe team really has Confidence in him. Since stoning two games in place of injured Elway in 1984, Kubiak has seen much less a a duty. You wonder if this 26-year-old, fifth year pro yearns for Trade. Denver backup Abgary Kublik practices in Hyde Park Satu Nuy Tot sunday s punt it list tie Rains in London. I contemplate it said Kubiak. But nothing would be gained by speaking up about it. Good things will happen if i work hard. Plus i m the Type of Guy who does t raise said Shanahan in the nil it just does t work that Way. You Don t just say i d like to be traded. It disruptive to the team. You Don t want to Rock the boat. I know Gary wants to play. At the same Lime he s on a Winner. He s very Well respected by i Peers. An the Chanc of a quarterback letting injured Are Good. He s close to there Are a lot of places he could Start said Elway who went on to list the raiders Colls and oilers. But Ever ahead of Elway he said he does t feel that pressure from Kubiak. I guess that s Confidence said Elway. I Hope i Don t play bad enough to be Kubiak was t always a backup Man. He starred att. Pius High school in his native Houston Selling a state passing record with 6.190 Yards. He was an All Southwest conference quarterback at Texas am his senior year of 1982, when he led the Sec in attempts completions percentage yardage touchdowns and total offence. That vaulted him into the Blue Gray game and Hula bowl. The Broncos drafted him in the eighth round of 198. Sammy Winder the running Back who has played All four seasons with Elway and Kubiak said they re two different quarterbacks. John s passes Are straight on a line. Gary relics on accuracy. John probably Drill sit Between two defenders better. He s a big play quarterback who threatens to go deep anytime. Gary we Call him Cool hand Luke. Hell Nickel and dime you to said Reeves Gary relics More on Liming. John can wait longer and set if a Guy is Reeves credits Kubiak s Type of character Wii avoiding quarterback controversy. Said Shanahan a team s got to be behind one per son. We be got a Guy who s no. I. On the other hand we be got a Guy who can win who s no. 2. Gary would be Able to Start for More than half the learns in the nil. Maybe those same teams Don t know How Good Gary is. We do. That s Why we Don t want to Trade after Kubiak Denver Hai Dean May of Louisville and Jeff Van Raaphorst. Arizona stale s hero of last january s Rose bowl. It might be Tough for them to break the Elway Kubiak lock especially since they re roommates. Bui quarterbacks no. I and no. 2 Aren t rookies Here As the players wives and girlfriends arc in Iowa. Kubiak and his wife Rhonda nil the Tower of London and the Wax museum which Kubiak called the neat est thing i be Rhonda s neatest thing was seeing Charles and i on the Queen Mother s birthday tuesday. Thai was while Gary practice against the rams. When Gary plans against them tonight Rhonda will forget royally and Rock with the rest of Wembley. Mansell retains pole in Hungary Budapest. Hungary
