European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 13 b the stars and stripes sunday december 1,1991 today s pro football desperate 49ers should Stop saints by Dave Goldberg  the sir Orleans saints May have started losing Garnet too late to miss the playoffs and the san Francis co 49ert May have started winning games too late to make them so sunday s game Between the saints and 49et% Bat new Orleans again trying to Clinch the pfc West while san Francisco has to win to keep its slim playoff Hopes alive. San Francisco n one although its Francisco May get hard to Steve Young Back for this envision George Seifert sunday s predictions knee to the new Orleans e As usual Fine but that s in subjecting Young s a amps Rush. If he Sas Mol if Ely. Doc he however want to subject Steve Bono to Pat Swilling Rickey Jackson and the rest of the Guys who comp me both the offence and defense for the saints a unless you count practice squad refugee Fred Mcafee. _ a g a Quot by the Saint defense. 7 . Get on seb to and an to new Orleans 9-3 at s. Francisco 66 joined in Progress on seb to and an to not surprisingly the first game was a 10-3 affair won this time the 49ers Are favored by three. Make it seven. 49ers, 10-3. Philadelphia plus 6 at Houston monday night the eagles done to exactly have an easy path to the wildcard Thev seek a ibis one followed by the giants cowboys Ana redskins. Warren Moon wont throw five interceptions this week but he will get pressure. Oilers 24-20 new York jets plus 9 at Buffalo the jets who should have beaten the Bills at the Meadow lands have the misfortune of catching them on the rebound his week. Bills 27-17 Kansas City plus 1 vie at Seattle suddenly the chiefs Are in a fight for the playoffs Courtesy of Christian Okoye a bad hands in Cleveland. Marty Scho Ettenheimer says it won t happen again. Of. Chiefs 20-15 new England minus 8 at Denver when last we saw these two Hugh Millen was getting tackled in Range of a game tying Field goal to let Denver win 9-6. New England keeps them close. So does Denver. Broncos 9-6 Washington minus 9 aft los Angeles rams does anyone get the impression that the rams have thrown in the season. Plus the redskins Are a Little bit miffed. Redskins 41-3 new York Glants minus 81/fe at Cincinnati the last time Phil Simms played the bengals he threw for 513 Yards. And lost. This time hell probably throw for 153 and win. It la be Boring too. Giants 23-13 los Angeles raiders minus 4v& at san Diego do the raiders play the chargers nine times a season it Only seems that Way. Raiders 17-7 7 Green Bay plus 8vi at Atlanta the latest Bill Parcells sighting is in Green Bay. That a next year. Falcons 27-10 Tampa Bay plus 9 at Miami now that the dolphins have proven they can play in the Snow. Dolphins 20-10 Cleveland minus 5vi at Indianapolis Art Modell is. Bob Irsay. No contest. Browns 20-7 last week 6-8 spread6-8 straight up. Season 80-84-4 spread 103-65 straight up jets stand Between Bills acc East Crown by John Bonfatti Orchard Park . Y the theoretically a Victory sunday ing Bill keeps second place new York in the jets Over the division leading Buffaloe eps a Quot running for the acc East title. Jet linebacker Jeff Lageman has no Fahe Hopes however. Our realistic picture is just to make a Otic Quot he said a we re not really Ere saying we have a shot to win the playoffs a he said a we re not really silting it a a the division because Buffalo has a great team and they done those a lot of  particular at Quot Buffalo has won 16 straight games and is in Partiful Rich stadium where i 31-2 in its last 33. The Bills 10-2 have pinched two of the last three acc East titles at Home and it will take a monumental Effort by the jets 7-5 to prevent them from taking a fourth sunday. Quot lets be realistic i think Buffalo is going to win the division a Jet coach Ruce costet said adding that he expects the Bills to forget their 16-13 loss last week to the new England patriots. A i know Buffalo is one of the real Good teams one of the elite in the league and a pm or a win the week before Isnit going to affect their performance the next week a he said. A that a the Mark of a Graj a  its the kind of steady approach Coslet wants to develop on the jets whose transition from division Doormat two years ago is progressing nicely. The jets have won four of their last five games. A a we be made some Progress but we re will struggling and striving for consistent and i believe that a one of the things that Good teams have a Coslet said. A that s one of the things that we be really been working on and we re getting better. We re better than we were last  Lageman leads a Young and opportunistic defense that has improved immensely from the unit that looked More like a Bead curtain than a fire door against the run last season. A a it a the second year under the same system and i think people will improve with experience and repetitions a he said. A a we be brought in some Good players from the draft. We be gotten a few Guys from plan b and we brought in a few Guys in trades. That provided a competitive atmosphere in training Camp and it improved  on offence Veteran Ken of Brien is the of cd a fourth rated passer and second year running Back Blair Thomas who had his first two touchdown Day in last weeks 24-3 Victory Over san Diego is beginning to show Why he was a first round draft Choice. Buffaloes offence ranked first in the nil has won More than a few games for the Bills this season. But its failure last week against new England Cost the Bills a Victory. A a in be never been in a game before where the special teams blocked four kicks the defense held them to less than 100 Yards Rushing and had six sacks and we still lost a pro bowl Center Kent Hull said. A that says something about your  Jim Kelly and the Bills want to lock up the acc East and playoff Home old advantage. Sore shoulder has Elway unsure about starting hrs Vyce / a u it run it a _. _ Denver apr Denver quarterback John Elway says a sore shoulder has made him More pessimistic about his chances to Start sunday against the new England patriots. A i  say in a 100 percent sure for sunday a Elway said Friday. A a in a not As Jfe f about playing As 1 was  Elway underwent a magnetic resonance imaging test a riday afternoon to try and diagnose the reason Why soreness in hit shoulder persists. A right now we re just trying to see if we can find something that a going on in there other than what we be perceived already a Broncos Trainer Steve Antonopulos said. Elway is concerned that continuing to play May harm his shoulder. A i just done to want to continue to throw if its making it a lot worse because its definitely not getting any better. I done to want to take a Chance on injuring it permanently. That a the concern now. In a Haydn As much pain As in be Ever had with even if Elway plays his shoulder will limit his effectiveness. Elway says tendinitis and a Bone Spur in his throwing shoulder will not allow him to throw Long a one of his strengths. Elway admits his shoulder has made him fearful of throwing the bomb. The shoulder problem comes at the worst time of the season just As cold weather is setting in. Three of Denver a final four games will be played in cold weather a two in Denver and one in Cleveland. Cold weather causes Elway a shoulder to tighten. He has been forced to throw along the sidelines when the defense is on the Field to keep his shoulder warm. A every time i throw in a having a lot of pain a Elway said. Antonopulos wants Elway to Stop throwing altogether if shoulder pain continues