European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Porte january 26,1992 Page 24 it s super sunday final practice Minneapolis a quarterback Mark Rypien whose right ankle was mildly sprained a Day earlier went through Washington a final super bowl practice with no problems Friday. A at first there was a Little tenderness a Rypien said. A but As we got into it there was no problem at All. Even on cuts and sprints i Felt no  the redskins practice for 1 hour 15 minutes without pads the Bills for 1 hour and 20 minutes in  s Odds Reno Nev. Apr the line from Harrah a Reno race amp sports Book for the super bowl with the Over under in parentheses sunday Jan. 26 Washington minus Ivi is. Buffalo 48 by Dave Goldberg a football writer Minneapolis Buffalo is loaded with players claiming to be the a Fly a Michael Jordan. Washington think  Jordan and hogs. Air and mud. Bills and redskins. Thus is the scene set for tonight a super bowl the Best against the Best for the nil title a match that seemed destined since the season started on labor Day weekend. In the heated Comfort of the Hubert h. Humphrey metronome the second Northern super bowl will match the explosiveness of the Bills against the Power of the redskins. The similarities begin and end at a a bests a Washington a 14-2 record was Best in the nil and Buffalo a 1-Point loser in last years super bowl led the acc at 13-3. Buffalo is the team of the no huddle supercharged offence a group with a pure thoroughbreds High Strung sensibility that retains some of the insecurity of the a bickering Bills that spoiled the 1989 season. At least two Bills a quarterback Jim Kelly and Moody running Back Thurman Thomas a Lay claim to being the teams Michael Jordan. Thomas the leagues most valuable player claims he a underappreciated despite that and says a i guess ill have to live with being the Best All around Back in the  lakers clip Kings again Page 18 nil summaries standings a Page 20 dad will be watching no. 47 a Page 21 skins make a believer of Fontes a Page 22 then there a Bruce Smith the defensive end who missed most of this season with a knee injury after proclaiming himself the Best defender in the game a year ago when he was indeed named the defensive player of the year. Washington by contrast seems to be a team without ego its identity forged by the a hogs a the offensive linemen who helped carry Joe Theismann and John Riggins to the nil title nine years ago. Three of that group a Joe Jacoby Jeff Bostic and Russ Grimm a remain with the team. The rest of the line Down to Mark Schlereth the pro bowl guard who Calls himself a a Piglet a still Wallow in that designation. A i done to know that we have any one player who can carry a team a says Joe Gibbs who will be coaching in his fourth the redskins no. Head coach Joe Gibbs player p it it exp 2 Kelly Goodburn. Chip Lohmiller. 6-2 199 5 8k 6-3 210 4 10 Jeff Rutledge. A a 6-1 193 13 11 Mark Rypien. A a 6-4 234 5 16 Stan Humphries. A a 6-2 224 3 20 Alvoid Mays. Cd 5-9 180 2 21 Earnest byner. 5-10 218 8 26 Danny Copeland. S 6-2 213 3 27 Brad Edwards. S 6-2 207 4 28 Darrell Green. 5-8 170 9 30 Brian Mitchell. 5-10 209 2 32 Ricky Ervins. Re 5-7 200 r 35 Martin Mayhew. 5-8 172 3 37 Gerald Riggs. 6-1 232 10 40 Alvin Walton. S 6-0 180 6 45 Sidney Johnson. 5-9 175 3 47 Anthony Johnson. Cd 5-8 170 3 50 Ravin Caldwell. La 6-3 240 5 51 Monte Coleman. 6-2 245 13 53 Jeff Bostic. C 6-2 278 12 54 Kurt Gouveia. 6-1 228 5 55 Andre Collins. La 6-1 233 2 57 Matt Millen. La 6-2 245 12 58 Wilber Marshall. 6-1 231 8 60 Fred Stokes. 6-3 274 5 61 Mark Adicks. 6-4 285 6 63 Raleigh Mckenzie. 6-2 279 7 66 Joe Jacoby. To 6-7 314 11 68 Russ Grimm. G 6-3 284 11 69 Mark Schlereth. G 6-3 283 3 71 Charles Mann. 6-6 272 9 75 Eric Williams. 6-4 290 8 76 de Simmons. To 6-5 300 5 78 Tim Johnson., it 6-3 283 5 79 Jim Laccy. 6-6 294 7 81 Art monk., 6-3 210 12 82 John brands. 6-2 249 5 83 Ricky Sanders. 5-11 180 6 84 Gary clark., 5-9 173 7 85 Don Warren. 6-4 242 13 86 Stephen Hobbs. 5-11 200 2 87 Ron Middleton. 6-2 270 6 88 James Jenkins. 6-2 234 r 89 Teny Orr. The 6-2 235 7 94 Bobby Wilson. It 6-2 283 r 97 James Geathers. It 6-7 289 7 99 Jason Buck. 6-4 265 5 super bowl in 11 seasons in Washington. A it s a solid knit unit without a  Washington comes in favored by about a touchdown largely because it was blowing away Detroit 41-10 in the pfc title game while Buffalo was barely squeezing by Denver 10-7. Buffaloes Back in the super bowl thanks largely to Kelly the quarterback with a linebackers mentality Thomas receivers Andre Reed and James Lofton and linebacker Cornelius Bennett who had his Best season. An easy schedule helped and the return of Wright and Smith lifted the defense which played its Best games in playoff wins Over Kansas City and Denver. The catalyst for Washington a pfc championship year was quarterback Mark Rypien who Wasny to even sure of the starting Job in training Camp after a shaky 1990. He Snow on solid ground As Leader of the potent Redskin offence which might Combine with buffaloes explosive attack for a rare super shootout. For one thing the weather wont be a Factor there a a fast track artificial turf and both defences can be scored upon. Moreover Washington used some no huddle offence against Atlanta and Detroit in the playoffs and skins coach Joe Gibbs hinted broadly this week he might do it again. That could make for an epic track  Bills Bills Jim Kelly no. 12, lost heartbreaker last year. An seb coverage coverage of super bowl xxvi on an and seb television begins tonight at 9 30 get with the pregame show. An and seb radio coverage starts at 11 45. The Kickoff is scheduled for 18 minutes past Midnight. Skins Mark Rypien no. 11, starts his first super bowl. No head coach Marv Levy player p it it exp 5 Brad Daluiso. K 6-2 208 r 7 Gale Gilbert. A a 6-3 210 5 9 Chris Mohr. P 6-5 215 2 11 Scott Norwood. K 6-0 207 7 12 Jim Kelly. A a 6-3 218 6 14 Frank Reich. A a 6-4 210 7 20 Henry Jones. 5-11 197 r 21 Brian Taylor. 5-10 195 3 23 Kenneth Davis. 6-2 209 6 27 Clifford Hicks. Cd 5-10 188 5 31 James Williams. Cd 5-10 172 2 34 Thurman Thomas. Re 5-10 198 4 35 Carwell Gardner. 6-2 232 2 37 Nate Odomes. 5-10 188 5 38 Mark Kelso. 5-11 185 6 46 Leonard Smith. 5-11 202 9 47 Kirby Jackson. 5-10 180 5 50 Ray Bentley. 6-2 235 6 51 Jim Ritcher. 6-3 273 12 53 Marcus Patton. 6-2 225 2 54 Carlton Bailey. 6-3 235 4 56 Darryl Talley. 6-4 235 9 58 Shane Conlan. 6-3 230 5 59 Mitch Frerotte. 6-3 285 3 63 Adam Lingner. 6-4 268 9 64 Mike Brennan. 6-5 282 2 67 Kent Hull. 6-5 275 6 69 will Wolford. 6-5 295 6 73 Mike Lodish. 6-3 265 2 74 Glenn Parker. 6-5 301 2 75 Howard Ballard. 6-6 325 4 78 Bruce Smith. 6-4 275 7 79 Joe Staysniak. 6-5 295 1 80 James Lofton. 6-3 190 14 82 Don Beebe. 5-11 183 3 83 Andre Reed. 6-2 190 7 84 Keith Mckeller. 6-4 245 4 85 a1 Edwards. 5-8 171 2 87 Butch Rolie. 6-3 245 6 88 Pete Metzelaars. 6-7 250 10 89 Steve Tasker. 5-9 183 7 90 Phil Hansen. 6-5 258 r 91 Jeff Wright. 6-3 270 4 94 Mark Pike. 6-4 272 5 96 Leon seals. 6-5 270 5 97 Cornelius Bennett. 6-2 238 5 99 Hal Garner. 6-4 238 6