Wednesday. January 18,1989
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looks at Eddie Broun and sees
Jerry Rice. Jeff Fuller looks at
Roger Craig and sees Ickev
Woods.
More specifically, as the San
Francisco and Cincinnati de
fenses get reach for Sunday’s Su
per Bowl, they see the other
team's offense reflected in their
own.
That was the consensus on
Tuesday’s “Picture Day,” the first
of the three hour-long sessions
the players must spend with the
more than 1,()()() reporters and
camera crews in town for the
game.
The focus w;is on the two of
fenses, which ranked 1-2 in the
NFL, with Cincinnati averaging
almost 379 cards per game and
San Francisco almost 370.
I he 49ers were first in rush
ing, the Bengals first in passing,
but both have been run-oriented
during the plavof f s.
“They want to run the ball
First, then throw it; we want to
run the ball first, then throw it,”
said Thomas, Cincinnati’s left
cornerback, who was burned
twice by Rice for touchdowns in
the Bengals’ 27-20 loss to the
49ers last season.
One was a 22-vard I D pass on
the final play of the game.
“But it's more than that. Thev
have Roger Craig at running
back, we have Ickev Woods and
James Brooks. Thev have a great
quarterback, we have a great
quarterback. I hev have Jerrv
Rice, we have Eddie Brown.”
Both offenses are stacked w ith
talent at the same positions
It starts with two of the best
quarterbacks in the game — Joe
Montana, the 49ers' two-time Su
per Bowl MVP, vs. Boomer Esia-
son. the Ni l. MVP this season.
Esiason is vounger. left-
handed and more mobile, but
each is capable of winning a game
bv himself.
It continues with the running
games — Craig, who led the XEC
in mshing with 1,502 yards, vs.
Brooks as well as Woods, who had
1 .()(>(> lor a 5.3 average as a
r< >okie.
Foi more of the sameness,
there are Rice and Brown, the
two long-ball receivers.
Blown was the otfensive rookie
of the year that season but lias
been overshadowed since bv Rice,
who last year set an NFL record
will) 22 touchdown catches in 12
non-strike games.
I don’t say everyone is similar,
but the weapons are the same."
said David Fulcher, Bengal
si rong safety.
"Montana? 1 he guy reads de
lenses. He doesn’t panic. If he
sees somebody coming he’ll get
rid of it or get down. Boomer’s a
fullback wearing No. 7 and play
ing quarterback. He doesn’t mind
being hit. He’ll go down."
Fuller, the 49ers’ equivalent of
Fulcher as an oversized (225 to
228-pound) strong safety, also
sees the similarities. "We have a
lot of weapons and so do thev,"
he said. " I hat’s win defenses will
probably decide the game."
“We’d like to stay off the field.”
Fulcher said. "We’d like to see the
of fense control the ball to keep
their of fense from getting the ba
Rice’s sprained ankle
may alter 49er plans
MIAMI (AP) — Jerrv Rice
couldn’t move right or cut left in
Joe Robbie Stadium on Tuesday,
even when matched up against
the media.
Rice walked gingerly into an
interview session, favoring a
taped-up, sprained right ankle he
said needs more rest and more ice
before Sunday’s Super Bowl.
"It’s really sore, but I still have
four days to rest,” said Rice, vow
ing to be reach. “I don’t know
how strong it's going to be, but if
there’s am wav possible I’m going
to be out there.
"I think just with my presence
out there, they've, got some re
spect for me,” he said.
San Francisco coach Bill Walsh
showed no sense of alarm about
the Rice injury, including a false
report that Rice was carried oil
the practice field after it oc
curred. He said it was too soon to
judge its severity, although Rice
will be held out of practice until
Thursday or Friday.
“We’ll see what happens,”
Walsh said.
Mike Wilson and John Tavlor
would be the 49ers’ main down-
field receivers in Rice’s absence,
with starting tight end John
Frank also likely a more frequent
target along with reserve wide re
ceiver Terry Greer.
“Jerry’s been Mr. Touchdown
for us, so that’s some very large
shoes to fill," said Wilson, an
eight-year veteran who caught 33
passes for three I Ds and a 12.3-
yard average. “But if Joe (Mon
tana) can come out and play the
wav he’s placed the last couple of
weeks, it should be a very happv
Sunday.”
Tavlor caught 14 passe*, two
for touchdowns, this season and
made his mark as an All-Pro re
turn specialist by running back
two punts for scores.
Frank, who missed half the sea
son with a broken hand, had lb
receptions for three IDs, while
'former Canadian Football
■League star Greer caught eight
passes.
Rice, who was troubled bv a hip
injurv early in the season, hurt
the ankle on Oct. lb when cor
nerback Jerrv Gray of the Los
Angeles Rams hauled him down
bv the face mask after a long gain.
He did not miss any games, but
caught just one touchdown pass
in the next four games, becoming
less a primary receiver and more
of a decoy.
Rice said he wasn’t that sur
prised when he felt the ankle give
as he made a cut on the practice
field Monday.
“My ankle’s been hurting all
year long,” he said. “Now it’s back
to where it was when I first hurt
it.
“I played three or four games
when I didn’t have lateral
movement and couldn’t bump-
and-run. You just have to block it
talent at the same positions. their offense from getting the ball." passes for three 1 Ds and a 12.3- out.
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"" Super Bowl city’s image hurt by riots
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MIAMI (AP) — A shooting death promotes Dade County for new “If the media on a national basts lence will negate Miami’s 1
TtoUSS hat triggered a disturbance in a Mi- business development. keeps the thing in perspective, it this week,
inii neighborhood also damaged a Miami’s Superhost Committee is may not (do) that much damage,” he
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MIAMI (AP) — A shooting death
hat triggered a disturbance in a Mi-
uni neighborhood also damaged
2 million effort to improve the
ity’s image during Super Bowl
_yeek, several officials conceded
■Tuesday.
The fatal shooting of a black mo-
orcyclist by a white policeman in an
trea near downtowiT sparked vio
lence that involved at least 200 peo
ple and included gunfire and arson.
“I think all of Miami is embar
rassed,” said Tom Ferguson, presi-
lent of the Beacon Council, which
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promotes Dade County for new
business development.
Miami’s Superhost Committee is
spending $2 million to make a good
impression on visitors in town for
Sunday’s game. Officials met Tues
day to discuss the unexpected public
relations setback.
The outbreak of violence is likely
to receive extensive publicity, since
by week’s end more than 1,500 re
porters are expected in Miami.
Ferguson said this additional me
dia coverage will determine the
long-term impact on the city’s image.
“If the media on a national basis
keeps the thing in perspective, it
may not (do) that much damage,” he
said. “I think people will consider it
more as a local disturbance, as op
posed to a race riot, which absolutely
it was not.”
At least one out-of-town reporter,
Houston Post sports writer Ray
Buck, saw tHe disturbance at close
range. Buck and his wife had their
car windshield shattered when tliey
happened to drive through the area
on their way elsewhere.
Buck said publicity about the vio
lence will negate Miami’s hospitality
this week.
“Unfortunately I think a lot of
good effort was ruined in one short
three or four hour period,” he said.
“A year of hard work went down the
drain.”
New York Daily News sports
writer Mike Lupica was not so sure.
“To say, ‘Here goes Miami going
crazy again,’ I really don’t think
that’s fair,” Lupica said.”
Mellowing McEnroe has new view of tennis
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) —
Though he wants another Grand
Siam title, John McEnroe isn’t sure
e wants to be No. 1 again.
“When 1 was No. 1, I didn’t han-
lle it very well,” McEnroe said Tues-
lay alter beating Michael Westphal
)f West Germany 6-4, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 in
he first round of the Australian
3pen.
“The pressure was so great, I
eally didn’t enjoy it the way I should
lave. It seemed I was always looking
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over my shoulder. I’d rather not be
No. 1 if that’s the way it would be
again. Of course, if I could handle it
in a positive manner, it would be a
different story.”
During his last Australian Open
'appearance in 1985, an agitated
McEnroe pushed a journalist, spat at
a cameraman and left in disgust af
ter losing a five-set quarterfinal to
Slobodan Zivojinovic.
A lot has changed since then.
Getting married to actress Tatum
O’Neal, having two sons and falling
out of the top 10 has altered McEn
roe’s perspective on the sport.
“There’s a lot more to life than
tennis,” he said. “Losing a match is
not the end of the world.”
McEnroe, seeded seventh here, is
pushing to regain the form that
made him the world’s best player in
the early 1980s. But the three-time
Wimbledon and four-time U.S.
Open champion knows he still has a
way to go.
The only losing seed was No. 8
Yannick Noah, who was ousted by
Australian Mark Woodforde 6-4, 6-7
(5-7), 6-2, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4 in a four-
hour match that didn’t end until
early Wednesday morning.
In women’s play, second-seeded
Martina Navratilova, No. 3 Gabriela
Sabatini and No. 4 Pam Shriver won
their opening matches in straight
sets.
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