European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 a the stars and stripes sunday october 6,1991 4-1 bears 5-0 redskins hang Hopes on passers Al today by Joe Mooshil Chicago apr the outcome of sundays game Between the Chicago bears and Washington redskins Likely will hinge on the fortunes of quarterbacks Mark Rypien and Jim Harbaugh. Two of the nil s top passers. Rypien guarded by one of the Best offensive lines in the game and augmented by the Rushing of Earnest byner and Gerald Riggs has helped the redskins to a 5-0 record. Harbaugh has been instrumental in the bears surprising 4-1 Start during which the team s Rushing attack has bogged Down and the once mighty Bear defense has dropped to last in the pfc. Last year the redskins edged the bears 10-9, although Rypien was intercepted five times. A last year will be in the Back of my mind a said Rypien. A so i m kind of eager to atone for what happened. Even though we  Harbaugh also has some atoning to do. �?~1 can t make any mistakes a said Harbaugh. A i have to throw the Ball Well move the chains and get the Ball into the end zone something we did t do against them last  the bears have lost twice to Joe Gibbs redskins and Chicago coach Mike Ditka has never lost three straight to any coach. Ditka says a Power football Quot is the key to preventing another loss. Quot it s kick pm in the butt and slap Mem in the face Quot Ditka said. But lately it s been Washington showing most of the Power. The redskins Are no 1 in pass defense in the nil and no. 2 in total defense in the pfc. They Are no. 2 in total offence and no. I in Rushing offence in the pfc. Three of their five victories have been shutouts. They Defeated Detroit 45-0 and Phoenix 34-0 before last monday nights 23-0 win Over Philadelphia. A let s not get Loo excited a said Washington linebacker Matt Millen. He noted that the redskins beat the Lions without Washington at Chicago 6 . On an to and seb-7v up file Washington a Mark Rypien is a eager to atone for 1990. Barry Sanders the cardinals without Timm Rosen Bach and the eagles without Randall Cunningham or Jim Mcmahon who was injured in the first Quarter. Gibbs is likewise trying to downplay the bears defensive ranking. �?o1 done to see them struggling Quot said Gibbs. A even Buffalo had a rough time the first 29  the bears led the Bills 6-0 after 29 minutes but Jim Kelly hit Al Edwards with a touchdown pass for a 7-6 halftime Lead and the Bills turned it into a 35-20 rout in the second half. A sometimes a Wake up Call helps Quot said Ditka of the loss. A not too Many. Maybe one every nine games is All  up Fite a no mistakes for Chicago quarterback Jim  near must win East Rutherford . A Bill parcels used to say there were no must win games until a team was on the verge of elimination in the regular season or it was playing in the playoffs. The new York giants May have reached that Point of no return just six games into the season. The defending super bowl champions obviously Are not on the verge of elimination. But circumstances make today a game against the Phoenix cardinals 3-2 a must win. New York 2-3 is currently in last place in the pfc East. It has lost three of its last four games and is coming into this week off a devastating 21-16 loss to Dallas that has created a lot of problems. We had a feeling of urgency last week and now1 we really have our backs against the Wall Quot fullback Maurice car icon said. Quot now we have to Home out  new York had belter be ready against the cardinals. Although the giants have won the Iasi five games against Phoenix the last three have been by a combined total of 11 Points. Phoenix which won its first two games and then dropped its next two had its offence Wake up again last weekend in a 24-10 win Over new England. Quarterback Tom Tupa threw for a career Best 312 Yards. Nil s Low Impact rookies rapidly becoming the Norm by Dave Goldberg a football writer the Rookie class of 1991 is laughing All the Way to the Bank. But the 27 teams who made first round picks Back in april done to see anything funny about their performances. For the first time in years not one no. 1 pick is having an Early Impact. The Best Effort of the season was a 76-Yard Kickoff return by Kansas City s Harvey Williams no. 21 Overall that set up a touchdown in a 14-13 Over san Diego last week. Consider what happened just last week a Antone Davis whom the eagles got by trading away next years no. I pick allowed two sacks monday night got called twice for holding and once for illegal procedure. A Jarrod Bunch the giants no. 1, caught his second pass sunday a and had it stolen by Dallas Ray Horton who returned it for a touchdown. A Dan Mcgwire of Seattle started his first game at quarterback went 3 Tor 7 with one interception and was lifted for Jeff Kemp no is expected to Start again today. A Stan Thomas of the bears starting at left tackle for Jimbo Covert was called for holding twice against the Bills and lost his Job to Ron Mattes. On and on it goes leaving Williams run the top play from a group that already has been paid about $35 million in Bonus Money. A a it a not ability Quot says George Young the giants general manager. A Many of these kids will be Good players. But the agents hold them out of Camp for outlandish sums and hey miss so much that they rarely do anything the first  Well sometimes they explode right away a see Barry Sanders Richmond Webb Mark Carrier and others. Bui the Point is Well made Carrier last years defensive Rookie Star signed on draft Day and had an immediate Impact. Of this years Crew the steadies player is probably Leonard Russell of new England who leads the patriots with 271 Rushing Yards for a 3.7 average. He a starting Mccause Veteran John Stephens was a holdout. Mike Pritchard leads Atlanta with 19 catches but Herman Moore of Detroit has one catch and Alvin Harper of Dallas has two. And Randal Hill has five catches a but not for Miami the team that drafted him. He was shipped off to Phoenix for a no. I next year. Some Are working in slowly like the Overall no. 1, Dallas Russell Maryland a backup defensive tackle and the late reporting Todd Lyght of the los Angeles rams who s a Nickel Back. Others Are injured like the second pick safety Eric Turner of Cleveland and the cardinals Eric Swann who had arthroscopic surgery twice on a knee injured in minicams and was just activated last week. So who might be Rookie of the year not Rob Moore of the jets who has 23 catches for a 16-Yard average and two touchdowns and has become the team s big time receiver. Moore might have been leading the Way if he had not bypassed his senior season at Syracuse and gone into last years supplemental draft. He might be the Best player from his graduating class but Moore is in his second season in new York