Balance of Power Shifts From 49ers to Cowboys

By Bill Plaschke one day. may gets the yips. One of those game win- (c) 1995, Los Angeles Times eventually coach his way into If Watters were still ners, by the way, was booted That creaking sound heard the Hall of Fame. around, and they had the ball Sunday, against the 49ers. at San Diego Jack Murphy But somewhere between a inside the ' 10- CORNERBACK Stadium Sunday was not the ir- 49-26 victory over yard line at the end of the first While the 49ers were ritating noise Barry Switzer the Chargers and a Sept. 3 date half, as they did Sunday, would courting cornerback Marquez makes when he clicks his tongue. with the Saints at New Orleans, they have called three consecu- Pope last spring with hopes of It was not Jerry Jones open- the organization lost its edge. tive passes to wide receivers? turning him into a cornerback, ing his wallet, or Troy Now, they have no quarter- Sunday, Young had to scramble Jerry Jones was dialing Deion. Aikman shaking his noggin. back, no running game, a weak on two of those passes. • The 49ers now rank 20th That sound was the Na- offensive line, poor pass defense Where was Floyd? And be- in pass defense and have been tional Football League's balance and pathetic special teams. fore his weak fourth-down ef- vanquished by the arms of of power shifting, from the San They cannot be blamed for fort, where was Loville? Scott Mitchell and Jim Francisco 49ers to the Dallas the Young situation. Every KICKER Harbaugh. Cowboys. team suffers quarterback injuries is nice kid, a OFFENSIVE LINE While the 49ers were in In- and, because of the salary cap, local kid, good looking, big Here's one that should ASMSU-B dianapolis, losing most teams can do no better than hearted. vex even those Bay Area fans for a month, the Cowboys were a backup like . But he should have been who still wear Montana jer- Recreational in San Diego, gaining enough But everything else hap- cut last month, not Monday. seys: When did the 49ers last bravado to last three months. pening on Centennial Boulevard How long would Brien, draft an offensive lineman in Activities The 49ers, who began the in Santa Clara, Calif., has made who has been allowed to contrib- either of the first two rounds? season as the defending Super the Cowboys smile. Or is that a ute to both the 49ers' losses this If you guessed eight years Bowl champion, are now merely smirk? season with missed last-second ago, back when another wounded team at the RUNNING BACK field-goal attempts, have lasted was still rolling around the side of the road. The 49ers did not re-sign with the Cowboys? University of North Carolina, P.E. Building Hours For once, nobody will running back last Lin Elliott will tell you. Af- you're right. Mon. - Fri. 8:00am - 10:00pm

search the Cowboys for the gun. season partially because he was ter scoring 119 points for During that same time, Sat. & Sun. Noon - 5:00pm Because the defending Su- a jerk. the champion Cowboys in 1992, the Cowboys have made high Includes running track, per Bowl champions did this The Cowboys would have he missed two of his first six draft picks of Erik Williams raquetball courts, to themselves. retained such a player in a Texas field-goal tries the next season. and Larry Allen. gymnasium, weight room, When the Cowboys spent Minute. After all, Charles Haley After two games, he was Today, the 49ers are block- and locker rooms. the off-season logically prepar- is still wearing a star on Sundays, cut. ing people with three guys ing, the 49ers preened. While the isn't he? That's about the only Brien, who made only five from their glory years_Barton, Cowboys were scheming, the time all week that he isn't rip- of nine kicks from beyond 40 who is 31; Steve Wallace, 30, Swimming Pool Hours: ping his bosses or punching yards last year, should have been 49ers were savoring. and , 34 _ plus a Lap Swim: NFL logic holds that: Ev- holes in locker room walls. whacked after missing two big guy from the ' Mon. - Fri. 11:30 - 1:30pm erything that makes a team great Although the 49ers say the kicks against the Detroit Lions glory years, , 36. Mon. - Fri, 5:00 - 7:00pm is undermined by a belief in that combination of on Monday night in Game 4. But When these starters have Sat. & Sun. 12:30 - 1:30pm greatness. and William Floyd has statisti- the 49ers, after looking at several been sometimes injured, Sat. & Sun. 3:30 - 4:30pm That has been the 49ers' cally replaced Watters, this team other kickers, apparently didn't their substitutes have been in- problem. They started believing misses his on-field heart and have the heart. effective, allowing Young to be the hype. nerve. One of those candidates? sacked 15 times. They still have football's Neither Loville nor Floyd Cary Blanchard, who has since Cowboy quarterbacks Recreational Swim: best front office and one of its has behaved as if he can handle kicked two game-winning field have been dumped only six Mon. - Fri. 7:00 - 9:00pm top three coaches. Carmen the ball in pressure situations. goal for his new team, the times, the second-fewest sacks Sat. & Sun. 1:30 - 3:30pm Policy should be commissioner Loville gets leg-tackled, Floyd Colts. in the league.

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