European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday decembers 1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Talent scouts differ on Heisman pick pro football personnel directors Don l pick the Heisman trophy Winner. But what they think Means draft Post Ion and Money. And they think Tim Brown is the Man sort of the downtown Al Lulic club in new York awards the Heisman trophy based on votes from a panel of 1,050 Media members and past winners. Bui if Gil Brandt vice president Tor personnel development of the Dallas cowboys had a vote lie probably would have Given in to Brown of notre Dame. But i d have to do a lot of soul  lie said. Other nil Talent scouts searching their souls found instead running Back Lorenzo while of Michi Gan stale or Syracuse quarterback Don Mcl Hurson. There probably is not a real Clear Cut Choice this year said Brandt. But 1 really like Brown. He has t had he Benefit of a pass oriented learn and he s still made a lol of big plays he s a big Strong Well built kid and i think he s a Lille bit of an untapped resource because notre Dame is basically a running learn without a quarterback to gel him the Ball. He s an excellent Al Lela with very very Good Speed and he s such a great pull returner and kick returner that you have people hanging 30-Yard kicks to avoid touchdown returns. He s responsible for 125-150 Yards Worth of Field position every game because of the Way he runs Back kicks. Those arc things scouts notice things that Don l show up in  what did show up in Brown s statistics were 39 catches for 646 Yards 167.6 All purpose Yards per game and 1,843 total Yards. Punt returns accounted for 401 Yards and Kickoff returns for 452 Yard of that local. Brandt said Brown s Noire Dame affiliation had to help in the Heisman election and his Early season Success on nationally televised games he lied an Mcaa record by i Luming two punts for touch Downs against Michigan state gave him an Edge but not necessarily an undeserved one. Hell be inc no. I pick in the draft and he will be a Good pro  Harry buffing on of National football scouting an evaluation service thai produces reports for 19 nil teams echoed Brandt s View. Brown is no i in the country for us he said he has a super Star Grade. He has exceptional strength and durability and is Strong on four major scouting factors height weight Speed and  Jack Butler of Bleston another nil scouting com Bine agreed. Everybody talks about Brown because he does us Many things. He s a tremendous Prospect a legitimate pro. Is he the greatest College football player in the country today that s debatable. But he s done a great Job and he s a great  National football scouting and blocs to concern themselves Larcaly Wilh a player s professional potent ional. The Heisman criteria however say nothing about that Factor. With that in mind one acc personnel director said his vote would have gone to running Back Lorenzo while of Michigan slate. Outside of one or two games. White had consist ent production and had done everything you could ask in every game he said speaking on the Condi Tion that he nol be identified by name. And that s throughout his career. You can see a steady progression Wilh him. For Michigan stale the big thing was to get to the Rose bowl. In games they had to win to gel there he came through. The game that got them in he carried something like 56 limes for 200-Odd Yards. He was steady in every game. As far As his pro prospects maybe i Don t feel hell be the no. I Guy. But for total production in College this year i d vote for him another acc club s chief of football operations. Who also insisted on anonymity agreed. If i was pinned to the Wall i d vote for White he said. Brown May be drafted higher but if you re talking about the effect on his team i like while they rely on him so much. When you consider How often they give him the Ball and How he does t turn i Over that s really impressive. They go to him Over and Over again and you re talking about a Leam with no significant passing at tack. For Impact and value to his Cam he d be my  the Only negative thing the Seoul ing combines Sec about while is his size. He s a Short kid 5-Iovi," nos buffing on said. But that s nol a negative any More not after what 5-7 Joe Morris of the new York giants has done. White s got 4.6 Speed and we have an outta and i no Grade on  the grades Are Good too on Syracuse quarterback Don Mcpher Xun who was the Heisman Choice of a third acc team s personnel director. Mepherson is the Busl College athlete and the most important player to Hii team he said. That does t make him the Best pro  Reed Johnson director of player personnel for the Denver Broncos is another Mcpherson Man. It s hard to single out one Guy but Mcpherson led his team from the Depths of despair loan undefeated season he said. The quarterback louche the Ball on every play. Mcpherson probably had More to do with the Success of his team than the others. He gives you a Chance to win it s hard logo 11-0 As an  finished As the nation s most efficient passer 129 completions in 229 attempts for 2,341 Yards and 22 touchdowns in leading no. 4 Syracuse into a new year s Day sugar bowl Daic against album. That same Day. Brown and Noire Dame play Texas am in the Cotton bowl and White and Michigan stale go against Southern Cali fornia in the Rose bowl. Johnson s phantom Heisman vote comes with an amendment though. He is not thrilled Wilh the elec Tion process it s subjective and maybe outlived its usefulness he said. It s no predictor of Success in the nil. Thai s the Best part about it that in has nothing to do with pro football. If notre Dame has a worthy candidate and does Well he notre Dame player  Brown Hopes the Broncos Man was right about that. Becker Lomax compiling pro bowl stats  from Page 21 to close the match. Becker double faulted 10 times in the 2-hour, 34-Minule match bul made up for it with 17 aces and i service winners. I was very pleased with my serve Becker said i was the key to my win tonight because i served very Well on the big  Connors who played poorly in a loss to Gilbert wednesday night was much sharper against Becker. The crowd cheered wildly several times when he hit clean winners off Becker s booming serve. "1 thought i played All right tonight and i thought he played Alt right said Connors who is 0-5 lifetime against Becker. It was a Good match. I think everybody enjoyed  Becker called it a typical Becker con nors match. It was very hard fought until the  contrast Lendl needed Only �8 minutes to beat Gilbert for the 13th consecutive  was very nervous at the beginning and it took me a while to shake it off Lendl said. After that it was pretty  Gilbert s main achievement was breaking Lindl s serve 10 even the Sec Ond set 2-2. But Lendl who was broken Only once in last year s tournament broke right Back and coisted the rest of the  did t feel that i played that badly but there was an eight or nine game stretch where he did t make even one error Gilbert said. His passing shots arc just unbelievable. I think he s gelling  by , Fallstrom St. Louis api maybe the St. Louis cardinals should do this every year Bench Neil Lomax for a few games offer him As Trade bait in the off season and draft another quarterback in the first round. Lomax got the message h is putting up pro bowl numbers again. I Don l get into these articles about the new Neil Lomax Lomax said. It s just that it s a lot easier to throw the Ball when i can stand behind the line and spot my  but among his teammates there is no question that the seven year Veteran is a changed Man. He s like the old Neil again fullback Ron Wolfley said. You look Al the films and just Marvel at his accuracy. He s got to have other teams  wide receiver . Smith. Who leads the nil in receiving with 64 catches echoed those sentiments. He s controlling the offence Smith said. He s come a Long  going into sunday s action Lomax trails Only Joe Montana of the san fran Cisco 49ers in pfc passing efficiency. In Only eight games he has thrown 17 touchdown passes four More than All last season. His completion Rale is 60.1 percent and he has thrown for 2.409 Yards an average of 301 Yards per game. The numbers compare favourably with his 1984 pro bowl season when he passed for 4.614 Yards fifth highest in league history and 28 touchdowns with a 61.6 completion percentage. He also nearly single hand edly beat the redskins in a season ending game that cants Nell linux. Lime to spot receivers would have put St. Louis in the playoffs. Lomax threw for 468 Yards in a 29-27 loss a performance that Washington coach Joe Gibbs remembers vividly. It was the Best any quarterback has played against  said Gibun whose team plays Lomax and the cardinals on sunday. Al that time the cardinals thought the former first round draft pick from port land suite was going to be somebody Spe Cial. In the next two seasons however St. Louis slipped to records of 5-11 and4-11-1, and Lomax s effectiveness also tailed off dramatically. In mid season last year. Cardinals coach Gene stalling benched Lomax for two games replacing him with Veteran Cliff Stoudt. Afler the season the Cardi nals put Lomax on inc trading Block and in the draft the team made Colorado state quarterback Kelly Stouffer their no. I Choice and he sixth pick Overall. Stalling also criticized Lomax for re fusing to spend the off season in St. Louis and participate in informal work outs with teammates. But the Trade did t happen Stouffer is still in Rushville neb., As the league s Lone first round holdout and now every thing is old news for the new Neil. I just worked a Little harder in the off season said Lomax whose effectiveness is a big reason is. Louis 5-6, has already lopped ils Victory total of last year. I came in to Camp in inc Best shape of my career but i be done that every year. I m just doing what i have to do. The Guys Are making it easy for  almost too easy. In the last two games Lomax passed for 254 and 279 Yards in the first half alone As the cardinals took command in route to easy victories Over the Philadelphia eagles and Atlanta fal cons. Wilh Lomax at the controls the cardinals rank fourth in the league in total Yards and passing Yards. Perhaps Lomax i Peak performance came in the cardinals nil record fourth Quarter comeback against the Tampa Bay buccaneers nov. 8. Lomax completed 10 of 13 passes for 164 Yard and three touchdowns to bring St. Louis from a 28-3 deficit to a 31-28 Victory. A healthy Crew of recognizable receivers has t Hurt either. Laii year Veteran Roy Green and Pat Tilley missed much of the season. Maybe part of the problem last year was because he had to introduce himself to his receivers Smith said. In any Case he s throwing the Ball a lot better this year. He s having an All pro