European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse A Friday. December 21, 1990 the stars and stripes Pogo 23hostetler faces giant step by Roy Bias to the Hartford courant East Rutherford. . The new York giants offence belongs to jell of Hostetler to a great degree so do the team s Hopes Tor an Nee championship. Coach Bill Parcells has brushed aside any Prospect of a Miracle recovery by quarterback Phil Simms placing him on injured Reserve Simms who severely sprained his tight foot saturday in a 17-13 loss to the Buffalo Bills cannot be activated until after the second round of the playoffs. A i have no Choice Parcells said. Quot there is virtually no Hope for him to prepare for the first playoff game. They re not going to take the cast off his foot for 3y weeks or people Are really set it in i my m be re doing. Quot to step into this situation May not be the Best situation to step into but 1 fed matched against three playoff bound teams in the past tour games the giants offence has broken Down scoring a total of 2d Points to the eagles 49crs and Bills. The inability to succeed in Short yardage situations has crippled the offence. In the past four games run Racks a Jeff Hostetler will stand in for Phil Simms sunday. Parcells has to plan ahead. Hosteller would rather not. A seven year Veteran who has started Only two games in his career Hostetler Isnit used to looking a month ahead. A a in a. Just concentrating Day to Day Quot he said. Quot its been awhile since in be gotten offensive work during the week so i want to take adv anlage of that and Fry to get the timing Down and feel comfortable with the As Simms backup Hostetler was mainly an observer even in practice. He Hadnot Laken a substantial amount of snaps with the first team since training Camp. Since he led West Virginia to a Hall of Fame bowl Victory Over Kentucky in 19s3, Hosteller played an entire game Only once. Now he is the main Man for the next month and Matt Cavanaugh becomes the backup. The giants need a Victory Over Phoenix 5-El sunday at Sun Devil stadium or Over the patriots in Foxboro mass., dec. 30 to secure a first round Bye. Then he will Start in a playoff game for the first time. Hostetler will get to know about pressure. A a sundays game is a game we need to win and we re looking Down the Road to the playoffs a he said Quot we need to get our team going in the right Haven to been going Well offensively for three or four weeks so Hing backs had 11 Shiri Down Oppolt undies of 3 Yards or less and converted Only once and that was after a Short yardage failure on second Down. Five drives against the Bills four in the second Hall ended when the giants were St topped on a third Down run. The giants have scored Only five touchdown s in their past 14 trips inside the 20-Yard line. A we want to respond period Quot Ottis Anderson said. Quot the offence As a whole needs some kind of lift to get us going and this could he what we need. When you lose your Leader been there for you Lor so Many years game in and game oui you lose a lot of things a what we re going to have to do collectively is try to help Jeff out As much As possible and take the Burden ref of him As a whole the running backs have to step Forward and do better and the line has to do hotter so we can eliminate that pressure that we feet could he on Jeff Quot t he giants will wrinkles and for i lations to utilize Hosteller s tunning skills. In his Start against the cardinals last season Hostetler ran five times for 47 Yards and two touchdowns. One was a planned Quarter Hack draw that Hostet Ler broke Tor a 19-Yard scoring run giving the giants an Early 7-0 Lead. A it helps my situation because when you can buy time like that you gel a lot of easy plays. Easy big plays a wide receiver Mark Ingram said quo look How Randall Cunningham makes lavs. Lie takes a broken play and they end up with a touchdown. So 1 ids Letler a mobility could create some Good situations for last season when they had to go with Hostetler the giants played not to lose using ultraconservative game plans in his Start against the cardinals a 20-13 Victor the giants ran the Ball 48 times. Olaf pushing. By Rob Staggenborg staff writer Frankfurt Germany the a world league of american football will not be a minor league of the National football league. So says Joe Bailey formerly a Dallas cowboys executive and now the no. 2 Olaf official behind president Mike Lynn. A a a a Quot / Bailey told reporters tuesday the Caliper of player that his new 10-team league which kicks off March 23 in Europe and North America will pursue is in line with. Nil standards. A we know there Are Good football players that done to make it in the nil who Are out there and could contribute a Bair Ley said. Quot Bailey was in Frankfurt to unveil the Frankfurt Galaxy a new logo and announce that former Houston oilers quarterback Oliver Luck is the teams general manager. A a a Bailey said the Galaxy has yet to land. An owner former cowboys. President Tex Schnutt announced the concept of marketing the popular american sport in in Tamut sorial markets nearly two years ago. Then came the october axing. Schramm was replaced by Lynn the former Dinne Sota Vikings general manager before Schramm could see his idea to fruition. Quot Tex really established the foundation to this league a Bailey said of his Long Home compatriot in Dallas. A Schramm was often criticized for alien Aling foreign interests with his views on How the league should be run toward the end of Schramme a re Pete speculation surfaced that the Cague could not meet its Spring 1991 Kickoff. Abailey said the world leagues sudden pro Active marketing strategy had been in place All along and that the leagues Spring Start was never endangered. A fall the things that have taken place in the last two months were set to take place a Bailey said. Quot we always said that we wanted a to have the ownership in place the teams announced All by the end of 1990. The process was there and set in a Olaf officials admit the league will depend heavily on the nil but that in time a a it a a new product that has to stand on its own, said. Coaches have not been picked for any of the 10 franchises. Two teams a the Galaxy and Montreal a franchise v could begin the season without local ownership Bailey said the league will own and operate those teams from its Headquarters in new York until ownership surfaces Bailey acknowledged that franchises ate going for $11 million Luck said americans have inquired about buying the Galaxy but the league prefers German ownership of the Frankfurt team. A. As for coaches Bailey said a a we be talked with a lot of people about coaching in the world league. Once the nil season is completed Well announce the names without naming any names most of them Are currently in the while the player base will rely on borderline nil prospects who do not make roster cuts operation discovery will Supply each franchise with four players picked from International combines in Germany England and Spain. A v. Former Stanford and Denver Broncos coach John Ralston conducted a Talent search in London last month. An operation discovery Hunt in Berlin last month produced five former East German track a $ of a Quot j a a ,j1,7a a a is amps Jimo Otheim Joe Bailey on his Spring league a a it a a new product that has to stand on its and Field champions and a. German-1 american league kicker. Bailey said a scouting Combine and a position by position draft will be held feb. 11-24 in Orlando Fla. A this is the place where Guys like Oliver Luck and the other Gas will create their teams a Bailey said. A a they get a certain number of first round draft picks and by the end of february you la know your that team will consist of 65 people who will vie for Only 36 roster positions. The Galaxy for example will hold a training Camp much like the nil does to trim its roster Down. Luck said the Camp will be in the Frankfurt area but could not name a location As of tuesday. T in did Quot say he nailed Down a practice Field with artificial turf Frankfurt suburb of us Cost. A the world league will offer a much faster paced game a Bailey said a a it a. Going to be like watching a two minute offence for 60 minutes. There arc no huddles its non Stop football. Its going la require a much faster player i Don t think you u see huge 300-Poujiu linemen who will be Able to keep up in this league a your problem is How Many nil players will we let in. The problem is that we have our own style of play. We want to develop or own players who will stay in this league a Long time a while Bailey and co. May not have marquee names filling their rosters the Quality will still be the Selling Point. A a it a going to be a lot of Lun to watch a Bailey said. A a you la see virtually no difference Between this league and the not. Its almost like univ and Loyola Mary. Mount and the Way they play basketball. Its High Speed and its watch Quot put it this Way. We have no contingency plan for it not to
