European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday april 2, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 25 chief the nil in Berlin choose Pelluer by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Berlin a Steve Deberg and Ron Jaworski step aside. Steve Pelluer is the front runner for the Kansas City chiefs starting quarterback Iob when training Camp opens next summer. The teams general manager said. Carl Peterson in Berlin to announce the chiefs american bowl Here aug. 11 against the los Angeles rams said the chiefs will lean toward youth at quarterback. Pelluer acquired from the Dallas cow boys last season led the chiefs playoff charge which fell Short in the last weekend of the National football league season. Pelluer will feel pressure from Mike Elkins last years first round pick out of Wake Forest. Deberg and Jaworski both aging veterans past their prime May find themselves relegated to the sidelines or a waiver list when training Camp opens. Quot we re Happy with our quarterback situation a Peterson said. A the Guy i worked very hard to make a Trade for was Steve Pelluer and finally got the cowboys to make it reasonable because i Wasny to going to give them what they wanted. He came in and really sparked our team until he got injured. A a he a a tremendous threat when he runs with the Ball As Well As throwing it. We still got Deberg As a Pelluer took the snaps in Dallas during the dog Days when the cowboys Sank from being americans team to americans whipping boy. Peterson thinks Pelluer can be a championship quarterback. A like anything you have to be with the right supporting cast i done to care How talented you Are a Peterson said. A the did no to have much of a supporting cast in Dallas. He had no supporting cast. He got the dog beat out of him every week. Quot we re going to find out if Pelluer is a championship a a this year. If he can to then Well have to turn to the draft next a ram quarterback Jim Everett who threw for a career High 4,310 Yards and led los Angeles to the pfc championship game thinks Pelluer could be the answer to Kansas City a years of mediocrity. As for Pelluer being a championship quarterback a a it a not for me to judge a Everett said. A comparing quarterbacks a whether its Steve Pelluer Dan a Steve Pelluer leaping Over Seattle s Eugene Robinson in 1989, will probably Start when the chiefs play the rams aug. 11 in Berlin. Aft Rino or myself a its apples oranges and pears. Steve Pelluer could be the answer that the Kansas City chiefs need. Then again in a not to judge. I done to know their system. All i know is that they have a great defense. A a he a travelled from Dallas but that by far does not count him out As being a championship quarterback. He has yet to put up the stats but then again he a a younger quarterback. I believe Johnny Unitas was Cut things Are looking up for Kansas City in the acc West. The chiefs came on Strong toward the end of the year to finish 7-9, partly because of Marty Schot Genheimer the former Cleveland coach who joined the chiefs before last season. A frankly we Felt we could have won that division last year a Peterson said. A a it a a very competitive very even division. In �?T88, before we came it went Down to the 16th week to determine who was going to be the division Winner of the acc West. If the raiders would have won that game in the 16th week they would have won that division at 8-8. That show competitive it the chiefs turnaround during the �?T89 playoff stretch nearly put Kansas City in its first playoff game in three years. Christian Okoye the nigerian Nightmare sparked Kansas City a Renaissance Rushing for an nil leading 1,480 Yards a a team record. Okoye is sold on Kansas City a and Pelluer. A a he a a Good quarterback Quot Okoye said in his nigerian accented English. A i think he can Lead the team to a championship. He a got to be Given a Chance. When he a Given a Chance then you can say whether he can be a championship quarterback or not. Of course he s still Young. He a growing and developing everyday. Well wait and Sec what Okoye May find himself taking hand offs from Elkins. A Elkins is a Young Guy. He a also growing and developing every Day. Preseason is to give the Young players a Chance to prove themselves to develop things like that. He a got that time to do apparently the nil has become a chiefs fan. Under a new format which added two More playoff teams to the 10 teams that formerly advanced to postseason play the chiefs would have made the playoffs last season. The new playoff system will be put into practice next season. Peterson was a very much an advocate of expanding the playoffs without diluting the importance of them a he said. A i m not an advocate of the National hockey league where 65 to 70 percent of the teams qualify for the playoffs. I did feel that with 28 teams having Only 10 participants was not Lair. Very frankly teams that had records that were equal to or better than teams that qualified for the playoffs were not getting into it. A i thought that was a real inequity. You play so hard for your record now simply because the quirk of the new schedule and so Forth. This new thing does t fully rectify that but it does allow at least another participant a one from each conference a into the pressure from to to expand the playoff format was not a Factor. Peterson insisted. This year five broadcasting companies a Abc lbs. Abc. Esp and the Turner broadcasting network a will broadcast nil games. Each year nearly 800 hours of broadcast time Are devoted to pro football an n Al sponsored Survey showed. A television very frankly was not that concerned with playoffs Peterson said. A what television wanted was to expand the length of the season to play 16 regular season games in 17 weeks. Next year Well play 16 games in 18 weeks. They weren to that Adamant or excited about adding playoff teams. That came from wishes his bombs had busted Broncos by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Berlin a nearly four months later Jim Everett a Only regret is that he not Joe Montana did no to get to beat up on John Elway and the Denver Broncos in super Bow xxiv. Everett said he did no to feel for Elway who was framed As the games Goat. A no 1 wish i was there a said the Albuquerque . Everett in Berlin for the a Fly san Iun Cement that the City would Host the ams chiefs exhibition aug. Ii said he managed to watch a parts of the san fran so 49ers�?T 55-10 rout of the Broncos in the Els ultimate game last january. The los Angeles ram quarterback suf red through a 16-of-36 passing Day with ree interceptions As the 49ers earned a Kirthi in the super bowl with a 30-3 trounce of the rams Jan. 14. The 49ers went on native who is entering his fourth season with the rams. A i had a Chance in the pfc title Gam and obviously things were different. I wish i would have had the Chance to participate in the super bowl but then again it would a the tried to do a Job and he was unsuccessful As i was in the pfc title game a said Everett. A a it a a team game and we All were unsuccessful As was Denver. As Minnesota was trying to Stop the 49crs. All three quarterbacks that had to play the 49crs did no to look As Good As they had still Everett is slowly jumping on the Joe Montana bandwagon. A when we played Joe Montana for the pfc championship he had three incomplete passes and two of them were throwaways Quot the 6-5. 212-Pound quarterback. 30 a Everett win the most lopsided super bowl in tory. Have been against John Everett a 1986 first round draft pick out of Purdue did no to hang the Goat horns on Elway. Said. Quot he was 27 for 30 against us. A flawless Type of game which he repeated in the super bowl. Its a Standard set for quarterbacks. Quot in a glad he plays that Way and i m glad we play in the same division As he. Why not play the Best lets learn from the Best. Lets con Pete against him and we will find a Way to beat last season. Everett proved Why he is considered one of the most explosive quarterbacks in pro football. He completed 304 passes in 518 attempts for 4.310 Yards. He led the pfc with 29 touchdown passes. The week before the 49ers blew past the rams Everett a heroics led . Past the favored new York giants Jan. 7. Everett hit receiver Ripper Anderson from 30 Yards out 1 06 into overtime to Lead the rams to a 19-13 Victory. Quot first of All. 1 would have to say its not Only a Good play. Its a great play. Flipper did a great Job on the adjustment. Any time you get something like Complete 1 mean its great. Quot have i had a Chance to look Back on it0�?� he asked himself. A somewhat sort of. In a still probably fogged by our last loss More
