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Barzilauskas Career at End? Powell an All-Pro? Page 100 By George Usher In a sport in which just about every is big and strong' Carl Barzi-is is one of the biggest and strongest Just yesterday offensive tackle Marvin Powell of the Jets himself a big man at 6-5 271 slipped his foot into a tennis sneaker that once belonged to Barzilauskas "I wear a said Powell "and these are size 15 That Barzilauskas sure is Barzilauskas left his sneakers behind when he was traded by the Jets to Green Bay prior to the 1978 season and Powell adopted them He also left a reputation behind in the American Football Conference "He is one of the strongest players ever said Miami all-pro center Jim Langer Not too long ago the 6-6 265-pound Barzilauskas had an outstanding game at defensive tackle for the Packers in a Monday night victory over the New England Patriots It might have been his last game in pro football Today he is recuperating from nerve damage to his right shoulder at his home in Bloomington Ind and wondering if he will be strong enough ever to play again Until two weeks ago he could not lift his right arm and the numbness extended from his neck down to his fingers 'Tve been able to lift my arm for the last two weeks he said over the phone "But I have no strength It hurt or anything freaky Nobody knows doctors nobody if it will ever come back where I can play Barzilauskas who will be 29 in March suffered the injury Oct 4 in practice a few days after his big game against New England He has been on the injured reserve list ever since and recently was allowed to return home to recuperate "We were giving our offense a defensive picture of the Atlanta Falcons and I got Barzilauskas said "It was no big hit It was the same as on every play fault just a freak At first he lost the use of his bicep and deltoid muscles and could not lift anything with his arm "It will never be 100 per cent and a chance if I get hit again lose the use of the arm Barzilauskas said not worried though If over over nothing I can do about it like to play again but I know not going to try to go on and on if going to be injured forever It just worth Barzilauskas says he does not have to worry financially He has made solid investments in Bloomington and he recently started a building construction franchise in southern Indiana doing he said "Everything is He was a No 1 draft pick of the Jets in 1974 a player with great promise and he played in every game until he was traded in 1978 He had played out his option in 1977 but received no favorable offers from any of the other 27 NFL teams possibly because none wanted to give up high draft choices for him as guaranteed under NFL rules He had criticized the contract with management as being impractical because of the compensation rule and said he would probably return to the Jets After a meeting with coach Walt Michaels the Jets announced a trade to Green Bay for a fourth- and fifth-round draft pick from this draft It was not considered a good return but Barzilauskas did have a knee problem and was not considered an outstanding pass rusher He would have had minor surgery on his knee to remove cartilage after this season but has to wait now because he cannot support his weight on crutches His injured knee is the least of his worries now His future in football will be decided by the doctors "It will take six months to a year to know for Barzilauskas said "But the way I look at it is played longer than a lot of people If time to go time to UPI Photo The Franco Harris is stopped by the Art Stringer Bradshaw Steelers Fizzle on the Road NEWSDAY TUESDAY DECEMBER 11 1979 Carl Barzilauskas: got Houston In the tradition of losing quarterbacks Terry Bradshaw looked no further than himself for the reason the Steelers lost their fourth road game of the season to the Oilers here last night "I really played well in the big games on the Bradshaw said He had come into the game already having set Pittsburgh club records for passes attempted (416) completions (231) and yards (3278) But the Oilers limited him to 14 for 29 for 237 They sacked him three times chased him out of the pocket all night and intercepted him twice "They give me the deep Bradshaw said "There was a lot of pressure in my face I tried in the second half to get rid of it a little quicker and it worked for a while But not enough I was trying to get the running game going When faced with third and long tough a good football The troubles began the first period when they failed to convert in a fourth and two situation at the Houston 25 Bradshaw ran Rocky Bleier off right tackle for no game The Steelers never were able to run effectively against the 3-4 defense with Andy Dorris Curley Culp and Elvin Bethea up front Iij passing situations Bethea Culp and' liiieb'acklst' left arid thrbe playes came in: Mike Stensrud Ken Kennard and Jessie Baker "We had more faith in that four-man front than the Bethea said "But we got some pretty good pressure in the three a few times The defense had come in allowing an average of 3061 yards and 206 points a game But it leads the NFL in interceptions with 34 including the two on Bradshaw Sacking Bradshaw three times raised the total to 51 for the season The John Stallworth was able to catch three passes for 64 yards to put him one reception short of tying teammate Roy 10-year-old club record for catches in a season (67) But the thinking about records "We just been able to rise to the occasion in the big games especially on the Bradshaw said got Buffalo next week gonna win in Buffalo and gonna win the division no doubt about that If we can win three or four games in a row again gonna be the world There was a controversial play near the end of the game After Pittsburgh got to within 20-17 Matt Bahr tried on on-sides kick that the referee ruled was illegally touched by the Larry Anderson before it had gone the required 10 yards Bahr tried slight' qbetyr9B next kickoff Houston tight end Mike Ban Smitll Giants Embarrass Perkins half Perkins agreed with John post-game remark that "a lot of people are not gonna be here next Perkins said "Yes I still think we have some of those people I think all that way disappointed but I still lost confidence in our team Perkins said Gus Coppens and Gordon King probably each will play a half at right tackle again in season finale against the Baltimore Colts at Giants Stadium Perkins reported three players for that game due to injury: linebacker Randy Cofheld thumb running back- Billy Tfcyldt hadklYmd' Roy Simmons toe Jim Smith "For the first time all year I felt Giants coach Ray Perkins said of his 29-20 loss Sunday in St Louis "I hope they his players did too It was a total team effort They just play They execute it was probably our poorest effort on defense allowing 406 yards all year We missed tackles we had breakdowns We played tentatively for a good part of the game We lost our poise in a few Perkins disclosed that he told quarterback Phil Simms at halftime that he would replace him if Simms did 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