European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Eric Thomas of Denver forces a Fumble in preseason from Michaell Rvin of Dallas which is trying to get Back atop the nil. Trendy pick in the acc. Good quarterback Craig Erickson. Great running Back Marshall Faulk. Superb defense. But Why would a team Start tearing Down a defense that took years to build 10 guarantees 1. Surprise Surprise. The miners will win the pfc West. 2. Midway through the season Phoenix coach buddy Ryan will Cut his entire offence claiming he does t need a quarterback running Back or wide receiver win. A he needs is defense 3. The 49ers will miss Ricky waiters legs a lot More than they la miss his Mouth ,.- r 4. Surprise Surprise. The cowboys will win the pfc East 5. Still angry they did t get to draft Penn state tight end Kyle Brady the Browns will pull off a stunning mid season Deal. They will Trade for Greg Peter and Bobby Brady. 6. Andre Rison and Bill Belichick will get along about As Well As John Elway and Dan Reeves. 7. The sea Hawks offence will put up big numbers. And still will lose More games than they win. 8.aj Davis will employ his Frost innovative idea yet. He will actually let his coaches coach. 9 Surprise Surprise the liners will Battle the cowboys in the pfc title the Way the liners will win. Again. 10. Whoever sings the National ant Liem at this year s super bowl will be an improvement Over Kathie Lee Gifford. Fantasy pick somebody Stop me before i dispense my first tip for fantasy league players. . It running Back Garrison Hearst. Of All the running backs available in fantasy drafts Hearst will be the Sleeper pick. For the first time in three years his first year he was a holdout his second year he was on the physically perform list Hearst took part in training Camp. And it will show. Just ask Hearst. I m not the Type to blow my own Horn but i feel like this is the year for me Hearst said. Must see to on nov. 20, make sure you do not have dinner plans. Or an out of Tow business trip. Or a late night business"1"" meeting. Make sure you Are in front of your to to see the 49ers play . It could be a super bowl xxx preview without having to endure As Many commercials. The Stew Shanahan each year some new hot coaching candidate emerges. A few years ago it was Dave Wannstedt going from Dallas to Chicago. Then it was Norv Turner going from Dallas to Washington. Then it was Mike Shanahan going from san Francisco to Denver this year giant defensive coordinator Mike Nolan the former Bronco linebackers coach May go from new York to. Kansas City. Up Down under somehow the chargers uncovered Darren Bennett a punter who used to play australian league football. Bennett has the strongest leg in football and he could wind up leading the nil in punting this season. Not bad mate./. _ preseason picks map Steve Young 49crs, quarterback. Defensive map Chester Mcglockton raiders defensive tackle. Coach of the year Mike Shanahan Broncos. Rookie of the year Rashaan Salaam bears running Back. Comeback player of the year Garrison Hearst cardinals running Back. Tortuous Trio from nov. 23 through dec. 11, Kansas City plays three straight Road games that could Mark the end of Marty sch Ottenheimer s great coaching run with the chiefs at Dallas on thanksgiving Day followed by games at Oakland and at Miami. That s three l s. And that could mean last place in the acc West. " scraps Howard service Haley pushes cowboys by Rick Cantu Austin Texas american statesman Charles Haley a Man of few wards issued a Challenge to his teammates in front of 2,000 witnesses tuesday. The message Dallas needs an attitude adjustment. A team that has Success eventually gets complacent that s what happened to us last year Haley said at the team s Kickoff luncheon in Irving Texas. This team does t have any Young Guys to push the defense this year. Instead the old Guys Are hungry again. I want All of you Guys to play hard from the first game until the last game. If we do that the whole team will play to its , Charles Haley Haley who rarely Speaks publicly Vas honoured As the team s 199 i defensive most valuable player. Fullback Daryl Johnston and tackle Mark Tuinei were named co offensive maps. Veteran guard Nate Newton was voted player of the year by his teammates. Haley s comments at the two hour ceremony summary cd the attitude of the 95 cowboys. Dallas which Hopes to play in its third super bowl in four _ years must fight to overtake san Francisco for that Honor. Haley the Only Cowboy with four super bowl rings is worried that outside line Baeker Darrin Smith s contract squabble will Hurt the defense. Smith s spot has been taken by unproven Veteran Godfrey Myles who has. Been inconsistent tin s summer. Haley issued a message to Smith saying Darrin you need to get Back Here so the defense will be Complete that Likely won t.,happen soon. Smith has vowed to skip . 10 games of the season if he does t receive an $800,000 contract. The cowboys have offered half that amount. = the cowboys open the regular season against the new York giants monday night in Hast Rutherford . The hottest topic in Dallas continues to be Deion Sanders the All pro cornerback baseball player from san Francisco. The 49ers Are negotiating with Sanders and die cowboys arc expected to make a counterproposal. Coach Barry Switzer would like to Sec Sanders in Dallas. Any team could use Deion Sanders he said. Our players and our coaches want Deion Sanders. You d have to be an id to Elf you did Everybody wants Good players. Everybody wants some Gnu who can help them september 8. 1995 &e.yq?,d the gae Page 5
