European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 29,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23national football league Steve Walsh left the cowboys for the saints in the Trade for three draft choices. Dallas Walsh Deal a Winner by John Maher Cox news service Austin Texas a one of these Days the Dallas cowboys will swing a Deal for real players who wont have to be named later. Right now All we have is the Deal that sent Steve Walsh to new Orleans for three draft picks. Although there wont be immediate help for a team that desperately needs some this one looks Good for the cowboys who took so much heat for taking Walsh in a supplemental draft. These cowboys need Good players to stand in front of Troy Aikman not one to Back him up. By trading Aikman a backup to new Orleans the cowboys picked up the saints first and third round picks in 1991 and a second Rounder in 1992. That second Rounder could become another first Rounder if Walsh performs to certain standards for the saints. What she have to do Lead the saints to the super bowl we done to know because the Trade is classic Jerry Jones where people Are swapped for provisions that no one can judge for years. Has your spa figured out yet who got the Best of the Deal that sent Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings did no to think so. As for Walsh it looks like the cow later boys should get Good picks because the saints figure to be drafting at least in the Middle of the pack in the next two years. If the saints had real super bowl aspirations they would have signed holdout Bobby Hebert instead of going with John Fourcade the lowest rated quarterback in the nil. That a who Walsh will be competing with and probably beating out in a few weeks. And that Means the saints will be Lucky to be .500 this year. Tuesday Walsh told a reporter a i feel i understand How to attack nil  maybe he can attack the Cowboy defense in a scrimmage but a real nil contender like the new York giants is an entirely different matter. It will take Walsh who completed slightly less than 50 percent of his passes in his first year a while to learn How to win in the nil. _ will he Ever win the Way he did while leading Miami to the National championship in 1987? almost certainly not. Walsh is a commentary Heady player and he has already picked up More of the nuances of the pro game than Aikman. But Aikman is the Golden boy the Guy with the gun and durability. If nothing else he showed a lot of heart when the Washington redskins used him As a tackling Dummy sunday. The last two years the cowboys have taken a lot of knocks for drafting Walsh because they already had picked up Aikman in the regular draft. And yes the move was bom of misplaced arrogance. When the Jerry Jones Jimmy Johnson regime picked up Walsh they knew they would have to give up a first round pick in the next draft. But they thought they a be a lot better than 1-15 that year and in position to draft first. They thought they were using a mid first round pick on Walsh whom they could then shop for someone better. It did no to happen last year As everyone who loved the old cowboys pointed out. But even using two no. 1 picks on quarterbacks Wasny to that bad of an idea. Aikman looks like a Young John Elway now but before the draft there were unanswered questions. After All Aikman was a player who threw mostly Quick passes at Urcla where he was surrounded by Talent. He was a Guy who had to Transfer out of Oklahoma where he was shunted aside when Bany Switzer renewed his commitment to the Wishbone. With Walsh at least the cowboys picked up an insurance policy at the most vital position in the nil. They had a Chance to see who had the Best shot of becoming a super bowl quarterback. It would have been Nice if Aikman and Walsh had developed the kind of cooperation that Joe Montana and backup Steve Young have in san Francisco. But Walsh and Aikman Are two Young Guys fighting for the same Job. One had to go before the bored Dallas newspapers and radio talk shows started yet another quarterback controversy. The cowboys auditioned Walsh and still ended up with decent draft picks. They made about the Best they could have out of this Deal. But Check Back in a couple of years for the official results. Coaches tired of re matches by Dave Goldberg a football writer a lot of nil coaches Arentt Happy with their schedules this year. So what else is new what else is new is that this time they have a Point. What else is new is that the nil does no to particularly like it either but says it was forced into it by the vagaries of the baseball lockout the baseball playoffs and the late Resolution of the television contract. To wit a Detroit and Tampa Bay met twice in the seasons first three weeks. A Dallas and the giants meet for the second time in three weeks this sunday. A a you a like to do it a Little farther apart a says cowboys owner Jerry Jones who probably would rather the giants not be on his schedule at All. A Cincinnati plays its next five games on the Road kicked out of its Only Home game by the likelihood that the reds will be playing baseball into mid october or later. A worst of All the redskins play the eagles and giants their two principal pfc East rivals four times in five weeks. Now  do it without first string quarterback Mark Rypien although some people in Washington and sex general manager Bobby Beathard think Stan Humphries May be their Long term quarterback anyway. A obviously its not the situation we would like but there were a lot of factors beyond our control a says Val Pinchbeck the a Fly a vice president for broadcasting and the main nil schedule maker. Docs that Tell you who runs scheduling and bengals coach Sam Wyche says a i think the league understands they be handed us less than a Square Deal. In a sure they re concerned about  every year Pinchbeck and his aides Are confronted with a Load of factors like sharing Parks with baseball teams trying to schedule the two new York teams in one new Jersey stadium trying to fit the new York teams into prime time to open the Market for double header games on sunday and keeping five networks Happy with the games they get. Normally the schedule is done in Early March. This year it Wasny to finished until april because the television contracts were late in being signed and because the baseball lockout extended the season and raised the possibility of More conflicts. The league also had to Factor in its open dates for the first time. Some divisions will probably be decided Early. The giants play seven of their first eight games within the pfc East raising the possibility they could Clinch the title by somewhere around nov. 15. Denver began with three division games. So the next time you hear a coach groaning about his schedule remember that this time it could be justified. Herschel who in the 15 games they be played since obtaining Herschel Walker the Vikings Are 8-7. In their 15 previous games they were 8-7. A couple of minutes preparation May win a game a the Day after the jets 30-7 loss to the Bills monday night coach Bruce Coslet conducted his news conference from his office via speakerphone to the press room downstairs approximately a minutes walk away. Coslet said he did no to have the time to make the trip because he was too Busy fire paring for sundays game in new eng and. The state of Virginia a Bruce Smith the Buffalo defensive end who played at Virginia tech celebrated his notes Home state at the Bills acts game. After the game he loudly ushered into the teams locker room three Well two of his states Best known athletes a boxing Champ Pernell Whitaker new York a 2ha and Tony Knick Charles Oakley Paige the dolphins fullback with whom Smith played in College. Someone suggested that Ralph Sampson was the Only one missing. The reply a a he a been missing for three  turnover table a when coaches say a you can twin the football game if you keep putting the football on the round Ana turning it Over to the other football team a its not just coach speak. So far this season the teams that have a plus ratio in turnovers Are 25-11. All five unbeaten teams Are included a the bears plus 7the giants plus 6the raiders a ils no Quot a plus 71 plus 549ers no the bengals plus 4 and the 19ers plus 4. The Leader is Washington 2-1 at plus 8. Run run run a teams that have run the Ball More than 35 times in a game were 7-1 last week making them 16-2 for the season. The Only loser has been Seattle twice in a 17-13 loss to the raiders and again in the 34-31 overtime defeat in Denver last week. Dirty dozen plus 16 no less an observer than Bill Walsh says that if the super bowl were played this week the new York giants would be a slight favorite Over the 49ers if Only that kind of matchup could be arranged in any Case based on level of play Here san Early season look at the Way the 28 teams Are playing. Super bowl level 1, new York giants 3-0. 2, san Francisco 3-0. 3, Cincinnati 3-0. Playoff level 4, Chicago 3-oy 5, los Angeles raiders 3-0. 6, Kansas City 2-1. 7, Washington 2-l. 8, Denver 2-1. 9, Buffalo 2-1. 10, Miami 2-l. Playoff contend or level 11, Philadelphia 1-2. 12, los Angeles rams 1-2. 13, Minnesota 1-2. Play olt hopeful level 14, Tampa Bay 2-1. 15, Green Bay 1-2. 16, Atlanta 1-2. 17, Detroit 1-2. 18, new Orleans 1-2. 19, Houston 1-2. 20, san Diego 1-2. 21, Pittsburgh 1-2. Building 22, new York jets 1-2. Crumbling 23, Cleveland 1-2. Stumbling 24, new England 1-2. 25, Seattle 0-3. Playing for next years no. 1 draft pick 26, Dallas 1-2. 27, Phoenix 1-2. 28, Indianapolis 0-3. Week 4 on an television Miami at Pittsburgh 6 . Sunday Washington at Phoenix 1 . Monday Cincinnati at Seattle 2 . Tuesday. Radio Denver at Buffalo 6 . Sunday Cleveland at Kansas City 9 . Sun Day Washington at Phoenix 1 . Monday Cincinnati at Seattle 2 . Tuesday