European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 22, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 tt�?T7#v a v Quot 0va.n i  National football Teaque Ryan a j on the i by Dave Goldberg a football writer two games into the season and the buddy Ryan watch has begun in Philadelphia. Of so he lost to the giants away. The Law of averages decreed that one. But losing at Home to the cardinals and next up Are the rams Back Home in Anaheim after two weeks on the Road. Its one thing that the fans in Philly Are phoning talk predictions shows to discuss Ryan. Its another that Norman Braman never a Ryan admirer is always ready to dial 911. A the Odd makers make the rams six Point favourites a legitimate spread. The Philadelphia offence is Randall Cunningham and Little else. Even the rams banged up secondary  have much problem with the eagles Young receivers although All pro Keith Jackson is expected to play after ending his holdout. Another Factor the rams offensive line which should give Jim Everett time to pick out his friends roaming through Philadelphia a Man to Man  Norman has his Finger ready. Rams 24-13. Minnesota minus 2 i at Chicago a this is the one where the touts break out All their stats. Like these since 1985, the bears Are 18-1 in september the Vikings have lost five straight outdoors on the Road Chicago is 6-0 in the last six games played by Dan Hampton. Vikings 17-16. Miami plus 7 at new York giants a Why so High because there Are a lot of new York folks m vegas because until proven otherwise Miami a still a .500 team or because Miami plays in the acc East still the worlds weakest division giants 27-14. Buffalo minus 1 at new York jets monday night a gee the folks at the Meadowlands get to see three acc East teams in two Days. They also get to see Jim Kelly yell at Marv Levy who pulled him for Frank Reich in Miami. Gee its Nice to be in a place like Buffalo where everyone loves everyone else. Jets 17-14. Atlanta plus 11 at san Francisco a the Falcons have a problem because Jerry Glanville can to find any the Pittsburgh Steeles who ran Houston into the turf last sunday will do a 20-3 number on the los Angeles raiders. Thing Nasty to say about George Seifert. He can to find anything to say about George Seifert. In the interest of Joe Montana a health Seifert might think about starting Steve Young. It  make much difference. 49ers 31-10. Kansas City plus 3 at Green Bay a the feeling persists. Don Majkowski Isnit ready yet Anthony Dilweg May never be and Steve Deberg is. Chiefs 24-20. Seattle plus 9 at Denver a John Elway wont need a fourth Down play with 1 11 left in this one. Broncos 31-7. Pittsburgh minus 5�?~a at raiders a and to think the whole world used to watch this one. Now they Only watch Pittsburgh a offence. And Giggle. Raiders 20 Indianapolis plus 9 i at Houston a does Jeff George get his first win not quite. Oilers 17-14. San Diego plus 5 at Cleveland a docs Bernie Kosar emerge alive he might but the Browns wont. Chargers 20-19. Other games Home team in Caps new Orleans minus 9�?Ta 13, Phoenix 10. Washington minus 14 33, Dallas 5. Cincinnati minus 9�?~a 22, new England 17. Detroit plus 2 23, Tampa Bay 21. Last week 6-8 spread10-4 straight up. Season 12-16 spread18-10 straight up. Esiason Aims to lower the Boom Cincinnati apr Cincinnati bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason is concerned about his spotty performances so far this season but his worries Are eased by the teams 2-0 record. A it All comes Down to playing consistently and right now we Haven to been a he said. A but we re winning and on the Bottom line that s All that really  Esiason criticized his own performance after he threw three interceptions m sundays 21-16, come from Behms Victory at san Diego. But he also threw three touchdown passes As the bengals came Back to win in the fourth Quarter. A you have to be Happy the team won. That a first and Foremost a Esiason said. A if there a anything Good out of playing spotty like i have its that we can Only get better it s scary to know what we can do when we play a full football  the bengals will try to go 3-0 Sunda can Anc 0011168 calling Levy Bills buffaloes by the new York times until they were body slammed and pinned by the Miami dolphins 30-7 sunday the Buffalo Bills had the distinction of holding on to at least a piece of first place in the american conference East for 33 straight weeks. In the Wake of the defeat the Bills coach Marv Levy was criticized by his players for taking his starters out with 7 minutes 54 seconds left. Levy assessed a $500 Fine against Bruce Smith his Star defensive end who got into a heated argument with the coach on the sideline. He also fined Leonard Smith Nate Odomes and Kirby Jackson $100 each for insubordination for not coming off the Field quickly enough. Bickering is not new in Buffalo. Last year after the Bills were off to a 6-2 Start Jim Kelly the quarterback criticized Howard Ballard an offensive tackle for missing a Block. Thurman Thomas the running Back then criticized Kelly for criticizing Ballard and the Bills who had been going up started to go Down. They finished 9-7 and won the division title but were knocked out of the playoffs by Cleveland. A Well to say i just ignored what happened last year would be Foolhardy but i think the Bruce Smith incident was off base and he a been disciplined a Levy said wednesday by Telephone. He would not discuss the other players. A i can to put myself in our squads players Marv Levy Bruce Smith minds a he added a but i think our squad thinks it appropriate for the situation and they re ready to concentrate on the game  Levy was clearly not Happy with the Way the Bills played against the dolphins after opening with a 26-10 Victory Over Indianapolis. But he rejected the notion that yanking his starters in the final period against the dolphins was an indication that he had Given up on his team. A there was almost eight minutes left and we were Down by 23 Points a Levy said. A it would be taken three touchdowns and a Field goal to win it. A it was tee off time on the quarterback out there so i took Kelly out. We wanted to save our front liners from the possibility of injury. Our chances of winning the game were Small but if we were going to win it we were going to win it with players who had made our 45-Man roster for Good  Levy was concerned enough about not repeating last years problems that he stressed a new approach in minicams this year. A i told the team going into Camp to be prepared to read about it All Over again in All the preseason magazines a he said. A it has a Nice ring to it the words a bickering  a we set up certain guidelines for them and goals in terms of talking to the Media. We did no to Tell them not to talk with the Media. We told them to be cooperative. We told them to be  he added that he had also told his team he a would take Stern and Quick disciplinary action where there was any violation of club  Levy took other Swift actions to improve his team which will face the jets monday night at giants stadium. He said he had placed Larry Kinnebrew the teams second leading rusher last year on waivers. Nil on an television san Diego at Cleveland 7 . Sunday Detroit at Tampa Bay 2 . Monday Buffalo at new York jets 3 . Tuesday. Radio Miami at new York giants 7 . Sunday Pittsburgh at los Angeles raiders 10 . Sunday Detroit at Tampa Bay 2 . Monday Buffalo at new York jets 3 . Tuesday