European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 b the stars and stripes sunday january 12,1992 today a pro football experience broncs Bills by Dave Goldberg Buffalo , apr bringing up the super bowl experience to the Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills isl exactly dredging up pleasant memories. The Broncos whose experience there has been a Nightmare have a message for the world a a we re  the coaches and four of the players who will meet in sundays acc championship went through their final session with the Media Friday night. The Broncos enjoyed it the most suggesting that they were going to pay Back the people who made them 12-Point underdogs by tormenting them with another super bowl trip. A a lot of people Are pulling for us not to go further than this a said Denver coach Dan Reeves whose team has represented the acc in three of the last five super bowls a losing All three games by increasingly Large margins. When he was asked Why he replied a it guess they done to like super bowls one sided. 1 guess they feel if we re there that a the Way its Gonna  and Strong safety Dennis Smith defending quarterback John Elway a 0-3 record in the big game noted a you can to put it on John. The defense has done its part. We be Given up something like 200 or 300  actually its 136 Points allowed to 40 scored in the three losses but As Smith noted who a counting. Besides the Broncos Arentt the Only ones a the pfc has won the last seven super bowls Only two of them in close games. One of those was last year when the Bills lost 20-19 to the new York giants a margin of one Point or about two feet a the margin by which Scott Norwood a Denver quarterback John Elway stretches in practice Friday before heading for Buffalo and today Safe title game. Field goal attempt in the final seconds was wide right. That a Why the Bills seem to take things More seriously a both sundays game and the super bowl should they get there. A we still think about it and we think about going Back there and by How Little we lost a linebacker Darryl Talley said. A i think our problem last year was that people tried to do too much. Instead of concentrating on our own jobs we were running around All Over the Elace particularly on defense. Now we know enough to keep our  but focus connotes More pressure on Buffalo which was made the favorite to win this years acc title the Day after last years title game. The pressure continues following a 13-3 regular season and a 37-14 win Over Kansas City in the Bills first playoff game. But for Denver there a been Little pressure after last year when they followed a 55-10 loss to san Francisco in the super bowl by finishing 5-11. _ this year they bounced Back to go 12-4 and take their fourth acc West title in six years. Then they beat Houston 26-24 last week As Elway engineered an 87-Yard drive in the final 2 07 for David Treadwell a winning Field goal. A we Learned to enjoy winning this year because we did no to take it so much for granted a Elway said Friday night. That also applies to sundays game a for the Broncos not the Bills. A a we be got everything to gain and nothing to lose a Elway said. A so we can just let it hang out. If we win everybody will have to put up with us in the super bowl again a and then he just  to use Cowboy lesson plan on switching defences against Lions by Richard Keil Washington apr it turns out the Dallas cowboys May have done their archrival the Washington redskins a big favor. The cowboys refused to adjust their defense in last weeks playoff game a in effect daring Detroit Lions quarterback Erik Kramer to beat them. Kramer did just that and taught the redskins a valuable lesson As they prepare for sunday s pfc championship game against Detroit. A Dallas did no to change too much a Washington defensive head coach Richie Petitbon said. A if you confine yourself to one defense one front one coverage  find the  Detroit did just that As Kramer completed 29 of 38 passes under Dallas soft zone As the cowboys spent most of the game concentrating on Barry Sanders. They controlled Sanders but lost the game 38-6. The Way to solve a run and shoot defense like Detroit a Petitbon said is to keep changing defensive alignments. A you just have to play a lot of different stuff against them a Petitbon said. A i know what that is but obviously i can to Tell you a defensive end Charles Mann said. A your defensive scheme is very confusing. Its confusing for us. And its extremely confusing for a Young  in a game that May hinge on Detroit a ability to score the Lions come in knowing that the redskins have proved they can Stop the run and shoot. By using a variety of formations a usually featuring three Down lineman and up to six defensive backs a the redskins have bested four run and shoot offences this season starting with the Lions on opening Day. They also beat Houston and Atlanta during the regular season and knocked off the Falcons again in last weeks divisional playoff. Having excellent pass coverage and speedy linebackers with the ability to cover wide receivers on Possession routes across the Middle Are two reasons Why Washington has had such Success against the run and shoot. In those four games the redskins limited their opponents to an average of 9.3 Points and 221 Yards of total offence. In the rest of their games Houston Atlanta and Detroit averaged 22.7 Points. But Kramer has already proved that he Isnit rattled by playoff pressure. That has Washington worried a the did no to take anything they weren to giving him a defensive tackle Tim Johnson said of Kramer a showing against Dallas. Quot he looked like someone who s been in the league nine or 10  a a it a a Tough system to defend against a said pro bowl cornerback Darrell Green. A in that setup you get rid of the Ball quickly so its Tough to get much of a pass  the redskins always talk As if they respect their opponent but it seems that their appreciation of Detroit a ability is genuine. Washington a 45-0 demolition of Detroit in the season opener a is ancient history Quot said Washington defensive tackle Eric Williams a former lion who counts Many of the current Lions As friends. Quot they put in a new defense with four Down lineman for that game and they scrapped it the next week. A lot of things have changed. We re thinking More about what they did to  but Detroit wont be the Only team on the Field sunday with a new offensive twist. The redskins have been using the no huddle offence to Good effect. They opened last weeks win against the Falcons by going to a hurry up which represented a significant step for redskins coach Joe Gibbs. Previously he had used it three times to jump Start a sluggish offence and each time Washington scored a touchdown. But he had not used it at the beginning of a game since a dec. 15 contest against the giants when Washington also scored. In the Atlanta game he stayed with it longer than in any previous contest indicating Washington is getting comfortable with the  for it against the Lions particularly if Detroit goes to a four Down lineman alignment a a scheme Fontes likes a and has to play Man to Man in the secondary. But the redskins May not need gimmicks to score. They led the nil in Points scored with 485, and last week saw their ground game return to its Early season Standard