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Show Page 38 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Football Section, Wednesday, August 26, 1992 'Skins hope to avoid champs 'tot'cftumps routine By DAVE GOLDBERG AP Football Writer By thinking of 1988. a not-s- o- image car. the Washington Redskins hope to avoid it. The Skins are coming off a year in which they flirted with an unbeaten season, cruised through the playoffs and won their third Super Now Bowl, beating Buffalo 37-2they seek to avoid what happened in 19SS. when they went from Super Bow champs to "I ih nk everyone knows, especially the old guys, what happened the last time we won the whole thing.' ays tight end Don Warren. "Last time, we seemed to think we could surprise people, sneak up on them. We're not going to do that this y ear, and everyone has the sense that it will be tougher than 4. 7-- 9. I last ing camp holdout who will begin as returner while learning from two more the "Posse," Monk, Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders; defensive tackle Bobby Wilson, a a year ago, and linebacker Andre Collins. Then there's Ricky Ervins, who last year augmented Earnest Byner at runnning back and this year might supplant him. But quarterback Mark Rypien was a holdout; there's age in the offensive and defensive lines, and n Plan B there are still a in the defense. Moreover, guys even when Super Bowl champs know they're complacent, it's still hard to overcome. "We're going to have to recapture what we had last year," says coach Joe Gibbs. "Can we recapture it? I don't know. It's one of those impossible things to pinpoint. I'm going to keep mentioning 1988." There's also the rest of the divi- er Robert Jones (the Cowboys, owned by Jerry Jones and coached by a Johnson, lead the NFL in Johnsons, Smiths and Joneses). a kick time." first-round- er half-doze- Washington, aging in some positions, has new young legs in Dession. mond Howard, the Heisman Tro"For me, just looking at that phy winner, whom they got with the fifth pick in the draft. It's the schedule is a real downer," Gibbs "Our division is the toughhighest a Super Bowl winner has says. est. who was good last Everybody ever chosen and the highest pick year should be better this time. " for the Redskins in three decades. That starts with Dallas ( But they also play in the NFL's With help from draft choices toughest division. and players obtained in the Her-schIt includes the Philadelphia EaWalker deal, the Cowboys gles, who might have been this have staged a remarkable turnyear's favorite had not defensive in 1988 tackle Jerome Brown been killed in around after going 8 1989. and The problem now is an auto accident; the young and teams ofmeeting expectations improving Dallas Cowboys, who in two ten fall back after a breakout year have gone from to 1 like Dallas had. years under Jimmy Johnson, and Start with the secondary, exthe New York Giants, Super Bowl posed in a 38-- 6 playoff loss to Dewinners in 1990. troit just as the Cowboys looked It also contains the Phoenix Cardinals, who probably would prefer like the one team to challenge Washington, even with Steve to play elsewhere to get off the Beuerlein filled in for injured 4-treadmill. has several quarterback Troy Aikman. Washington (14-2- ) Aikman, running back Emmitt problems, age among them. But Smith and wide receiver Michael for the first time, they have emergwho Irvin. emerged last year to ing youngsters to add to the Joe in receptions, have lead the league Art Monks, Jacobys, Warrens, been the but Johnson is also keys, Darrell Greens, Monte Colemans still the and deoffensive building guys who only seem like they've fensive lines and the linebacking been there forever. They include Howard, a train corps. The new help this year is from 1 el 4-2- -5 1, s wmeeM J picks, d cor-nerba- ck "He makes plays a normal only five times before. But the Eagles (10-6- ) missed the playoffs because a knee injury to Randall Cunningham left quarterback in the hands of a brittle Jim McMa-ho- n plus Pat Ryan, Brad Goebel and Jeff Kemp. Cunningham seems in good form and should get help from Walker, released by the Vikings and signed by the Eagles to revive a running attack that has been among the NFL's worst for a decade. Coach Rich Kotite also needs to improve a weak offensive line. There's one big loss on defense. o defensive Brown, the tackle, was killed June 25 when his sports car slid off a wet highway. But immense talent remains, led by linemen Reggie White and Clyde Simmons and linebacker Seth Joyner. But Brown allowed defensive coordinator Bud Carson n to use a four- - and pass rush last year rather than gamble all-Pr- with eight, as in the Buddy Ryan era. "You had to be aware of his power up the middle," says tackle Luis Sharpe of the Cardinals. "That left Clyde or Reggie with one man and that meant a lot of (See AVOID, Page 40) wrfcincxjTi T AIM lyOlUJ V For Dctaik. k 100 Guaranteed can. (The 1st Time!). 6 ADMaM WNflTUM 7 xUJ .13 20 Washington Dallas N.Y. 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