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Brian Dowling the legend is not Brian Dowling the second-string quarterback. He has no doubt that some day he'll make it back to the top spot. Dowling is confident, because he's run up against more awesome opponents than Jim Plunkett--the 1968 Harvard football team...
...equally rugged quarterback, Greg Landry (6 ft. 4 in., 205 Ibs.), who passed for more than 2,200 yds. last year and broke Tobin Rote's 20-year-old rushing record for quarterbacks of 530 yds. The New England Patriots are off to a sparkling start behind Jim Plunkett (6 ft. 3 in., 210 Ibs.), the former Heisman Trophy winner and 1971 American Conference Rookie of the Year. And in Pittsburgh, long-suffering Owner Art Rooney hopes that his Steelers can ride to the first league title in their 40-year history on the strong arm-and legs...
From All Sides. Some teams have already realized that dream. Indeed, there are four other young quarterbacks whose exploits come close to matching those of Griese and Staubach: the New England Patriots' Jim Plunkett, 24, 6 ft. 3 in., 210 lbs., has more than lived up to his Heisman Trophy notices, passing the Pats to upset victories over the Colts and Miami this fall; New Orleans Saints' Archie Manning, 22, 6 ft. 3 in., 212 lbs., the sensational roll-out passer and scrambler from Ole Miss, was so spectacular as a rookie that he had defenses gunning...
...sure, Plunkett, Manning, Bradshaw and Shaw caught it from all sides as they learned their trade during on-the-fieid training. Or, in some instances, flat-on-the-field training. Bradshaw, for example, suffered the humiliation of being tackled for a safety in each of the first three games he started; it took him two more games before he threw his first touchdown pass. "The plain truth is," he says, "I didn't know how to attack a defense, how to set one thing up by using another...
...Plunkett of New England, 6 ft. 3 in., 210 Ibs., came to the lowly Patriots from Stanford as the N.F.L.'s No. 1 draft choice. In the season's opener against Oakland, one of the strongest teams in the American Football Conference, Plunkett completed only six of 15 passes; but two were touchdown tosses of 33 yds. and 22 yds., and he led the Patriots to a stunning 20-6 upset victory. "I don't think we can transform the Patriots into a winning team in one year," he says realistically, "but I've been pleasantly...