European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 23 around the nil Atlanta a Deion sanderssanders7 Stock raised by pro bowl Suwanee a. Apr when Deion Sanders was named a pro bowl starter in Only his third season with the Atlanta Falcons his value jumped. And so did the possibility of a bidding War Between the Falcons and the Atlanta braves both trying to get Sanders to pick one sport to play full time. A something is going to happen after this year a Eugene Parker Sanders attorney said thursday. A either the Falcons Are going to come Forward and do something to show Deion How important he is to their future or the braves will do  Sanders wont talk about his two sport future. A i done to want to talk about it. I want to enjoy football a he said. But Parker said he will sit Down with Falcons management after the season to discuss a new contract. Sanders current nil contract has one year plus an option to run after this season. Parker said he will weigh any Falcons offer with any standing offer from the braves but he expects Sanders to play both sports at least two More seasons. Braves general manager John Schuur Holz said he does no to want to see the two timing continue. A i done to want to rain on the football Parade a he said. A but in a going to Tell Deion that being a full time baseball player is in his Best interest. 1 guess that would have a financial component built  Sanders made $650,000 for the first four months of the 1991 braves season then $17,000 for a two week Cameo appearance late in the year plus playoff Revenue. But in 54 games last year he had Only a .191 batting average and a .270 on base percentage far Short of desired numbers for a Lead off hitter. Schuerholz admits there a some risk in signing Sanders full time with those numbers but he said he thinks Sanders would improve by devoting All his time to baseball. A a we re sort of betting on the outcome. But we have to be continually reminded this is a unique situation a he said. Falcons president Taylor Smith said he can to compete with baseball a dollars but a if we can look at something Long term that a what Well do. In a sure Deion wants to be among the Best paid players in football. Cowboys pull in reins now to be healthy for playoffs by Denne h. Freeman Irving Texas apr done to look for the Dallas cowboys to unleash their full offensive Arsenal against the Atlanta Falcons on sunday. They May be playing them again in the playoffs. If the Falcons defeat the cowboys to earn the pfc West division title and the new Orleans saints Down Phoenix Dallas will take its wild card credentials to Atlanta for a first round playoff game. Dali As coach Jimmy Johnson said the cowboys will keep a tight cover on their offensive and defensive strategy. A if there is a pullback it allows you to step up a notch the next week a Johnson said. A a we a like to have 11 wins for the regular season but we done to want 11 wins at a Cost of injury to key players. We have to do what s Best for us. A i done to want it to sound like we done to want to win and we will prepare our team to win. But Atlanta has More at stake. I Don t know if we will play with the same focus we have had. We be had some emotional games. It s been an emotionally draining  Johnson said he had no thoughts about revenge for Atlanta knocking Dallas out of the playoffs in the last game of the season in 1990. A a it a history and something that happened in the past a Johnson said. A i did t bring it up to the players. You done to motivate with negative things like revenge. Our Only motivation is to get  Atlanta coach Jerry Glanville said the cowboys turnaround has been remarkable. A a i coached against him when i was at Houston and there was no doubt he Johnson was going to do things his Way and have a Good team a Glanville said. A i told him after one game a done to change a thing. You be got it  a Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones moved Dallas from 1-15 to the playoffs in three years. Atlanta quarterback Chris Miller said he has tremendous respect for the Dallas defense even if it did no to get a player named to the pro bowl. A Dallas does no to have any big name players yet but they have some Guys who will be All pro in the future a Miller said. A they play together and they Are enthusiastic. A the Only certainty about sunday s game is that it will be the cowboys last at Home in 1991. They will visit Atlanta Chicago or Detroit in the first round of the playoffs. Should the cowboys defeat Atlanta they will play at Detroit if Chicago beats san Francisco or Detroit loses to Buffalo. Dallas would be at Chicago if the cowboys beat Atlanta and Chicago loses to san Francisco and Detroit beats Buffalo. If Dallas loses to Atlanta the cowboys would be at Detroit if new Orleans loses to Phoenix and Chicago beats san Francisco or Detroit loses to Buffalo. If Dallas loses to Atlanta it would be at Chicago if new Orleans loses to Phoenix Chicago loses to san Francisco and Detroit beats Buffalo. A we would much rather know who we Are playing in the playoffs Quot Johnson said. A but Well Lake it. We just done to want to show too much in the Atlanta game if we have to play them again the next  should Atlanta lose to Dallas and new Orleans defeat Phoenix then he Falcons would be a wild card on the Road at Chicago Detroit or new Orleans. The Falcons have won five consecutive games and seven of their last eight Dallas has won four in a Row. If the cowboys win sunday it would give them an 11-5 record Best since the 19k3 team went 124. Back to Back re matches Are old hat for sch Ottenheimer by John Nadel los Angeles apr Kansas City chiefs coach Marty sch Ottenheimer knows what its like to play a team in the regular season finale and again the next weekend in a first round playoff game. Three years ago in sch Ottenheimer a final two games As Cleveland s head coach the Browns faced the Houston oilers. The Browns won the regular game 28-23, gaining the Homefield advantage for an acc wild card game. As it turned out that did t mean much because the oilers beat them 24-23 in the playoffs six Days later. Sch Ottenheimer a chiefs will meet the los Angeles raiders at the los Angeles coliseum on sunday and no matter who wins the teams will play again either dec. 28 or dec. 29 in an acc wild card game. The Only question is where. Sch Ottenheimer would be Happy to Host the playoff As Long As his team lakes advantage of the advantage. A where you play in the playoffs probably Isnit going to be really important but obviously wed both like to play at Home a sch Ottenheimer said. A i happen to think each game is a separate entity in itself. Once a game is Over its Over. A the one thing for sure is Well know each other Well enough. It really brings football Down to its very essence Down on the Field. You re not going to outsmart anybody you re not even going to try the chiefs and raiders both have 9-6 records but neither has performed like a playoff team recently. The raiders Are coming off a 27-0 loss at new Orleans on monday night their second straight setback while the chiefs were beaten 28-14 by san Francisco two Days earlier their third loss in five games. Not Only have both teams performed below Par recently both Are unsettled at the quarterback position. Jay Schroeder who has started the last 33 games at quarterback for the raiders is listed As questionable because he sprained Hoth Ankles against new Orleans. But All indications Are he won t Start even if he a healthy. Instead the raiders plan to go with Rookie Todd a i Zinovich a first round draft Choice who Hasni to played a Down of professional football. While the raiders Are testing a 22-year-old Rookie at quarterback the chiefs will probably go with a recently deposed 37-year-old Veteran a Steve Deberg. A a in a ready for it. I can to wait a Marino Vich said. A i think it s like Riding a Bike. Once you do it you can get Back on and ride it Well. A this week i m going through some major cramming. They re not putting Loo Many things in they re really keeping it simple. I feel  Marinovich has played just one Quarter for the raiders a against Dallas in a preseason game on aug. 12. He completed three of four passes for 16 Yards. One of those completions went for a 2-Yard touchdown in a 17-12 Raider win. Marinovich has t played in a game that counted since last Dee. 31 in the John Hancock bowl. In his final game for Southern Cal he was yanked by trojans coach Larry Smith. Quot the kid is a very accurate quarterback a . Coach Art Shell said. A the can do a lot of things. He understands what we re trying to  Tor the chiefs Mark Vlasic was moved ahead of Deberg As the starting quarterback before the san Francisco game but Vlasic suffered a knee injury Early in the game and Deberg went most of the Way. A a we re very comfortable with Steve a sch Ottenheimer said. Quot we re Lully aware he has placed pretty effectively against them the raiders the Iasi several