European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 28, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 25bills Effort had certain air about it by Michael Wilbon the Washington Post Minneapolis a Marv Levy looked like a disgusted Man. If your team played As poorly As his did sunday you a look disgusted too. It was a quote from Winston Churchill that popped into Levy a mind in the immediate moments after a disappointing Flat loss to the redskins a i heard Winston super bowl xxv commentary Churchill once say that defeat no matter How excused discounted or explained is still maybe you should made that odoriferous. The Bills stunk. Of if you done to believe me take it from Bills defensive end Leon seals a we did everything possible to stink the place Terry Bradshaw who has won four super bowls recognized the problem with the acc pretenders. A this team a he said a just Wasny to ready to everything the redskins Are a smart resourceful mentally unshakable a the Bills Arentt. Start with the first two plays of the game. Thurman Thomas was a no show for the second time in a week but this one was a Little More important than blowing off a news conference. He find his helmet. Lost it. The Bills called running plays on each of the first two snaps from scrimmage and their Best player find his hat. On the second play substitute Kenneth Davis did no to even take the Handoff and Jim Kelly got smashed. Levy screamed at an equipment Man. Thomas who insisted for the past week that he ought to be considered a the Michael Jordan of the Bills gained 13 Yards in 10 carries. You had to wonder at least for sunday if his heart was lost with his helmet. Thomas who has spent the past week blaming others for just about everything said a i worked my butt off All week in practice then i done to get the football. That a the coaches decision. In a not going to walk up to offensive coordinator Ted Marchibroda and say a give me the a when a really bad officiating Call a it should have been a pass interference Call against the redskins a stalled a drive on third Down near the end of the first half with the redskins ahead 17-0, Andre Reed made it infinitely worse by foolishly throwing a temper Tantrum that Drew a 15-Yard penalty and took the team out of Field goal Range. Stupidity such As that is too much even for Talent to Bills Larry seals left yells at teammate Darryl tally on the sidelines following a touchdown by the redskins. Overcome. Kelly played As poorly when it counted in a big game As a quarterback can. Forget the 24 Points and the 275 Yards passing. Kelly when it was on the line did not do it. Second series of the game interception. Second series of the second Quarter already trailing 10-0, interception. Into double coverage under thrown. He fumbled he threw desperation passes before it was time to be desperate. Kelly a four interceptions tied a super bowl record. Don Beebe coughed up one touchdown when he saw Brad Edwards coming. Beebe dropped another touchdown pass that hit him in the hands when probably he Felt Edwards a heat. The redskins played much of the second half with Darrell Green and Monte Coleman Hurt. Kelly apparently suffering from a slight concussion said he remember much. A maybe its Best that i done to he said. As seals said a stuff he must have been talking about lost helmets and 15-Yard tantrums and dropped passes and a certain third Quarter third-and-10 play that turned into a 30-Yard touchdown pass from Rypien to Gary Clark. A that third and whatever was the Bac breaker a seals said. Beebe did not play Well when the pressure closed in. Clark and Art Monk did. Kelly do it Rypien did. Rypien took a dozen hits popped up every time and attacked like a quarterback you a want to build a team around. Ricky Ervins and Earnest byner ran brutish by Thomas Alibie. The redskins got absolute maximum Effort from every defender while Cornelius Bennett was the Only Bill defender who acquitted himself Well. If both teams play at their Best perhaps the Bills win. But you knew that Wasny to going to happen. You knew Buffalo with All its bickering and posturing and screaming would self destruct. There Are players and there Are teams and you a think the Bills would have Learned the difference in a years time. You a think somebody from the acc would learn that. Levy said a we played a team that was he did no to go any further than that but we presume he meant better prepared better coached better in everything you can imagine. A a we re in the pile with the 27 other teams now a Buffalo linebacker Darryl Talley said. Bruce Smith added a it still Hasni to hit me yet. When it does its going to hit me maybe what All the Bills need is to be hit hard by something. They Are talented arrogant and stubborn. Its not enough. They kept five blockers in despite the fact that the redskins were blitzing their Heads off. A we done to have but five blockers a Center Kent Hull said. A maybe six if Thurman stays the redskins had seven. You a think during the course of a game the Bills might learn something. Someone asked Hull if anybody had blitzed them so much and he said a yeah Denver two weeks the Bills have won that game but did without scoring an offensive touchdown. So they came Here and made a nuisance of themselves. Anybody can lose but the Bills worked hard at making it so odious. And odoriferous catch up does t Wash against skins editors note Detroit lion coach Wayne Fontes the a Fly a coach of the year coached against both super bowl teams within a three week Span beating Buffalo in the regular season finale and losing to Washington in the pfc championship game. He is preparing to coach the pfc team in next sundays pro bowl in Honolulu Here s his analysis of the redskins 3724 Victory Over the Bills. By Wayne Fontes for the associated press before the game i thought Washington would win and on this sunday the Best team won. They say you win with defense and i thought Washington had the Best defense. These were two Good offensive teams a they both can score Points a but the redskins Are a Strong team in All phases of the game and they re especially Tough when they get up on you. The key to Washington a defense is the linebackers. They did a great Job in the analysis first half shutting Down buffaloes running game a the Bills had just 8 Yards on the ground a then did a Good Job in the second half dropping Back into the deep zones on pass plays. They also did a Good Job putting heat on Jim Kelly. Denver put tremendous pressure on Kelly in the acc championship game and from his throwing motion on sunday it looked like his Knees were bothering him. The redskins were also fortunate to stay healthy. To get to the last game of the season with no major injuries in key positions is phenomenal. I thought the key came Early in the second half when linebacker Kurt Gouveia intercepted and the redskins got Down to the 5 and scored on the next play to make it 24-0. That a the same thing that happened against us they came up with the Quick touchdown and made us play catch up and when you try to play catch up especially against a Good team things can really turn on you. Offensively i was impressed with Mark Rypien who had such a Good Day against us. He a big and Strong and has so much composure. He a Cool under pressure and he Sas Good a downfield thrower As we played. He puts the Ball on the Money downfield better than anyone we saw this year. He really knows what to do with the football and with his offence. Hell sit Back and wait on his receivers and wont throw a bad Ball. He a playing in the pro bowl and i wish i could keep him Here. Rypien was masterful when Buffalo came Back and made it 24-10. He went left right a it was a drive that almost broke their backs though the Bills came Back at the end. But that drive was masterful. Buffalo was on a Little run and if they could have held them out it would have been even bigger. Offensively people say the redskins do 9 million things. They really done to do a whole lot of things other than what they execute Well. They Pound you and Pound you and suddenly its 30-7. That a a tribute to Joe Gibbs and his coaching staff. The things they do they be been doing for 11 years and they do them Well. I thought Buffalo had too much composure to get blown out and for them to come Back and score 24 Points was a Heck of an Effort. A lesser team could have gotten blown out but they got some of their composure Back and Hung in there until the end. Washington is a great team and they deserved the championship. Sure buffaloes hurting but they Hung in there. Everybody forgets the other team but you be got to take your hat of to them they had another great year As for the redskins we be got to play them again next year at k1k i m already sick about that
