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HOUSTON — The Houston Oil-
Tuesday added some beef to a
offensive line, using their
t two choices in the NFL draft to
ect big, fast linemen.
In order to move the football you
to have somebody block for
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lose team finished 26th in rushing
season.
Morris Townes, a 6-4, 275-pound
klefrom Missouri, was the Oilers
pick in the first round. Then,
other teams depleted the
list of top wide receivers,
mston picked George Reihner, a
263-pound offensive guard from
inn State.
Phillips spoke to newsmen after
the first two picks and he said wide
receivers and offensive backs would
be the top priorities in the next few
rounds.
Houston’s opportunity to select
offensive linemen opened up when
a much talked about trade of
quarterback Dan Pastorini to Los
Angeles for five draft choices was
never consummated.
Phillips looked enviously at the
deal which the Seattle Seahawks
made in the first few minutes of the
draft. Seattle gave up the second
choice in the draft to Dallas for four
draft choices.
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Phillips said. “That’s the whole rea
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up.”
Phillips said he had not talked
with Los Angeles in the past week.
Townes, a three year starter for
Missouri, was the third offensive
lineman selected in the draft after
New York Jets selected Marvin
Powell and Atlanta took Warren
Bryant. Phillips said Townes was
No. 1 on his list of linemen.
Townes appears to have a history
of good health. Contacted at Co
lumbia, he said his only serious in
jury occurred on the first day of
spring practice during his sopho
more year at Missouri.
“I was a noseguard as a freshman,
and they moved me to the offensive
line the first day of spring practice, ”
Townes said. “That first day I got
teed off at a defensive tackle across
the line and when I took a swing at
him he ducked and I hit his hel-
ment. It fractured my arm.”
Oilers offensive line coach Joe
Bugle disputed claims Townes al
lowed a sprained ankle to slow him
significantly the past season and said
he expected him to start his first
season.
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the kid played every game like he
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