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From: tims@shark.UUCP (Tim Stoehr)
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Re: Some thoughts on Superbowl XVIII.
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Date: Mon, 30-Jan-84 13:40:40 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 30 13:40:40 1984
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I do believe that the Raiders did "completely dominate" the Redskins.
Granted, the Raider offense wasn't extremely impressive or nearly
unstoppable, but they did more than they had to.  The Raiders had
a comfortable lead most of the time and the Redskin offense was doing
nothing.  Under those circumstances, almost any offense is going to
be more conservative and less productive.  Allen's 74 yard run was
not a "broken play."  It was just a matter of running the ball away
from the tacklers, which is what any ball carrier does.  I've watched
Allen do more radical turnarounds at least this year for 20+ yard
touchdown runs.  I didn't see J. Riggins breaking away.  Sure, if you
nullify the Raiders' seven biggest plays, there may not be much left,
but they still would have won without them, they just would have done
something else.  Also, if you similarly take only TWO plays away from
Washington, one being the punt recovery turnover, you could argue that
the Redskins wouldn't have scored at all.

Questions: Why did Sports Illustrated put the Redskins on their cover
	   two weeks in a row, the second being after the Redskins
	   looked mediocre in barely beating the 49'ers, while the
	   Raiders had just finished pounding the Seahawks.  What also
	   made me wonder is why on that same cover they printed
	   "Bring On The Raiders,", when it was apparent that the
	   Raiders were on such a high, ready to serve up the Redskins.
	   They also predicted a Redskin victory at that point, despite
	   all logic.

	   Explanations or comments requested, please.