Word: eason
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INDIANAPOLIS--New England quarterback Tony Eason yesterday passed for 292 yards and four touchdowns, three of them to Derrick Ramsey in the first half, as the Patriots cruised to an easy 50-17 National Football League victory over the sluggish Indianapolis Colts...
...Eason, who took over as the Patriots' starting quarterback early in the season from veteran Steve Grogan, hit a club record 29 of 42 passes, breaking his own mark of 28 completions set earlier this year against the New York Jets...
...plan to draft a quarterback. But, because of his senior slump, and the seamy rumors that have become football's automatic ex planation for any irregularities, Marino was still bobbing in the pool after five quarterbacks had been fished out: John Elway, Todd Blackledge, Jim Kelly, Tony Eason and Ken O'Brien. To Shula, it was an irresistible 27th pick. "Some people were saying that Dan had been 'pushing' the ball instead of throwing it, but all I could see was how quickly he let go of it, and how tremendous his peripheral vision seemed...
...losses for the Crimson, as Tao Johnson succumbed in four games and last week's hero at Navy, freshman Joe Dowling, playing for the first time in a close match, was vanquished in three games. "Joe was in about the same position as the Patriots' quarterback Tony Eason two weeks ago, he had never really played in that situation before, and he was nervous," said Fish...
...tough New York defense, keyed by three sacks of rookie quarterback Tony Eason by Mark Gastineau, shut down the Patriots' running game which was ranked No. 1 in the NFL and had hurt the Jets earlier in a 23-13 New England victory...