European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 32 the stars and stripes sports 1 thursday january 20,1994 Jim Kelly is one win away from his fourth straight super bowl appearance. Levy feels Kelly Montana have lots in common by Barry Wilner Orchard Park . A there is one Joe Montana a quarterback on the verge of a fifth trip to the super bowl a and perhaps his fifth title. There Are Many Joe Montana wannabes including a quarterback on the. Verge of his fourth successive appearance in the super bowl a and perhaps his first title. Marv Levy thinks he has someone As close to the real thing As you can get in Jim Kelly. Of course Kelly wont get anything near the acclaim sent Montana a Way until he leads Buffalo to an nil championship. A i think both have a lot of mental toughness and self Assurance and inspire belief from their teammates a Levy said As his Bills prepared for sundays acc championship game against Montana and the Kansas City chiefs. A a they re both Guys from Pennsylvania who had some Success Early. They both think they re never out of it and a bad play does no to affect them. A a Long time ago when i was still coaching in College Bart Starr once told me that he became a Good quarterback when he was completely Able to forget about the previous bad play and wipe it from his mind. Its not that you done to feel bad for 30 seconds but then you put it behind Montana has four super bowl crowns behind him in san Francisco and is and ions for another one with Kansas City which traded for him last year. Whether he gets it or not the Bills Are ready to Praise him. A a we re playing against the Best Ever a great quarterback and competitor a linebacker Darryl Talley said. A a Joe does everything that is conducive to being a /. Quot a a a he did just that the last two weeks against defences More formidable than buffaloes. Despite some poor throws and Early mistakes he responded late in victories Over Pittsburgh and Houston just As he always does. A the knows that the game is not Over if he has the Ball in his hands and there a time on the clock a Bills safety Henry Jones said of Montana. A Jim is the same Way. He knows nil playoff bracket second round it conference championship . Giants 3 saturday Jan. 15 san Francisco san Francisco 44 Green Bay 17 sunday Jan 23 sunday Jan. 16 Dallas 27 at Dallas acc second round . Raiders 23 saturday Jan. 15 conference championship at Buffalo Buffalo 2d Kansas City 28 sunday Jan. 23 sunday Jan 16 Houston 20 Kansas City a a a up he can make something happen. A Joe knows if there a a Chance to move the Ball downfield there a a Good Opportunity to put his team ahead. He a been doing it for so he a also been doing it in the same 49ers-style offence the chiefs brought in Paul Hackett who used to work in san Francisco to revamp their attack. Then they traded for Montana who did no to want to be Steve Youngs Caddy with the liners. A How Many looks can you give him that he Hasni to seen a Talley asked. A a he a played in one system for 16 the third time s the Charm by Doug Tucker Kansas City to. Apr the Kansas City chiefs Are 3-0 in Al acc championship games. Their coach is a luckless haunting 0-2. Its not Only that Marty Schottin Heimert a Cleveland Browns lost both acc title games they played under his command. Its the Way they lost that causes wonder about the soft spoken bespectacled coach. First came the drive. Denver quarterback John Elway a famous 98-Yard March in Cleveland stadium led to a 23-20 overtime loss for the Browns in the 1986 title game. Second came the Fumble. The very next year Ernest byner one of sch Ottenheimer a favorite players dropped the Ball As he was about to Cross the goal line with the winning touchdown. A few seconds later the final score read Broncos 38-33. Although acc championship games Are not a favor sch Ottenheimer Kansas City at Buffalo 6 30 . Get sunday an to and radio san Francisco at Dallas 10 pm get sunday an to and radio Ite topic around the sch Ottenheimer household his wife Pat did Ever so delicately raise the Issue once this week. A Marty maybe the third times the Charm a she told her husband. Two acc championship games. Two heartbreaker. Now armed with Joe Montana a magic and Marcus Allens savvy and a swarming defense that sacked Houston a Warren Moon nine times last week sch Ottenheimer a chiefs will be in Buffalo sunday bidding to reverse his acc title game Streak while keeping theirs what we be got to do is go in with the idea that the task is to play As Well As we can against the Buffalo Bills and not consider past circumstances the products of failure or Success a sch Ottenheimer said. A it you get into that sort of thing you re going to lose focus on the task at hand. Those things were a Long time As sch Ottenheimer moved from Cleveland to Kansas City and the questions about acc title games persisted he managed to retain his sense of humor. A in the last game in Cleveland i would have had the clock operator cheat and run the clock out before the end of regulation a he said. In the eight years since the last acc title game Many feel sch Ottenheimer 50, has softened. A not at All a he says. A i was relaxed going into those other two. You look Back at them they were very Good contests. We just did no to make the plays we needed to make to win. Not unlike buffaloes situation in the super bowl. A i was comfortable going into those games. It will always boil Down to things like managing your errors Field position not turning the Ball Over. Very Seldom does the formula Ever change for winning in the still there Are signs of mellowing. Practices starting in training Camp have not been quite so intense for one thing. A i have Strong feelings about certain things a sch Ottenheimer said. A we did change some things in training Camp but i done to think we re doing things dramatically different. I know we re
