European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports thursday september 22.1994 of s running Back David Meggett a new hero in giants 3-0 Start this season goes through some warm up exercises on tuesday. Giants find the Way to win byte Canavan East Rutherford no. A there s Only one undefeated team in the pfc and it in t the Dallas cowboys or san Francisco 49ers. It s the new York giants. They be found a Way to open the sea son with a 3-0 record despite the retire ment of Lawrence Taylor the salary Cap decision to let Phil Simms go and the loss of six other starters to free Agency. People did t expect us of All people of All teams to be sitting Here linebacker Corey Miller said tuesday As giants left for a five Day vacation. It realty feels Good going into the Bye week haying beaten three divisional teams and sitting at the top All by ourselves. It s Early but we have to be excited about what we be  what the giants have done is totally unexpected considering the changes to a playoff team that went 11-5 in 1993,Many predicted nothing better than an 8 8 record and coach Dan Reeves Bestes Tim ate was 9-7. I knew that s the Way it would be after three games Reeves cracked tuesday. That was my prediction All  what the giants have done is find a Way to win. Special teams and Dave Meg Gett did the Job in the opener against Philadelphia. The defense stepped up the following week against Arizona. Then Meggett and Dave Brown came up big this past weekend against Washington. And when the two time defending super bowl Champion Dallas cowboys were stunned in overtime by the Detroit Lions on monday night to and behold the giants were atop the pfc. While enjoying the Start longtime giants guard William Roberts preached caution. I guess you can say i m surprised Roberts said. I m Happy and i m proud. I m not Content though. We Are going to see most of our Adverse situations ahead of us. We have to enjoy this now and realize it is going to take a lot More to get it  one person definitely enjoying the View at the top was former cardinals guard Lance Smith who signed with the giants As a free agent in the of  is the first time i be Ever been 3-0 and the first time i be been on a team that has won games Back to Back to Back Smith said. Thesis a pretty Good  no one on the giants thought the Quick Start would Lead to overconfidence. We re too Young to do that s3fety John Booty said. We re riot the world champions. We re not the super bowl champions. We can t have that Confidence saying we know who we Are. We have to keep working hard everybody.". The sobering thought for the. Giants was that they still have to play Dallas twice Detroit and Minnesota. It s Nice to be in this position Reeves said. The More big games you play that Means you re playing Well. If we can continue to win Tilven we 11 be in a lot of big games. It s when you Don t win you re in  preaching patience by Denne h. Freeman r Irving Texas a Barry Switzer does t like the feel of his first football loss in six years. It s the same thing Switzer said. Losing in t  Switzer who had t coached in five years after resigning under pressure at Oklahoma suffered his first nil loss to Detroit on monday night 20-17 in Over time. ". I told the team this is just the Start of a Long journey and there will be setbacks along the Way Switzer said. We re just going Back to work to be the Best team we can be we be been in deeper holes before. We must be  it was the first loss for the cowboys in 11 games stretching Back to Miami s 16 14 Victory on thanksgiving Day. Dallas defensive end Charles Haley also was preaching patience after the de fending super bowl champions loss on a 44-Yard Field goal with 27 seconds left in overtime. ,. V. -. This is a Veteran team and Well Bounce Back Haley said. It is hard to do when you lose in this fashion. Both sides of the Ball lost this game. You can t pin the blame on the offence or the de  Haley who led the nil in sacks had trouble getting to Lions quarterback Scott Mitchell because of the great Block ing by left tackle Lomas Brown. The Lions just dictated the Tempo of the game to us Haley said. Barry Sanders was exceptional. We knew he would get the Ball a lot and we still had trouble stopping  Sanders rushed 40 times for 194 Yards in a Duel with nil Rushing Leader pm Mitt Smith who pounded out 143 Yards on 29 carries. Leon Lett blocked two Field goal at tempts by Jason Hanson but could t reach the kick that gave both teams 2-1 ".records.-. -.-,V." after reviewing the films Switzer said turnovers killed us and Barry Sanders had a great game. Lett kept us in the game with those blocks but we just could t make a. Play in overtime when it counted. Too Many mistakes. This is the first time i be lost a game in six years and it  i would like to think we can execute better than we did disgusted quarterback Troy Aikman said. Stupid mis takes killed us tight end Jay Novacek said the off week sunday comes at a Good time. We heed it to heal up Novacek said. It in t the end of the world. There has Only been one team to Ever go undefeated. Being two time defending world champions people Are going to play like this against us All  West coast offence s . Up to Date Kansas City to. A three games. Three victories. And although Joe Montana threw his first two interceptions of the season sunday night at Atlanta there is every sign that Kansas City s offence is clicking like never before. The second year in the West coast offence promises a lot More than the first for the chiefs. It s obvious receiver Ujj. Birden said. As an offensive unit we re much More comfortable. We be developed a lot More Confidence working together. There s so much More we can do with this offence than we could last year when everybody was struggling to get a real familiarity with  in beating new Orleans san Francisco and Atlanta Montana has completed 71 of 103 passes for 879 Yards and six touchdowns. Birden caught a pair of touchdown passes in the 30 10 Conquest of the Falcons and had seven receptions for 99 Yards. Even with turnovers we were Able to produce 30 Points and find a Way to get to the end zone he said. Offensively we did t play that great. But we played Good enough to win. That s the difference Between us this year and last year even when we re not playing Well we can still put Points on the  in another sure sign the offence is firmly in place Montana used eight receivers in All. Wide receivers Bir Den and Willie Davis combined for 13 catches tight end Keith Cash had seven and running backs Marcus Allen Kimball Anders and Greg Hill combined to snare five. Any serious student of the game would have been impressed the Way the chiefs handled Atlanta s Gam bling blitzing defense. They blitzed like crazy Birden said. But our offensive line backs quarterback they handled the Blitz so Well. They were so relaxed and composed about  Montana handled the Blitz differently than he might have handled it a year ago. Joe knew the Blitz was coming but he kept the play on because he had Confidence the backs and the tight end would pick up the extra Guys Birden said. Last year there would have been some uncertainty and Joe might have audible because he did t feel confident enough the Guys could pick it up. At Atlanta that was t the Case. They kept blitzing and we picked up the majority of them. I think Joe Only got hit one time. That s