1 l NFL East Capitol Washington PROSPECTOR A lot of our season admits Oto Graham depends on Sonny He throws the best of anybody in football Sonny is Jurgensen and he had calcium deposits cut out of his right elbow Coach Graham professes not to be concerned At this stage of the game he insists hedhe'd rather settle for a couple of defensive linemen he could be as sure of And a defensive leader to replace Sam Huff wouldn hurth u r t Redskin problem is not so much moving ball as keeping other team from moving it PREDICTION Second itir Capitol Division OTTO GRAHAM Offense PASSING Assuming Jurgensen's OK once the gets earnest the Redskins have merely the best ItsIt's there inhi black and white too Sonny led NFL las year in every passing category But If heshe's not OK well theresthere's rusty Jim plus young Gary Beban RatingRating-AA minus RECEIVING So many good hands available they could afford to switch Bobby Mitchell to running back and heshe's merely leading active receiver in football Jerry Smith goes from tight end to split end nonpareil Charley Taylor is alone at flanker dongDing rivalry at tight end among resurgent Pat Richter rugged MarlinMartin McKeever and surprise rookie Ken Barefoot RatingRating-A.AA. RUNNING Same old painful problem which is why 33 yearyear-old Mitchell is starting all over again Maybe Ray McDonald will settle down and put his pounds to full use Some hope for a rookie Bob Brunet And they've still go such as AA. DD. Whitfield Gerry Allen Steve Thurlow to fill out the roster RatingRating-B.BB. minus LINE The one important addition is John Wooten who got embroiled in politicalsocio-political problems at Cleveland and was signed as free agent He could step into a guard spot though there is nothing wrong with incumbents Vince ProPro- muto Ray and Graham has some ideas of swinging him at tackle too to help out Mitch Johnson Jim Snowden Len Hauss makes an excellent hub at center RatingRating-BB plus Defense LINE This is where changes are expected though all of last year'syears front four reported back to camp Couple ofo new boys Dennis CrainGrain and Frank Bosch have made strong imim- pression at tackles Spain Musgrove and Willie Adams year ago should be ready to move up At least Otto cantcan't complain about lack of bodies And dontdon't count out such old friends as Joe Carl Kammerer RatingRating-B.BB. You star with a strong one Chris Hanburger on the right side and go downhill form there Ed Breding or Jim Carroll will take the place of Sam Huff in the Sid Williams is trying to ward off rookie Tommy Roussel on the left side They will never be mistaken for Green Bay trio RatingC plus SECONDARY New look is imminent here too with uppick-up of Pat FischerCand Jimmy Burson from Cardinals to play the comerscorners though in the long run it will be top draftee Jim Yazoo Smith moving into a regular job Rickie Harris hasbas pretty wellwen moved in as the free safety since Paul Krause was shipped away and Brig Owens says on as his mate until someone stronger comes along RatingRating-BB minus KICKING If Charley Gogolak stays away from soccer ballsbaUs the Skins will have the type of place-kicking that would have reversed a couple of games last placeyear If they can afford to keep another specialist Mike Bragg will usurp Pat RichterRichter's punting role RatingRating-BB plus.
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