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SPORTS Pro football Green Bay Press-Gazette Sunday, September .1. r3t omme exackere And parting Five keys to the game I Pete Dougherty Pro football would have had to take a huge cut from the $1.5 million he made last season, Robbins turned down the $250,000 the Packers offered this winter, and they rescinded it in the spring. Several clubs made similar offers. Because of the toll football has taken on him, Robbins did not want to play for another team unless the pay was substantial, "If the Packers called because of an emergency and said, Tootie, we need Tootie would be there in a second," said Harold Lewis, Robbins' agent. Vinnie Clark and Lester Ar-chambeau: Both are starters with the Atlanta Falcons.

Clark in place of De.on Sanders at left cornerback, and Archambeau is sharing time at defensive left end with Chuck Smith. Robert Brown: He failed in his attempt to return to the NFL after sitting out the 1993 season. Brown, a defensive end, was cut by Indianapolis on July 26. He started 112 of 165 games with the Packers from 1982 through 1992. Vince Workman: He is Tampa Bay's starting halfback and gained 81 yards on 15 carries (5.4-yard average) in the opener and caught two passes for 16 yards.

Showdown: Today will be the first faceoff on the field between Steve Young and Joe Montana when the 49ers play at Kansas City. They had played together six years with San Francisco. "Their relationship was doomed from the beginning," 49ers president Carmen Policy said. "Steve Young hadn't come in as a draft choice to be an understudy. He came to the 49ers in a significant trade with the obvious intent of him becoming the starting quarterback.

"It wasn't a case where Steve was going to learn from the master. Joe saw him as a competitor for the starting In a conference call this week, Montana, 38, said he had not spo ken to Young, 32, since the trade and was in no hurry to seek him out on the field before or after the game. 'This is not a game that sneaks up on you," said John Madden, who will work the game as analyst for Fox television. "Montana and Young, that's the stuff that's going to be talked about." Both players are coming off impressive season-opening performances. Montana completed 24 of 33 passes for 315 yards and two touchdowns in a 30-17 win at New Orleans, and Young was 19-for-32 for 308 yards and four touchdowns in a 44-14 rout of the visiting Los Angeles Raiders.

Who's he? Among the many interviews and highlights included in the two-hour special 75 Seasons: The Story of the National Football League, is a clip from Ray Nitschke's appearance on the game show What's My Line in the early 1960s. The show premieres at 7 p.m. Tuesday on TNT. Nitschke, the former Packers linebacker, appeared on the show after he had won the most valuable player award in the 1962 NFL championship game. It took the panel eight guesses to figure out who he was.

"He can catch and run and block. We can keep him in there on every down and our offense won't even blink. He can help us do things we haven't done before." Harris expects to get more receptions than he did with the Packers. He averaged 48.5 his two years as a starter in Green Bay. "With Sterling Sharpe around, was tough to get the ball thrown your way a lot," he said.

"That's why I'm happy for this opportunity. There are a lot more passes for the tight end in this offense." Here's an update on several er players who were with the Packers as recently as 1992: Don Majkowski: He beat out Browning Nagle as backup to quarterback Jim Harbaugh in Indianapolis. Camp observers said his throwing arm is much stronger this year than last. He completed 19 of 25 passes for 264 yards in the exhibition season, then went 1-for-l for seven yards in a mop-up role in the Colts' blowout win over Houston. "I think I had a very good preseason," he said.

"I'm throwing the ball as well as I ever have." He's making $600,000 in base -salary. Tootie Robbins: The 36-year-old tackle has retired because he White Webb Here are five things to watch for. in the Packers game against the Dolpins today at Milwaukee County Stadium: Tackle Richmond Webb and the offensive line against the Packers pass rush. Quarterback Dan Marino is coming off Achilles surgery. Webb, a Pro Bowler all four years in the NFL, and his teammates will have to keep out Reggie White, Sean Jones and Bryce Paup.

Bryan Cox, a Pro Bowl outside linebacker in 1992, might have to start at middle linebacker for the first time in his NFL career because starter Chuck Bullough has a pulled stomach muscle. Sterling Sharpe vs. Troy Vincent. Vincent, a cornerback from Wisconsin and No. 1 draft pick in 1992, had knee surgery in the off-season.

Sharpe appears back to normal after offseason surgery on his toe. Irving Spikes vs. the Packers kickoff coverage. In their preseason matchup, Spikes averaged 48.7 yards on three returns and had one for 71 yards. Chris Jacke vs.

Pete Stoyanovich. They are the fourth-and second-most accurate placekickers in NFL history, respectively, and have range beyond 50 yards. Packers name four inactives Press-Gazette Injured starters Guy Mclntyre, guard, 'and Wayne Simmons, linebacker, led the four players the Green Bay Packers designated as inactive for today's game. Also listed as inactive were offensive tackle Gary Brown and guard Alai Kalaniuvalu. Three additional players and a designated 'third quarterback' must be deactivated this morning.

Where are a they Recent ex-Packers and the'if whereabouts this season: Jackie Harris (1990-93): Starting TE for the Bucs Tony Bennett (1990-93): Starting DE for the Colts Don Majkowski (1987-92): Backup QB for the Colts Tootie Robbins (1992-93): Vinnie Clark (1991-92): Star ing DB for the Falcons Lester Archambeau (1990-92): Starting DE for the Falcons Robert Brown (1982-92): Retired Vince Workman (1989-92): Starting RB for the Bucs "It would be almost inconceAv-l; able today if Emmitt Smith or joe Montana had gone on a game show or a talk show and no one knew who he was," said Sabol, NFL Films president. just shows the growth of the game into the national Catching up: Atlanta quar-! terback Jeff George is 56 passes from moving past Bart Starr for the NFL's second-longest streak pass attempts without an interception. George has 239 going into vino vtcciv gcuuc; agaiiiot rn geles. Starr had 294 in i ii li jjemie xvusar irmus uie uu-ume record at 308 with Cleveland in 1990-91. i Notebook Buddy Ryan already is unhappy with offensive coordinator Dave Atkins.

The Cardinajs passed the ball 42 times in their 14-12 loss to the and audibled out of at another 10. Oilers: Houston Oilers head coach Jack Pardee is din the hot seat again. Two of the names mentioned as replacements are Mississippi State coacn jacKie onerrut ana ior- mer coach Bum Phillip' DeHvery Carryout Dine-In IT IT Coleman on again as Cowboys back for 61 yards. But the Dolphins also have dangerous deep threats in veteran wide receivers Irving Fryar and Ingram and tight end Keith Jackson. "Their wide receivers get up and catch the ball in traffic," Evans says.

"They still have speed on both sides. They're big and strong and that's what you look for in a receiver." Marino was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week for his efforts against New England. The Packers are hoping the fabled jinx is about to strike again. "He's almost flawless, almost," Butler said. "We know he's going to throw for a lot of yards.

He can chip away, just don't give him any long plays. We can win if we do that, if we limit the big plays." "We're worried about winning the game and just playing the correct defenses," said George Teague, the Packers free safety. "We know Marino always causes problems for anybody's secondary, for anybody's team." Along with having a powerful arm, one of Marino's assets is his quick release, which has enabled him to avoid numerous sacks and frustrate defensive linemen throughout his career. "He gets it out there, that's the problem," Teague said. "If he's ever in trouble or something he still finds a way to get rid of it and still have it on the money." Marino's favorite option last week was dumping the ball to running back Terry Kirby, who Caught seven passes Associated Press Running back Lincoln Coleman's on again-off again career with the Dallas Cowboys is on again.

The two-time NFL champions said Saturday they signed the weight-troubled Coleman to a two-year contract three days after they cut him. Coleman becomes the No. 4 running back on the Cowboys, behind league MVP Emmitt Smith, fullback Daryl Johnston and Tommie Agee. Cardinals: The word in Phoenix is that head coach The two key Packers starters who got away in the off-season, Tony Bennett and Jackie Harris, will face each other this week. Bennett's Indianapolis Colts play Harris and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at Tampa.

Bennett is coming off a successful debut as the Colts' right defensive end in their 4-3 alignment In last week's 45-21 win over Houston, he returned a fumble 75 yards for a touchdown. "It's my job to make big plays, that's why they brought me here," he said. The Packers didn't put up a fight when Bennett got Indianapolis' offer for $11.2 million over four years, including a $3 million signing bonus. They thought the money would be better invested in defensive end Sean Jones, who signed for $7.8 million over three years, including a $2.25 million bonus. Bennett's average salary is $2.8 million per year to Jones' $2.6, and Bennett costs $2.95 million against the salary cap this year to Jones' $2.5 million.

Jones had a sack in the Packers' win over Minnesota last week. Harris, meanwhile, is expected to be a big part of Tampa Bay's no-huddle offense. He caught three passes for 20 yards in the Buccaneers' 21-9 loss to Chicago last week. Ed West, who replaced Harris as the Packers' starter, had three catches for 40 yards last week. "With (Harris), our offense suddenly has become versatile," Tampa Bay coach Sam Wyche said.

From C-1 Packers but those guys take a lot of pride down there in protecting him," Galbreath says. "He really doesn't get hit as many times as a lot of other quarterbacks do. And he's not really one of the most mobile or fteet-of-foot guys in the pocket." Marino played only one series when the Dolphins beat the Packers 31-24 during the exhibition season, but that one series gave the Packers plenty to be worried about this week. Marino completed six of seven passes for 60 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown to Mark Ingram. He also hit Ingram for the two-point conversion.

Aa He has a great sense of where the pass rush is around him. Then he can get rid of the football faster than any quarterback I've ever been around. That's helped him tremendously. Qa How is former Wisconsin defensive back Troy Vincent coming along after his injury? Aa He played well. He had that one pick, a knockdown, and he made some tackles.

It gives you a good feeling of security. He's coming on to be one of best corners in the league. That injury is healed. We're confident he'll be back to where he was before the injury. Qa Does Marino call all of his own plays? Aa He has complete freedom.

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It takes the ball out of Dan's hands when he's capable of a performance like last week. Qa What can you do to improve your defense? Aa Just a lot of hard work and maybe correct some of the mistakes that were made. Miami coach Don Shula answers questions from Wisconsin media in a teleconference this week: Qa What did you think of Dan Marino's performance in Week One? Aa I've never seen him more focused, more involved. He had good movement in the pocket, good zip on his throws. Qa Did Marino do anything differently to protect his injury? Aa The Achilles is healed, the calf is healed.

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