European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse A it role Kosar out of work kill Ria Ohio apr Crnic a bsds lost a the acc year Power struggle with coach Bill Belichick Hiltl was Cut monday by the Cleveland Browns. The most popular Cleveland player since dim Brown retired nearly three decades ago Kosar never fit into Bali Chicks offence and finally lost his starting Job last month to Vinny . Kosar returned As the starter sunday in a 29-14 loss to Denver a is out with a separated shoulder a hut Learned monday morning he was being waived. A a in be known for a while that i done to really fit into their plans Quot Kosar said. Quot Bill has his Way of doing things. That s been shown by the Way they be been getting rid of the players who were Here before he got of the 52 players now on the Browns roster Only 11 preceded Belichick. F be was hired in 1991, Todd Philcox who has started one game in four seasons will Start sunday at Seattle hacked up by Brad Goebel. The Browns plan to sign a third quarterback this week. Quot this is the most difficult decision i be Ever made or been a part of Quot Belichick said. Quot i have Ai tremendous amount of respect for Crnic As a person As a competitor his toughness. Quot basically it came Down to his production and a diminishing of his physical skills. We Veall seen him play. In a not going to bad Mouth and hash Crnic. I in s done too much for this Quot that Hurt me a Kosar said monday night on Abc. Quot in a comfortable and confident in my ability to make plays. Its disappointing to hear that 1 feel in a still throwing the Hall Well. Its pretty Kosar who turns 30 on nov. 25, played in 108 games and started 105 of them in nine seasons after Cleveland chose him in the 1985 supplemental draft. A native of nearby Boalman Ohio Kosar led the University of Miami to the National championship in 198.3. Kosar never wanted to play for anyone but the Browns and graduated Early so Cleveland could pick him up in the supplemental draft. He took the Browns to the playoffs in each of his first five seasons making it to the acc championship game three times Only to lose to Denver. It but from the time Belichick arrived there was friction. Belichick insisted on considerable control of the offence at the expense of Kosar s biggest asset his ability to read defences and adjust to theml at the Tine of scrimmage. The stars and stripes ports november 10,1903 Page 38 in the end owner Art Modell sided with Belichick saying he also saw an erosion in Kosaris ability. Kosar completed 79 of 138 passes for 807 Yards with five touchdowns and three interceptions this year with 21 sacks. He ranks second to Brian Sipe on most of the Browns career passing lists. In sundays game Kosar completed 16 of 30 passes for 226 Yards and two touchdowns but was sacked six times. The offence worked Best when he was running a no huddle scheme that let him Call the plays pressure gets to packers Fly Craig Horst Kansas City to. A the Kansas City chiefs have grilled themselves during the Marty Era on being among the league leaders in forcing turnovers. It Hadnot been that Way this year until monday when the Green Bay packers gave the Ball away six limes a three on interceptions three on fumbles a in a 23-16 loss to the chiefs. Quot i Liew turnovers would decide this Root halt game Quot packers coach Mike see nil standings on Page 29 Holmgren said after Green Bay a three game winning Streak ended. Quot Kansas City can pressure you but it was the turnovers it just makes me sick. I can to describe it in words. Quot two of the four games we lost we lost in the last five seconds. This one we lost because we had six Quot sick Quot and Quot disgusting Quot were two of the More common words in the packers lock room As they fell to 4-4 while the chiefs stayed on top of the acc West at 6-2. A not Only did we beat ourself we killed ourself Quot said safety Leroy Butler. Quot it s so disgusting to see ourselves in All areas we make people look Dave Kring started in place of Kansas City quarterback Joe Montana who is out indefinitely with a strained hamstring. As it has All season the Kansas City offence sputtered under Krieg. Enter Dan Saleaumua the chiefs nose tackle who recovered a Fumble and ran it 16 Yards for a touchdown and forced another Fumble to Stop the packers inside the 5.with the chiefs leading 20-16 with about six minutes left packers running Back Darrell Thompson fumbled at the Kansas City 2 when he took a hard hit from Saleaumua. The Ball skipped into the end zone and was covered by chiefs linebacker Tracy Rogers Quot i was trying All the Way for the Fumble Quot Saleaumua said. Quot we worked on it forcing turnovers a lot in practice. We emphasized it. We saw that our ratio is Kansas City running Back Marcus aliens stopped by Terrell Buckley at the packers 10 after a seven Yard gain monday night. Way Down and we re going to keep emphasizing a there was a Little Gap and i tried to squeeze through it a Thompson said. Quot he hit me and i lost the Ball. 1 feel terrible. It can happen any time. This time it just happened at the wrong Derrick Thomas stripped Favre of the Ball and Saleaumua picked it up Early in the third Quarter to score the second touchdown of his career. The touchdown gave the chiefs the Lead Back at 10-9. Green Bay got within 20-16 after a 37-Yard Kickoff return to the packers 44 by Marcus Wilson. Favre threw a 21-Yard pass to Sterling Sharpe and then found Jackie Harrie for a 35-Yard touchdown pass late in the fourth 47-Yard run by Todd Mcnair led to Nick Lowery a second Field goal later in the Quarter and the chiefs ended Green Bay a Hopes when Martin Bayless intercepted Favre with less than two minutes left. Chris Jacke kicked Field goals of 23, 51 and 19 Yards in the first half to give the packers a 9-3 Lead. The kicks gave Jacke 100 career Field goals making him eligible for inclusion on the All time accuracy list. He ranks fourth. 4
