European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes Friday december 20, 1991 1991 pro bowl teams redskins Bills oilers raiders place 8 apiece after nine pro bowls in the pfc Ronnie Lott makes his 10th in his first acc season. New York up four teams All hound for the playoffs a dominate the 1091 pro bowl selections. The Washington redskins Buffalo Bills Houston oilers and los Angeles raiders each placed eight players on the nil rosters announced wednesday for the feb. 2 game in Honolulu. The redskins who have the nil s Hest record at 14-1, headline the pfc team while the Bills oilers and raiders combined for 24 of the 42 acc stars. Washington quarterback Mark Rypien and Buffalo running Back Thurman Thomas were among four unanimous picks in voting by the leagues players and coaches. The other unanimous picks were Detroit running Back Barry Sanders and Philadelphia defensive end Reggie White. Cincinnati bengals offensive lineman Anthony Munoz was selected for the i Ith straight Lime hut is Likely to miss the game because of a knee injury that has sidelined him the past two weeks. Munoz has been named every year except his first. New York giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor failed to make the pfc team for the first time in his 11 seasons. Raiders safety Ronnie Lott was chosen for the 10th time hut will play for the acc for the first time after nine appearances for the pfc with san Francisco. The Philadelphia eagles became the second team in pro bowl history to place three starting defensive linemen when ends White and Clyde Simmons and tackle Jerome Brown were voted to the pfc team. The 1980 san Diego chargers with Fred Dean Gary Johnson and Louie Kcal Char had three starting defensive linemen. New Orleans placed three of the four starting pfc linebackers a Vaughan Johnson and Sam Mills inside and Pat Swilling outside. Rypien was among five offensive players selected from the redskins. He and tackle Jim Lachey will Start with running Back Earnest byner wide receiver Gary Clark and guard Mark Schlereth backups. The other Washington pro bowl players were starting cornerback Darrell Green Reserve defensive end Charles Mann and kicker Chip Lohmiller. The Bills who at 13-2 have the of cd a Best record placed five offensive players on the acc roster Thomas starting quarterback Jim Kelly starting wide receiver Andre Reed Reserve wide receiver James Lofton and Reserve guard Jim Ritcher. The other Bills were starting outside linebacker Cornelius Bennett backup outside linebacker Darryl Talley and special teams player Steve Tasker. The oilers had the most starters of any team in the league with six. They were wide receiver Haywood Jeffires guard Mike Munchak Center Bruce Matthews defensive end Williams Fuller inside linebacker Al Smith and cornerback Chris Dishman. Houston also landed quarterback Warren Moon and defensive tackle Ray Childress As reserves. Lott defensive end Greg Townsend and guard Steve Wisniewski were the Only raiders voted As starters but they dominated the specialist selections with kicker Jeff Jaeger punter Jeff Gossett and return Man Tim Brown. Their backups were tight end Ethan Horton and Center Don Mosebar. Rounding out the acc starters arc tight end Marv Cook and tackle Bruce Armstrong from new England and Kansas City running Back Christian Okoye. The rest of the acc defense consists of cornerback Gill Byrd and inside linebacker Junior scan of san Diego Kansas City outside linebacker Derrick Thomas Cleveland tackle Michael Dean Perry and Denver safety Steve Atwater. The Dallas cowboys have three offensive starters a running Back Emmitt Smith wide receiver Michael Irvin and tight end Jay Novack. The other pfc offensive starters Are wide receiver Jerry Rice and guard Guy Mcintyre of san Francisco Detroit tackle Lomas Brown Minnesota guard Randall Mcdaniel and Chicago Center Jay Hilgenburg. Outside linebacker Seth Joyner is the fourth eagles defensive starter. The other pfc defensive starters Are Atlanta cornerback Deion Sanders and safeties Tim Mcdonald of Phoenix and Mark Carrier of Chicago. The pfc specialists Are Lohmiller punter Rich Camarillo of Phoenix Detroit return Man Mel Gray and All around special Teamor Bennie Thompson of new Orleans. The other reserves in the acc arc quarterback Dan Marino wide receiver Mark Clayton and tackle Richmod Webb of Miami running backs Gaston Green of Denver and Marion Butts of san Diego inside linebacker Karl Mecklenburg and safety Dennis Smith of Denver Pittsburgh cornerback Rod Woodson and Kansas City defensive end Neil Smith. The pfc reserves include quarterback Troy Aikman of Dallas quarterback Chris Miller wide receiver Andre Rison and tackle Chris Hinton of Atlanta Chicago running Back Neal Anderson Minnesota Light end Steve Jordan new York giants Center Bart Oates nose tackle Jerry Ball and safety Bennie Blades of Detroit inside linebacker Mike Singletary of Chicago outside linebacker Charles Haley of san Francisco and Philadelphia cornerback Eric Allen. No players were selected from the new York jets Indianapolis Seattle Green Bay Tampa Bay and the los Angeles rams along with Munoz and Lott Veteran pro bowlers include nine time pick Singletary eight timer Lofton and seven time selections Hilgenberg and Hinton. An extra player for each squad will be selected by the pro bowl coaches. That player must be a linebacker unless the coach can clearly establish a greater need. The losing coaches in the conference championship games will coach the pro Bow squads. Each player on the winning team receives $10,000 and the losing players $5,000.giants it will finally miss this one East Rutherford . Up new York giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor wednesday said he was neither surprised nor offended that he failed to make the pro bowl for the first time after going for 10 straight seasons. Taylor was the Only nil player Ever voted to the pro bowl in each of his first 10 years. However he was left off the pfc team for the feb. 2 pro bowl in favor of Pat Swilling of new Orleans Seth Joyner of Philadelphia and Charles Haley of san Francisco. Taylor who has been hindered by a knee injury the ast month and is questionable for the season finale saturday against Houston slipped this season As the giants went from super bowl champions to 7-8. Quot i did t deserve it so it does t bother me at All Quot Taylor said. A i Haven to played much the last four weeks. The team s not doing Well. This does not bother me in the least because i did no to expect to make it. 1 did no to go through anything when the list came  Taylor. 32, said he is proud of his i0-for-10 run but was not upset that it ended. A a that a Fine that s How football goes a he said. A the Way to last in this game is to keep remembering football does t owe you anything just because of your name or who you Are. Quot Cincinnati tackle Anthony Munoz was voted to his record 11th pro bowl wednesday but he missed his Rookie season. Taylor is the nil career sack Leader with 121.5 but his seven sacks this season Are a career Low and his 67 tackles Are his Low except for the strike shortened seasons of 1982 and 1987. He is second on the giants in sacks and fifth in tackles. Center Bart Oates was the giants Only pro bowl selection this year marking the first time since 1977 they had Only one All Star. It is also the first time since 1975 the giants have no linebackers on the pfc squad. Brad Van Pelt was their Only selection in 1976 and 1977. Taylor and Oates were among seven giants picked for the pro bowl last season