European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 b the stars and stripes sports sunday december 6,1992 raiders reduced to spoilers role by John Nadel los Angeles a for All intents and purposes the los Angeles raiders have been reduced to playing the role of spoilers for the rest of the season something they re not very Happy about. Nevertheless that a where they Are and they can do a lot of spoiling starting sunday against the Kansas City chiefs. An seb television 10 . Sunday a we still have something to play for a Raider wide receiver Tim Brown said. A if we can to go to the playoffs we can prevent somebody else from going to the playoffs. At this Point this is what we re reduced to. A we just have to go out playing football and not go out with our tails Between our legs. We definitely would like to beat these a these Guys a As Brown called the chief have done a Job on the raiders during the last couple years winning the last six games Between the teams a three of them last year including a 10-6 Triumph in the playoffs. The chiefs also won a 27-7 decision on sept. 28 at Arrowhead stadium to Complete the raiders horrifying 0-4 Start this year. The raiders rebounded to win five of their next seven games but a 27-3 setback at san Diego last weekend left the raiders with a 5-7 record and put a real Damper on their playoff Hopes. The chiefs meanwhile beat the new York jets 23-7 a week ago to extend their winning Streak to four games put their record at 8-4 and move them into undisputed first place in the acc West. A right now it does no to feel any different than when we were in second or third a chief coach Marty Schottenheim or said when asked about his teams standing in the division. A a it a Only important tribe first at the end. A i think its kind of Foolhardy to try to predict what a going to happen in the next four weeks. Its still wide san Diego and Denver Are tied for second place in the acc West with 7-5 records followed by the raiders. Barring a collapse the chiefs will qualify for the playoffs a As a wild card team if not the acc West Champion. After facing the raiders they Host new England 2-10play at the new York giants 5-7and Host Denver. A a lot of teams still have some pretty Tough games to play a sch Ottenheimer said. A i even want to speculate on what it will take to make the playoffs. In a not very Good at that even four straight wins to finish the season might not be enough for the raiders. And four straight wins is a tall order. After sundays game they play at Miami 8-4at Home against san Diego and at Washington 7-5. A this is about personal Pride now a quarterback Jay Schroeder said taking the obvious into account. A nobody Here wants to be looked at As a loser. I done to want to be. A lot of Guys around Here Haven to played on a losing team the raiders will be eliminated from Contention in the acc West if they done twin sundays game at the los Angeles coliseum. A a there a a Glimmer of Hope a Raider coach Art Shell said. A a lot of things have to happen. First and Foremost we be got to win. A this is where we Are. We be got to be precise on what we re doing on the practice Field and take it out on the playing Field sunday. That Sall we can turnovers have been a big part of the Story for both teams this season and in the last six games they be played against Tim Brown on sundays game with . A we definitely would like to beat these each other. The chiefs Lead the nil with a plus 20 turnover differential while the raiders Are ahead of Only two teams a Seattle and new England a at minus 13. A i think we be been quite fortunate in a couple of those circumstances a sch Ottenheimer said when asked about his teams six game winning Streak a inst the raiders. A i guess maybe the turnover thing would be the no. 1 thing. They be out gained us. A most numbers in football done to mean much. Turnovers might be an exception to that Rule a said Shell a a we be turned the Ball Over in key situations against them. That a the one glaring thing that a cropped in saying that Shell could have been speaking about most of his teams seven losses this season not just the last six games against the s career had rough Start Houston a fifteen years ago and before the Chicago bears were a Ida bears a Jack Pardee ignited his coaching career and started the team on its upward rebound. A not Only were we not a very Good football team when i got there but we had no facilities a said Pardee the bears coach from 1975-77. A your stadium had just been condemned. We worked out in a Park on the Side of a Hill. And late in the season we even practice there because of the now Pardee will Lead the Houston oilers against his former team monday night in the Astrodome. An seb television 3 . Tuesday Pardee played a role in the reversal of fortunes for the bears who went on to become one of the most successful teams of the 1980s, winning the super bowl in 1985. After a 4-10 season in 1975, Pardee guided the bears to a 7-7 Mark in 1976 and then a 9-5 record in 1977 that gave the bears their first playoff berth in 14 years. Woes keep mounting for Lions by Rick Gano Milwaukee a it is with unimaginable grief that Wayne Fontes has endured in his fourth full season As head coach of the Detroit Lions. His players have shared it with him during a year when football has seemed secondary. The Lions losses on the Field Are certainly frustrating for a team and staff that won the pfc Central with a 12-4 record in 1991. But nowhere nearly As Fontes painful As the personal burdens that have surrounded them off the Field. A there has to come a time when i sit Down and say a hey its done with its Over with. Lets go right now in a finding that very difficult a said Fontes whose team takes a 3-9 record into sundays game with the Green Bay packers. An seb radio 7 . Sunday first there was the neck injury last november to offensive lineman Mike Utley who was left paralysed from the Chest Down. And in the of season there was More tragedy. Fontess brother Len the Lions defensive Backfield coach died from a heart attack. Six weeks later guard Eric Andolsek was struck and killed by a truck As he worked on his Lawn in Louisiana. This season there have been injuries to tackle Eric senders Center Kevin Glover guard Ken Dallafior and tackle Scott Conover. The Lions offensive line has been decimated. A when i went through All the tragedies and the press asked if i thought it was going to be another Good season i told them i did no to know a said Fontes. A then the injuries started to mount up. We Only have one offensive lineman who was on this team last year. We be lost a receiver Herman Moore. We be lost two of our pass rushers including Mike Cofer. I think players win games. A for me to sit Here and Tell you straight up that i thought we were going to be As Good with seven or eight of my nine starters out no. No Way possible. In a no Genius so i can to get that the holidays will be a particularly trying time for Fontes an emotional Man. A i have to get through Christmas yet with my brother a family and mine a he said. Skins giants playing a a games by Tom Canavan East Rutherford . A there used to be a time when a Washington redskins new York giants game was pretty straightforward. Two teams on the Road to the playoffs lined up and the giants somehow found a Way to win. Generally there was no trickery just Good hard pfc East football. That was the Case earlier this season when the giants posted a 24-7 Victory at Frk stadium. But with four weeks to go in the season and the playoff picture a Little in doubt redskins coach Joe Gibbs and giants coach Ray Handley seem to be playing games As Washington 7-5 prepares for new York 5-7 on sunday at giants stadium. An seb radio 10 . Sunday Gibbs has been hinting All week that the giants will have either Phil Simms or Jeff Hostetler at quarterback even though Handley maintains Rookie Kent Graham will Start. Simms who underwent Elbow surgery in Early october has just started tossing lightly. Hostetler is still feeling the effects of a concussion sustained almost two weeks ago and he has not been medically cleared to play. They be got two Veteran quarterbacks a Gibbs said in a Telephone conference Call. If they go with a younger quarterback we re not counting on that. We re counting on one of the others playing and that s the Way we Are
