European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Unday november 22,1992 sports the stars and stripes Page 25 pfc. Juk Rieg returns to kingdom a we former Seahawk a a Dave Kreig will now enjoy Protection from Kansas City. Filo by Jim Cour Seattle of Dave Krieg who spent his first dozen seasons in the nil with Seattle returns to the kingdom on sunday to play against his former team the sea Hawks. The new starting quarterback for the Kansas City chiefs does t know How the sea Hawks fans will react to him. An seb radio and to 2 . Monday a a in be had them both Quot he said. A whatever the fans do. That a their business. But 1 have nothing but great memories  Krieg will be trying to help the chiefs 6-4 win their third straight game and pin another loss on the sea Hawks who Nave lost seven in a Row and Are 1-9. Krieg 34, will be facing his former team for the second time this season. The chiefs beat the sea Hawks 26-7 in Kansas City in week 2. Krieg teamed with . Birdon on a 72-Yard touchdown pass in that game. In Kriegs 12 seasons in Seattle 8v2 As a starter for coach Chuck Knox he set club records with 2,096 passes completed 26,132 passing Yards and 195 touchdown passes. He Quarter backed the sea Hawks into the 1983 acc Champion Rishi game against the los Angeles raiders and into the nil playoffs three other times. But Krieg a hot and cold performer throughout his stint in Seattle also had his detractors. The fans cheered him but they booed almost As often. He set an nil record with 108 fumbles in Seattle a Mark he has extended to 112. In 129 games with the sea Hawks. Including 116 starts he was intercepted is times and sacked 341 times. The sea Hawks chose not to protect Krieg during the of season. New coach Tom Flores wanted to go with younger quarterbacks Kelly Stouffer and Dan Mcgwire. Sea Hawks owner Ken Behring wanted to get rid of Kriegs salary too. Krieg signed As a plan b free agent with the chiefs getting a $1.7 million contract. The chiefs signed Krieg to fill a Hole they Felt might be holding them Back from the super bowl. Kansas City beat the super bowl Champion Washington redskins 35-16 last weekend As Krieg had a hot game. He completed 19 of 29 passes for 302 Yards and two touchdowns. For the season Krieg has a 74.1 quarterback rating. He a completed 142 of 264 passes for 1,883 Yards a 53.8 percent a and eight touchdowns while being intercepted eight times. Krieg said he does no to feel completely comfortable with coach Marty Schottin Hei Mcra a offence yet. But he a getting there. Krieg said he just relaxed and had fun in the redskins game. A it ended up being not too bad of an idea a he said. He feels sorry for the sea Hawks who have scored just five touchdowns this season and have a league Low 59 Points. Because of injuries Seattle has used three quarterbacks this year a Stouffer Mcgwire and Stan Gelbaugh and they have a collective quarterback rating of 47.4.Browns, Vikings ready for key game by Mike Nadel Minneapolis a Mike Tomczak knows the Minnesota Vikings. Felix Wright knows the Cleveland i Browns. The Vikings and Browns got to know each other in the preseason. The Vikings 7-3 know that if they beat Cleveland on sunday at the act radome  be no worse than a game behind Dallas and san Francisco in the Battle for the of cd a Best record. The Browns 5-5 know they desperately need a Victory to keep Pace in the acc Central race. An seb television 7 . Sunday what does All this knowledge mean a i done to really know Quot Wright  a i still see quite a few of the Guys fairly regularly a a added the Vikings free safety who started Tor the Browns from 1987-90 and still lives in Cleveland during the of season. A a that a Why what happened in the preseason Felt really Good for  the Vikings 56-3 exhibition Victory at Cleveland was part of a dominating preseason during which they out scored four opponents 140-6. A i just wanted to play Well personally to show them that in a still around. It was a Good feeling to win like that a said Wright who left Cleveland As a plan i free agent after the 1990 season. A but i also know that it was the preseason and it did no to really count. A still they lost 56-3. Preseason or not that had to be embarrassing. Browns coach Bill Belichick is going to use it for a motivator this  not so says Tomczak the free agent pickup who became Cleveland a starting quarterback after Bernie Kosar and Todd Philcox got Hurt. A minimal Quot Tomczak said of the revenge Factor. A Bill Belichick is very realistic. What happened in August is not an indication of what can happen in  and what happened in 1991 or 1989 or 1987 is not an indication of what might happen sunday. Tomczak is familiar with the Vikings and the met radome having played for Minnesota a principal pfc Central rivals Tor seven seasons. Tomczak was with the Chicago bears from 1985-90 and the Green Bay packers last  the Browns play four games against that division this season Tomczak was a logical Choice when Belichick went looking for a quarterback. A one of the main reasons we signed Mike was that he has experience he a played in the cold lies played in the pfc Central a Belichick said. A when he goes into a noisy stadium against a Good team you done to have to worry about it. He a been there  although Kosar is getting ready to return Tomczak will Start sunday. He has played Well leading the Browns to a 4-3 record and ranking fifth in acc passing. Tomczak passed for 219 Yards and two touchdowns in a Victory at Houston two weeks ago and threw for a career High 322 Yards and one score in last sundays 1413 loss to san Diego. In seven career games against Minnesota Tomczak has completed 54 of 126 passes for 776 Yards and six touchdowns with seven interceptions. In four starts against the Vikings he is 2-2, including Green Bay a 277 Victory in the 1991 finale. A a they re playing hard really getting after the quarterback a Tomczak said of the Vikings who have 34 sacks a aft looks like their 1989  though he a in his first year with the Vikings coach Dennis Green knows Tomczak. When Green was head coach at Northwestern he recruited Tomczak who instead chose Ohio state. A i got there kind of late. Otherwise i would have had him a Green said smiling and rolling his eyes. A a in be always liked Mike he does no to mind working for what he  eagles cowboys match missing intensity by Tom Canavan Bast Rutherford . A there once was a time when a Philadelphia eagles new York giants game was simply a big contest in the pfc East with playoff berth or first place on the line an seb radio 7 . Sunday it s still a big contest but this year its also become a circus dominated by a multitude of off the Field sideshows. There a eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham looking Over his shoulder on one stage. Philadelphia eagles linebacker Seth Joyner and coach Rich Kotite bickering on another. The always embattled giants coach Ray Handley is on Center stage somewhere else As is new York defensive coordinator Rod rust and his not so Happy group of players almost forgotten is the fact that sundays game at giants stadium at 1 . Est Means so much to both teams. The eagles 6-4 Are currently tied for second place in the pfc East with Washington and right in the Chase for a wildcard playoff berth. New York 5-5 desperately needs to win to stay in Contention particularly since they face Pallas 8-2 and Washington after the Philadelphia game. But the off the Field controversies seemed to become the focal Point this week in the Wake of losses by the teams last weekend. Philadelphia dropped a 27-24 decision to Green Bay on a last second Field goal while the giants lost 27-13 at Denver. After the Green Bay game Joyner questioned Kotite a offensive play calling in the final minutes saying the coach should have passed the bail instead of running. A Fumble by Herschel Walker led to a winning Field goal by Chris Jakc of the packers