European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes sports sunday november 8,1992 whole season s Effort goes into Halfway awards by Dave Goldberg a football writer there Are no Bye weeks left. Every team in the nil has played eight games. So. Its officially time for the Halfway Home mid season awards All subject to change at any time. Starting at the top executive of the year Jimmy Johnson Dallas. Notice this is not coach of the year but executive of the year. Johnson delegates a lot of coaching to assistants like Norv Turner and Dave Wannstedt and acts As an organizer. But he also makes trades a like the ones that got him so much for Herschel Walker and Steve Walsh and the ones that got him Steve Buerlein and Charles Haley. And he makes the draft picks which Means that he a assembled the Young Talent that has his team at 7-1, Best in the Nel this year. Runner up Jerry reichow Minnesota. With no draft picks astute enough to grab Todd Scott on the sixth round Terry Allen on the ninth and sign John Randle As a free agent coach of the year tie Dennis Green Minnesota Bill Cowher Pittsburgh. This is coach of the year not Rookie coach of the year. Green has come in and taken a team without High draft picks for three years Sec reichow above divested himself of name players on the downgrade Keith Millard Joey Browner Wade Wilson Herschel Walker and led them to a 6-2 Mark. Unless they collapse they should win the pfc Central a they Lead Chicago by two games plus a tiebreaker. Cowher meanwhile has taken the same players who went 7-9 or 8-8 every year under Chuck Noll and gotten them to Start 6-2. One overlooked contribution is his Confidence in Bany Foster who has emerged As one of the leagues top runners after being in and out of Noll s Doghouse. Map Emmitt Smith Dallas. This one is simple. Smith leads the nil in Rushing wit i 896 Yards not far off the 2,000-Yard goal he a set for himself. He a the one player the cowboys can to afford to lose Charles Haley is closest he a the map. Honorable mention John Elway Denver without whom the Broncos would be 2-6 instead of 5-3 Steve Young and Ricky Watters san Francisco. Offensive player Steve Young san Francisco. Maybe its the system but he a been every bit As Good As Joe Montana. Sorry Joe if you come Back you re not going to Start. Honorable mention Watters Foster Smith Rodney Hampton new York giants. Defensive player Chris Dole Man Minnesota. One reason Why Dennis Green is co coach of the half year is that he a gotten Dolman to play every week with help from defensive line coach John Teer Linck. He used to play Only in nationally televised games or games against mediocre offences. Honorable mention Haley Bryan Cox Miami. Haley has Only two sacks but he a the reason the cowboys have already equalled last years sack total of 23 because everyone double teams him. Offensive Rookie not Watters who would run away with it if he Hadnot spent last year on injured Reserve making himself a second year Man. So. Troy Auzenne offensive tackle Chicago. A second round Choice who a allowed just 1 i sacks and had one holding penalty while playing the difficult left tackle position against Doleman twice no one stands taller at the mid season Point than Dallas running Back Emmitt Smith. Pat Swilling and Lawrence Taylor Leon Ard Marshall. Why  an offensive lineman be noted. Honorable mention Vaughn Dunbar new Orleans. Defensive Rookie Santana Dotson Tampa Bay a fifth round Choice who for the first time this year went without a sack last week. His seven sacks Are the same number As Swilling last years map on defense and he does no to have the Guys around him that Swilling has to occupy blockers. Honorable mention Quentin Coryatt and Steve Emtman Indianapolis Marco Coleman and Troy Vincent Miami Robert Jones Dallas. Coryatt might have won it for the season had he not been Hurt. Emtmann a 90-Yard run got a lot of tape reruns but Coryatt has been More consistent Coleman is coming on Strong Vincent was a starter from the beginning and Jones looks like the second coming of Harry  to slow Steeles bid for dominance by the associated press Buffalo fans Are Down on their team because its not winning by enough. Marv Levy is Down on the fans. A some of them impress me As if they might have been ready to surrender the Day after Pearl Harbor a he says a but we re  All of this is relevant for the Pittsburgh Steeles who come to town with a Surprise a the same record As the Bills 6-2. They re rewarded for this by being 61/ Point underdogs to Buffalo. But look at it this Way. If the Bills Start slowly sunday some of those Pearl Harbor Guys Are Likely to Start their routine. So there goes the Home Field advantage. Two theories on this game. 1, after underachieving and still winning against the jets and patriots the Bills will be up to show the upstarts that they re still the of cd a Best. 2, Bill Cowherd a Steeles will look at this game As the one that proves their legitimacy and play that Way. A Little of both. Bills 20-17.raiders plus 6v at Philadelphia does the soap opera continue this might be the Best thing that can happen to the eagles. When the Silver and Black arrive the Silver and Green May forget that they re angry at each other and get angry at their opponents. On the other hand maybe the battered eagles Arentt very Good. Eagles 13-10nfi predictions Miami minus 6vk at Indianapolis so How far does Steve Emtman run this time revenge revenge revenge. Dolphins 24-14 Man Kasota minus 6 at Tampa Bay Dennis Green is half season coach of the year. Sam Wyche tried for a while. But he in t. Vikings 24-6san Diego plus s i at Kansas City the chargers Arentt Good enough to win five in a Row. The chiefs Arentt bad enough to be 4-5. Chiefs 13-3dallas minus at Detroit what a difference 10 months make a last january the Lions beat the cowboys 38-6 in the playoffs. It might As Well have been 10 years cowboys 38-6san Francisco minus 7 at Atlanta monday night three weeks ago the 49ers sent Jerry Glanville Back to Atlanta with his a California trophy dragging behind him. That one was 56-17. This one 49ers, 38-17new Orleans minus ave at new England the patriots always try. The saints almost always win. Saints 20-10 Green Bay plus 9 at new York giants its unlikely that Ray Handley can get his Guys up for this one after what they did in Washington giants 27-23. New York jets plus 6 at Denver do the jets have a third straight Good Effort in them yes. Until Elway gets the Ball with 1 30 left. Broncos 23-20cleveland plus 11 at Houston the Browns done to like turf As in their 30-10 loss in Cincinnati. Houston likes it Fine. Oilers 30-10washington minus 1216 at Seattle this is a real stat a the Washington offence Hasni to scored a touchdown in nine quarters. The Streak ends Here. Redskins 26-7cincinnati plus 91 at Chicago one thing about the bears. They generally beat bad teams. Bears 24-14phoenix plus 5 at rams them the cards have three straight 8��d games in rams 28-21 last week 6-6 spread 6-6 straight up season 54-55-2 spread 73-37 straight up