European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson shown in 1989, said after this weeks offensive leaning draft a now we can keep teams Johnson goes on the offensive by Denne h. Freeman Irving Texas apr you have to like Jimmy Johnson a style. Not his Hairdo necessarily but the Way he a willing to wheel and Deal with the nil heavy hitters. Most nil critics have concluded that the Dallas cowboys coach and general manager got the Best of the Minnesota Vikings in last years hers chel Walker Trade. The Vikings figure out How to use Walker in 1989, while the cowboys own three former Minnesota players and were Able to use their first round draft Choice to get Emmitt Smith the Superb 20-year-old running Back from the University of Florida. To get Smith Johnson had to Trade up from 21 to 17 to get Pittsburgh a Slot. And he was up against other teams trying to do the same thing. Atlanta player personnel director Ken Herock tried to Trade up from the 20th position to get Smith. Johnson beat him to the punch. By most estimates Smith is an Impact player who has a Good shot to be a pro Bowler some Day. Smith is a dynamic inside runner with the Speed to break for Long touchdowns such As the 96-yarder he made against Mississippi state. A this Guy takes your breath away and you done to get it Back until after he scores a said Dallas Backfield coach Joe Brodsky. A Terrence Flagler is a Good running Back. This Guy Smith is a great running Flagler and defensive end Dan Stubbs were picked up in a Trade from the san Francisco 49ers before the draft began. In Smith and Flagler the cowboys will have a one two punch at tailback which could take some of the heat off quarterback Troy Aikman. Johnson found a Way to reduce the pressure on Aikman even More by getting a defense stretching Spee Burner at wide receiver Alexander Wright of Auburn who can Fly the 40 in 4.27 timed on grass in cleats. In the draft the cowboys got a running Back and a wide receiver who were generally rated in the top two or three at their positions. The 1-15 cowboys need defensive help. But a team that was shut out three times last year has to acquire All the offensive firepower it can Muster. A we had no running threat last year and did no to have a receiver with the Speed to stretch the defense deep a Johnson said. A Smith also is a tremendous receiver and Flagler can catch the Ball. In Wright we have someone with world class Speed. He can catch saturday april 28, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 nil tunes schedule for tube new York apr if nothing else the National football league will be Well covered by television this coming season. With the addition of int ted Turners newest network the nil will be televised by a record five networks in 1990. Int will gel into the picture for Llie first time with a sept. 9 game at the Meadowlands Between the new York chants and Philadelphia eagles the nil said thursday in announcing its schedule. The nil also said that for the first Lime each of the leagues 28 teams will appear on at least one prime time telecast. To accommodate All the networks a lbs Abc. Abc esp and int a the league added two wild card teams and pm Ilii file the cowboys traded up to land Emmitt Smith who ran off a 96-yarder for Florida. The Ball too. Now we can keep teams honest.�?�. The cowboys signed an nil High 16 plan b veterans including Chicago wide receiver Dennis Mckinnon and los Angeles rams guard Tony Slaton plus 29 free agents. The cowboys traded away a lot of their draft picks because they Are close to the 80-player Camp limit. A we went for a lot plan b players and free agents because they Are More of a known Quantity a Johnson said. A this years draft wont be ranked High because we did not get a Large number of scout Walt Jaworski said the cowboys getting Smith was like the old Era stealing Tony Dorsett in the 1977 draft. Dorsett led the cowboys to one super bowl Victory. The Dallas defense could use a heavy shoring up particularly in the defensive line and linebacker. Johnson drafted somebody he knew University of Miami defensive lineman Jimmie Jones who was t a starter in 1989 but has enough raw Talent to make Johnson want to take a Chance on him As a tackle. The cowboys burned a third round draft pick to take Jones. Comeback Stan Smagala of notre Dame was a fifth round pick and could use his 4.45 Speed to be a Good player in the Nickel defense. Kenneth Gant of Albany slate a comeback taken in the ninth round and linebacker Dave Harper of Humboldt state taken in the 11 the round were Lon shots. The cowboys Hope they can help on specially teams. What Johnson did in the 1990 draft was try to help preserve the health of Aikman who took a battering last year recall he was knocked out in the Phoenix game from defences that ignored the run and pass rushed on almost every Down. There a no doubt Dallas could have used a James Francis the line backing machine from Baylor. But the Dallas offence gave the defense no rest in 1989. Dallas time of Possession was Only 25 34, which Means the defense had to play some nine minutes More than the opposition. It Wasny to a pretty picture. Johnson made the right moves to get Dallas on the scoreboard in 1990.nfl in 1990 two first round games to the playoffs. Under the new format the 16-game regular season will be stretched Over 17 weeks giving each team one open Dale. Lbs will broadcast pfc games and Abc will cover the acc Abc will continue its monday night telecasts and esp will split the sunday night package with int. Fifty nine regular season games including nine sunday doubleheaders on lbs and eight on Abc will be televised nationally. Abc will carry 16 monday night games including a new years eve matchup Between the los Angeles rams and new Orleans saints and one saturday night game. Int will show eight sunday night games and one thursday night contest during the first half of the season while esp will carry eight sunday night games in the second half. At playoff time Abc will televise a first round double header on Jan. 5. After that lbs will cover pfc games and Abc will televise acc games until the super bowl which will be shown by Abc on Jan. 27 from Tampa Fla. The 1990 season is the first under the nil s new four year television contract. The Deal is Worth $3.6 billion or $32 million annually per team. The breakdown is $1.06 billion from lbs $925 million from Abc $752 million from Abc and $450 million each from esp and int. Among the highlights on the schedule the defending Champion san Francisco 49ers will open against new Orleans in a monday night game sept. 10 at the Louisiana super Doc where they boat Denver in last seasons super bowl. The Broncos open sept. 9 at los Angeles against the raiders who May or May not be playing their final season in los Angeles. The raiders had made a Deal to move to Oakland but that agreement appears in jeopardy due to a voters drive to put the matter on the fall ballot. The new York jets one of the a Fly a weaker teams last season have one of the tougher roads in the Early going with games against Cincinnati Cleveland and a it a quite a Challenge Quot jets Rookie coach Bruce Coslit said of the opener sept. 9 at Cincinnati. A they have a great team and we re going to Nave a lot of motivation playing them just because in be coached there. F a a they re sound and you know have some things up their sleeves ready for us a they always do in the Early part of the season. Sam Wyche is a Fine coach and with Boomer Esiason at quarterback you never know what s going to
