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Tuesday, September 8,1987/The Battalion/Page 15 Former Cowboy Hill, Nathan among NFL cuts From The Associated Press Moore and Tony Nathan, two >f the mainstays of the Miami of- ense for the past decade, and Tony -hll, a one-time star with Dallas, vere cut Monday, while the Chicago Jears put Jim McMahon on injured eserve with the expectation that he an help their young quarterbacks leve lop. See related stories, Page 13 ^■ill, released by Dallas earlier this ear and picked up by San Fran- isco. was among a group of veterans eleiased by the 49ers. They also in- luded linebackers Tom Cousineau fid Jim Fahnhorst and running ack Carl Monroe, who scored the irst touchdown in the 1985 Super »ow I. ^■cMahon, who missed the second alf of last season with a shoulder in- ry and underwent surgery late last ar. will have to miss at least six eeks. That move at least temporarily pt a spot on the Bears’ roster for qijjg Flutie, the 5-foot-9 Heisman fophy winner. Mike Tomczak has been starting in McMahon’s place and Jim Harbaugh, the team’s top draft pick this year, had been vir tually guaranteed a spot. Coach Mike Ditka said McMahon will spend his time on the sidelines helping him and coaching the younger players. “Even if I have to make McMahon an assistant coach, I want him to be out there because the Bears will need all the help they can get,” Ditka said. Moore and Nathan were cut as Miami made the unusual move of keeping four quarterbacks — Dan Marino, Don Strock, Ron Jaworski and Jim Jensen, who also doubles as special teams captain and backup wide receiver. The Dolphins also placed linebacker Hugh Green back on injured reserve, where he spent most of last season with a knee in jury- Moore, a 13-year veteran, was the Dolphins’ all-time leading receiver with 510 catches for 7,547 yards. Al though he had 38 receptions for 431 yards and sevfen touchdowns last year, he was beaten out by free agent Fred Banks for the fifth receiving job behind Mark Duper, Mark Clay ton, James Pruitt and rookie Scott Schwedes. The 30-year-old Nathan, an eight- year veteran; is fourth on the team’s all-time rushing list with 3,523 yards and second on the receiving list with 373 receptions. “I’m not going to dwell on what has happened,” Moore said. “. . . That’s a part of football. I’m 35 years old and football is a young man’s game.” Among the other players cut was defensive end Daryl Sims, Pitts burgh’s first-round draft pick two years ago. The 6-foot-3, 285-pound Sims, expected to be a force when he was taken by the Steelers in the first round of the 1985 draft, never lived up to his expectations. In two sea sons of spot play, he had just 14 tackles, four assists and two sacks. The Cowboys cut veteran place- kicker Rolf Benirschke; Cleveland released running back Butch Wool- folk; Minnesota cut running back Ted Brown, San Diego cut wide re ceivers Anthony Hancock and Bobby Johnson and the New York Giants released veteran defensive lineman Curtis McGriff. The Bears released veteran de fensive linemen Mike Hartenstine and Henry Waechter along with punter Maury Buford. Waechter trapped New England quarterback Steve Grogan for safety in the Super Bowl two years ago. Green Bay cut backup quarterback Chuck Fusina, who led the Philadelphia-Baltimore Stars to two championships in the defunct USFL. Buffalo cut veteran offensive tackle Ken Jones and linebacker Jim Haslett, a long-time starter out last year with a knee injury; Houston re leased veteran defensive end Jesse Baker, a long-time pass-rushing spe cialist. The Los Angeles Raiders placed Lester Hayes, a 10-year fixture at cornerback, on injured reserve with a strained tendon in the left foot that he broke last season. The 32-year- old Hayes had started 149 straight games before missing the last two last season. Another starting cornerback, Perry Williams of the Giants, also went on the six-week injured reserve with a neck injury. Tampa Bay released Don Shula’s son Mike, a quarterback. Upshaw calls NFL owners 7 proposal 'garbage' de lirie View \ ree from 11. During i^lehart ea: as an end a ■EW YORK (AP) — The NFL Management Council on Monday jave its players union a new propo- al it said can provide “the essential rlements” for settlement of the con tact impasse that could result in a Mayers strike within two weeks. But Gene Upshaw, the executive lirector of the NFL Players Associa- ion termed the document “gar- »agt ■ahe 14-page summary, prepared >ver the weekend by council offi- ials, was presented to Upshaw, ex- ;cufive director of the NFL Players Vssoi Mtion, shortly after noon EDT. t was mailed about two hours later o the 28 NFL teams. Mfhe presentation comes one day >efore the league’s player represen- atiyes meet in Washington to set a trike date. It is expected to come af ter the second week of the season, which opens Sunday, with an option to wait another two weeks. The only talks since Aug. 14 took E lace for 4 , /2 hours in Washington ist week and they broke off over the issue of protection for player rep resentatives. Despite Upshaw’s denunciation of Donlan’s proposal, both sides said they were willing to meet again. Up shaw said they had talked on Sunday and expected to be back in contact Thursday, after both sides have had their meetings. Donlan said in his cover letter to Upshaw that because of the lack of talks the proposal “has been devel oped in a virtual vacuum without the benefit of assistance from the NFLPA.” Upshaw, however, said he agreed with only one thing — that the length of the contract be three years. “It was just what I expected. Now we have just seven points to go,” he said in a reference to the union’s 8-point proposal. The management proposal is sim ilar in some elements to the Manage ment Council presentation at the on set of talks on April 20. It continues intact, for example, the current system of free agency under which only one player has changed teams in 10 years, although it upgrades the compensation to what the council calls more realistic levels. Free agency without compen sation is one of the union’s principal demands. But even the liberalized compen sation would be rather restrictive. 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