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What a juxtaposition. Jim Plunkett, the player to Jim Plunkett, the man. It's a wonder that the two can co-exist...
...tense goal-to-goal situations, Plunkett is poised and powerful. Sitting in his modest Chestnut Hill apartment, he's ill-at-ease and soft-spoken. He'll crack a smile about as often as he'll fumble a football--hardly ever...
...whom he has the most respect because Namath plays injured. "A guy's got a lot of guts to go out there week after week knowing that the next time he gets hit, it may be the last time because he might not be able to walk again," Plunkett says...
...help but wonder, though, if Plunkett's respect for Namath isn't also laced with a deep-seated desire to be as "gutsy" or flashy as the charismatic Broadway Joe--off the field as well as on. Plunkett's walk-on role in the newly released movie, Airport 1975, may be a step in that direction--he brashly tells a stewardess that the Pats will go "all the way" this season...
Coach Fairbanks admits that Her-ron's reputation initially gave him pause. Now he credits Mack with "putting a spark in this team." Quarterback Jim Plunkett, who has developed into one of the most effective tacticians in the N.F.L. this season, goes one step further. He calls Herron the team's "catalyst." In fact, Mack is just one of them. Plunkett has combined with College Teammate Randy Vataha for a crucial touchdown pass against the Giants and the game winner against the Rams. And Fairbanks has molded a three-linemen, four-linebackers "sponge" defense that has dampened opponents...