Word: ewbank
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thrice in a 15-play march third downs required something wonderful. On a third-and-18 play near midfield, Coach Dan Reeves advised Elway to try for just half of it, recalling the cautious voice of Baltimore Coach Weeb Ewbank that Johnny Unitas never heeded in the Colt-Giant sudden-death championship game of 1958. Elway completed his 20-yd. pass to Mark Jackson, and another of 5 yds. for the touchdown. In terms a Giant can understand, pro football had a new standard for closing flourishes. No less an authority than Dallas' Tom Landry, New York's defensive coach...
...downs there," Shula speculates. As a for mer defensive back, what does he really know about quarterbacks? "I used to call defensive signals, and was always trying to get into the quarterback's mind. What? How? Why? Where?" In Baltimore, Shula's second stop, Weeb Ewbank even required him to prepare for emergency ser vice behind Unitas and George Shaw. When at 33 he became the Colts' head coach, youngest in the history of the league, Shula never tried to be Brown, Ewbank, Blanton Collier or any other coach of his experience. "The players can sense...