European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 32 the stars and stripes sports sunday january 16,1994 pack in hands of wild thing by Arnie Stapleto Green Bay wis. A trusting that Mitch Williams does t mind the Green Bay packers have taken to calling quarterback Brett Favre wild  linebacker Johnny Hollan started it. He saw All the similarities rascally fearless live on the Edge Leader whose approach brings flashes of brilliance scattered with gut wrenching misses. Sometimes Favre s cringing teammates can t Bear to watch just like Curt Schilling who draped a Towel Over his head when his Philadelphia teammate Williams took the Mound during the baseball postseason Las year. But he shrugs off each near disaster. Still he s wary. I Hope i Don t give up the game this. Week he said. If i see Joe Carter line up at safety i m in  Favre a genial mississippian heretofore nicknamed coun try has a lot in common wit Williams the left hander from Texas who blew two late inning leads against Toronto costing the Phillies the world series. It was Williams who gave up car Ter s series winning Homer Favre does t know if he like the nickname but he loves the comparison. These Guys believe in me today s acc matchup Kansa City Houston chiefs oilers 10 . Get today on an to radio line-oilersby7. Record is. Spread chiefs 8-9-0 oilers 12-4-0. Playoff records chief s 7-7 oilers 9-12, series record chiefs iead22-17 chief offence Rush no. 20, pass no. 15, Overall no. 16 Oiler offence Rush no 12, pass no. 3, Overall no. 3 chief defense Rush no. 9, pass no. 14, Overall no. 11 Oiler defense Rush no. 1, pass no. 23, Overall no. 14 .,. Offence passing Yards Rushing Yards Points 1,655 32b1 defense 3.3791 1.6201 passing Yards allowed Rushing Yards allowed Points allowed All Iii shia regular Teason nine times out of 10 i m going to find a Way to win Favre said. Like saturday. That game was Good enough for people to Call me a hero  Favre had been blamed for Green Bay s 30-20 loss to de troit Jan. 2 when he was intercepted four times costing the packers the pfc Central title. But six Days later his remark Able 40-Yard touchdown pass to Sterling Sharpe with 55 seconds remaining lifted the packers to a28-24 playoff Victory Over the Lions and a Date with Dallas. I think when i threw it our team was like Here we go again and then they saw hews open it was like of wow. Good Job once again i m in the locker room and you Rethe greatest thing since sliced bread. See you next week " at times he reminds me of a playground quarterback Green Bay coach Mike Holm Gren said. You Tell your bes Friend to go out for a Long one that s what we do in the huddle hey Sterling go out for a Long one " my performance the other Day was t pretty but we won Favre said. I m very excite about the Way i play. Sometimes it gets me in trouble. Sometimes it does t look very Good but the Bottom line is to win and i Don t think anybody will ques Tion  by Craig Horst Kansas City to. A the Kansas City chiefs who got nothing out of their last trip to Houston figure to do better today if for no reason other than the presence of Joe Montana. Montana was out with a Elbow injury when the chiefs were embarrassed 30-0 by the Houston oilers on sept. 12. Also missing when the acc divisional round opponents played at the Astrodome that Day was Corner Back and special teams Ace Albert Lewis who had broken Arm. The chiefs who installed new today s pfc matchup Green Bay Dallas packers cowboys 6 30 . Get today on an to to Flo line cowboys by 13vfe., record is. Spread packers 10-7-0 cowboys 9-7 0. Playoff records packers 14-5 cowboys 24-17. Series record pack ers Lead 10-7. Packer offence Rush no. 22, pass no. 18. Overall no. 19 Cowboy offence Rush no. 2, pass no. 7, Over Allna 4 Packer defense Rush no. 8, pass no. 7, Overall no. 2.-, y Cowboy defense Rush no. 11, pass no. 10 tie Overall no. 10 offence passing Yards by Seal no Rushing Yards Points 340 defense 3,2011passing Yards allowed Rushing Yards allowed Point allowed All statistic regular season Center on guard by Denne h. Freeman Irving Texas a it has happened 100 times in 100 games with a new Center trying to snap the Ball to a. Quarterback. Fumble. John Gesek Hopes no such misfortune befalls Nim and Troy Aikman on sunday in the Dallas cowboys divisional playoff game with the Green Bay pack ers. The Winner plays either Sanfrancisco or the new York giants in the pfc title game. Gesek who last played Center in 1988, was promoted ahead of Frank Cornish who had prob lems against the giants in the cowboys 16-13 overtime Victory. Cornish had been move from guard to the Center spot when pro bowl Center mar Stepnoski suffered a season ending leg injury. What a Way to get Back inthe starting lineup said Gesek who has been a Reserve  imagine i la even get to see Reggie White before the Day is Over. They move him around alot. They la probably try out the new Guy by putting Reggie Atn Seguard some Gesek made two starts at Cen Ter for the los Angeles raiders in 1988. The cowboys got him for a fifth round pick in the 1990 draft. I thought i handled myself pretty Good but it has been awhile said Gesek a 6-Fpot-5, 280-Pounder from Cal state Sacramento. Until this season Gesek started 47 of 49 games at right guard but big Kevin Gogan beat him out. This is a Good move for me Gesek said. Nobody had said anything to me about a contract next season. I was getting Wor ried. Then coach Jimmy John son came to me and inquired the last time i played  next Day i was working at the position. It would be goo for me to show. I can play More than one  Gesek said he was surprised when Johnson named him As the starting Center against the pack ers. I did t think it would be that soon but i m ready because i be been a backup since train ing Camp and it gets a Little old sitting on the Bench said the seven year Veteran. Gesek and quarterback Tro Aikman have worked hard in practice getting their timing Down. I be had real Good feedback from Troy Gesek said. Helices the Ball snapped at a cer Tain Angle not too hard no soft. I think we be got  Gesek said this is Tough changing positions going into the playoffs. I played two games at Center for the raiders. That was  offensive coordinator Pau Hackett s san Francisco style at tack after he and former 49er Montana were signed were a disaster with the Ball that second week of the season. They committed five turnovers including two interceptions and two Fum bled snaps by backup quarterback Dave Krieg. Kansas City coach Martysz Ottenheimer said monday that the run and shoot offence directed by a rejuvenated War Ren Moon is not his main con Cern. Buddy Ryan s risk taking defense largely responsible for Houston s 11-game winning Streak has him especially worried. They Are now in a rhythm they Are in sync defensively sch Ottenheimer said. The most important thing is that they Are playing with Confidence. Right now this defense is outstanding. I think it arguably is the Best defense in the league. You have to play with Confidence or you Are not going to be successful in that defense. They Are going to make the big plays. They Are going to Force the interceptions. There Are going to be fumbles caused they Are just generally harassing the Devil out of  Houston benched Moon for a time this season when the of sense struggled and used Cody Carlson at quarterback. But sch Ottenheimer said a look at the films convinces him that Moon is Back on target he s regained his Confidence sch Ottenheimer said. As with any player in any sport Confidence is important. I think it s ironic that he was on the Bench and May not have regained his position had it not been for the injury to  myst que can f Dent Oiler. D Houston a the Houston oilers will not be intimidated by quarterback Joe Montana s mystique but they know his skills can beat them. The oilers defense which started slowly this season is now brimming with the Confidence of Art 11-game winning Streak As they prepare for sunday s acc second round game against Montana and the Kansas City chiefs. Earlier in the year when we weren t playing Good i might have worried said defensive end William Fuller. But now the Joe Montana mystique won t beat us. He Al have to do it  the oilers beat quarterback Dave Krieg and the chiefs 30-0 in a regular season game in the Astrodome on sept. 12 wit Montana sidelined with an in jury. Joe s a great quarterback but if you ask which quarterback we d rather face i d think it was Montana Fuller said. He s the kind of quarterback that our defense can affect. That s not saying he s not the same Joe Montana. He s a great quarterback but maybe not As Mobile. We Don t have to work pfc about him scrambling around and we should be Able to pressure  is this bulletin Board material i think Joe will be fired up anyway Fuller said monday. I Don t think anything i could say would get him More fired  Montana converted his 28th fourth Quarter comeback Victory on saturday with a touchdown pass that forced an overtime and the chiefs went on to beat Pitts Burgh 27-24 in overtime in anac wild card playoff game. The oilers say Montana presence will be a lift for the chiefs. He s still a Good quarterback linebacker Wilber Marshall said. Sometimes you get beat up and that takes a toll. But he s stayed in there pretty Good. What i like about him is he stayed motivated real Good. He s got those Guys playing real Well and that s All it takes sometimes a Guy who s been  the oilers defense was still learning buddy Ryan s 46 de sense in their first meeting with the chiefs yet still shut them out. Krieg completed 15 of 27 passes for 175 Yards but he was sacked four times and threw two interceptions. The oilers Don t expect an other shutout Victory. They be made a lot of changes since the last time we played just like we have mar shall said