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HERNDON, Va. (AP) - You
want power, we've got power.
You want quickness, we've got
quickness. Versatility? We've got
that, too.
All of those things you see
Thurman Thomas do for the Buf
falo Bills every week, the Wash
ington Redskins get from their
backfield. The difference is in
troop deployment.
While Thomas is doing every
thing and earning NFL most valu
able player honors, the Redskins
are using a three-headed running
back. Call him Earnest Ricky Rig
gs. Or Gerald Byner Ervins.
"It's a pleasure to have three
guys who can play like that," Red
skins tackle Joe Jacoby said.
This year was Earnest Byner's
third 1,000-yard season and he is
an excellent receiver. He also
made the Pro Bowl this season.
"Earnest is very tough, a great
competitor, a slashing kind of run
ner," Gibbs said of the back Wash
ington acquired in a 1989 trade
with the Cleveland Browns. "He's
a leader from the preparation and
toughness standpoint. He is very
bright, versatile and well-condi
tioned."
"What is unique about this
team is the togetherness," Byner
said. "We've had it throughout
this year. There are really nice re
lationships between the young
guys and the old guys ... all the
guys."
"Our line is big and strong,
and has got an attitude."
Gerald Riggs, 31, is big and
strong and sometimes was ac
cused of having the wrong atti
tude in his later years as an At
lanta Falcon. He was dealt to
Washington in 1989 when the Fal
cons felt he no longer could han
dle a heavy load.
"He's the kind of back who
can power his way in there for the
touchdown," Gibbs said. "He's
the classic big back who has
gained a lot of yards and still can
do it. He has size and bulk.
"Gerald could pl a y other
places and I know he would like
to carry the ball more. He has
done everything we've asked of
him."
Waived at the end of training
camp and then re-signed, Riggs
was asked to run only 78 times.
He scored 11 times.
"There's probably a few
who would like to see me more,'
Riggs said. "But that's not my job
anymore."
"When I get those chances, I
really have to produce," he said.
"When I get the chance. I'm going
to get it in there."
Ricky Ervins didn't get into
the lineup with regularity until
Week 7 against Cleveland.
The Redskins were seeing a
big lead evaporate when Gibbs
turned to the rookie from South
ern Cal. Ervins rushed for 113
yards in the second half and
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Washington won 42-17.
When he added 82 yards ini
second half against the New Yotll
Giants, Ricky Ervins had donethtj
unusual for a first-year Redskin.
"If I was the coach, I'd dothf|
same thing," Ervins said.
"Ricky has great explosion,’
said Gibbs, who had been ind
pressed with Ervins in training
camp, but could not overcome hi|
reluctance to use rookies. "Heis|
the home run guy. He's got that!
outside speed and is a darter.'
Ervins had a 4.7-yard averagtl
this year, gaining 680 yards. Htl
also caught 16 passes.
"I asked Earnest once whjl
he'd been so good to me, helping!
me all the time," Ervins said. "He|
said, 'Because when you get in
there, I want you to help us win,’
"That's how it is. Beingarootj
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.
— Although Scott Norwood
plenty to shout about Monday,
wasn't at Rich Stadium
enough to make much noise.
Norwood, who ended last seal
son by missing a 47-yard field
that would have won the Supei]
Bowl, hit the game-winner fromli
yards out in the Buffalo Bills' 10-7
victory over the Denver Broncosin
Sunday's AFC Championship.
That makes Norwood 4-for-t
in Buffalo's playoff wins over the
Broncos and the Kansas City
Chiefs, giving him as much confi
dence as he's had all season going
into the Super Bowl on Jan. 26
against the Washington Redskins
Norwood wasn't around to
talk about it. The Bills had a team
meeting, a brief film review of the
Broncos game and did some con
ditioning work. By the time the
media was allowed in the locker
room, Norwood had left.
After Sunday's game, he pro
fessed he wasn't bothered by the
prospect of having to answer two
weeks' worth of questions aboul
The Miss from last year.
"I don't dread this," he said
"It's part of the business. Whenil
comes time to buckle it up in a
couple of weeks, it will have noth
ing to do with it. As long as you
guys (reporters) aren't out there
rushing field goals and running
around the football field, the hype
isn't important."
Coach Marv Levy and spedal
teams coach Bruce DeHaven
said they are recommending
Norwood not talk to the media be
fore the Super Bowl. Judging by
his quick departure Monday, Nor
wood took that advice to heart.
"Ed advise him not to I
about it and to concentrate on the
game," Levy said. "He's talked
about it up to here."
"I think that it's the best
for him to look ahead, not back,
DeHaven said.
"You know one of the bigsto
ries this week would have to
Scott Norwood because of his kid
last year," he said. "I don't see
how anybody could possibly do
an interview with him without
asking that question. And every
time that question arises, that's
ing to be a negative."
Norwood has insisted all year
long that he's put the Super Bowl
miss behind him. Although he fin
ished the season hitting a career-
low 62 percent of his field goal
tempts, he said he hasn't chan
his technique or work habits.
"I don't need to make any
justments," he said two weeks
ago. "I've been kicking the
good this week, so I'm not adjust
ing. I'm just working hard."
Adam Lingner, the Bills' long
snapper, said he felt the Super
Bowl miss last year has colored
Norwood's work this year.
"Every time something went
wrong, it was magnified, both in
ternally on his own part and peo
ple on the outside saying things
about him," Lingner said. "It be
came worse than it should have
been because of what happened in
the Super Bowl last year.”
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