Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday September 4 NFL Sunday Drug suspensions cloud opening of 69th season ByDave Raffo UP! sports writer The NFL puts on its Sunday best this week offering several enticing opening matchups to help recover from a 1987 season wracked by a players’ strike Then on Monday night during the showcase game of the weekend between the Washington Redskins and New York Giants fans across the country will be reminded of the league's top preseason problem —drugs Ten players were suspended for violating the NFL drug policy since training camps opened including top defensive players from the Redskins and Giants Washington defensive end Dexter Manley was activated Monday and will play against New York at Giants Stadium Lawrence Taylor the Giants perennial Pro Bowl outside linebacker was suspended last week and must sit out at least four games Manley is expected to play on passing downs oily while the loss of Taylor will force the Giants to change their defense “Obviously it's a blow to our team” Giants Coach Bill Parcells said “We have to focus on the Redskins because they were division champions last year We have to consider them the top team in the division until somebody proves them wrong" Taylor will especially be missed against the Redskins In 13 games against Washington Taylor has 87 solo tackles 30 assists and 15 sacks Among those sacks were one that broke Washington quarterback Joe Theisman’s leg ending his career on a Monday night game in 1985 “They can nave a Lawrence Taylor miss the game and still be a great defensive football team” said Redskins Williams Doug MVP “Why go into that football game putting so much em- phasis on Lawrence Taylor? (Carl) Banks and (Byron) Hunt and Pepper (Johnson) and (Harry) Carson can beat the hell out of us I think auarterback syasiss 0m®rooDaDOfs I League bans two more for drugs - The NEW YORK (UPI) o NFL Friday banned defensive end Bruce Smith of Buffalo and San Francisco wide receiver John Taylor 30 days for violating the league’s substance abuse policy bringing to 14 the number of players suspended for using drugs this summer The league which has most notably issued y bans to 1986 MVP Lawrence Taylor of the Giants and MP TO HiDSi All-Pr- 30-da- Washington defensive end Dexter Manley for the same violation has a policy of not specifying the substance used The NFL leaves it up to teams whether or not to pay the players during the period The players are barred from their teams training facilities until Oct 2 ana have been placed on their illness team’s list non-footb- all Buffalo will be without its for the leading first month of the season Smith who had 12 sacks last year was voted the MVP of last year's Pro Bowl He has 33 Vi sacks since being the first player taken in the 1985 pass-rush- er draft Taylor caught nine passes last year in his rookie season out of Delaware State the division while New Orleans settled for a wild-car- d spot Both were routed by Minnesota in the playoffs San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana is eager for a good start to quiet talk Steve Young might have his lob before long He will have his hands full with the Saints defense which boasts the league's best !87i:88 SKI WEAR four-ma- n SLALOM ALPINE linebacking unit of Pat Swilling Rickey Jackson Vaughan Jonnson and Sam Mills “They are one of the best two or three defenses in football both organizationally and in designsJbl'ack’icI they’ve got probably the deepest corps of linebackers than anybody in the league’’ The Giants who won Super Bowl XXI but slumped to last place last year are involved intensity" 49ers Coach Bill Walsh said of the Saints “They with the second straight Monday night opener pining the have had great personnel for some time now but with every previous two NFL champions 9 in reason to believe they can win They were walloped Chicago last year But the they are even more intense" The Saints top rusher Rueben Redskins say they expect the Giants to be closer to the team Mayes walked out of camp in a they lost to three times two contract dispute Although he years ago than the 9 1987 has returned he is not edition expected to play much today “To me this is a game that Saints Coach Jim Mora hopes they can almost make their Dalton Hilliard and rookie whole season off of’’ Williams power runner Craig said of the Giants “Certainly r'Ironhead” Heyward wifi it could help our season If we make up for Mayes’ loss At Indianapolis the Colts and get off on the right foot" The top games today when Oilers want to show they were the 89th NFL season opens are for real in 1987 when IndianapSeattle at Denver San Fran- olis won the AFC East and cisco at New Orleans Houston Houston finished second in the at Indianapolis and Miami at AFC Central and gained a PROFILE a’MOREllJI SOS 60S raMaametaB 34-1- ASSORTED MODELS! 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