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he played on the special teams with such ine? A quarter ton of defensive linemen went 58 yards and scored standing up,
gusto that he almost decapjtated Ron engineering a 60-yard touchdown like and when we ran off the field our de-
Smith of the Rams one day and whacked that. Later on they explained what was fense was screaming at me. We were sup-
a couple more guys so hard that you going through their heads. In practice, we posed to make some first downs before
could hear the irripact two blocks away. play this French game called la grabasse, we scored and give our defense a rest.
That's what "40 for 60" is all about. where the defensive line stands the offen- They were hot. I said to Ozzie, ''Hey,
We even scored touchdowns by dumb sive line and it's really nothing much man, you got to learn not to take me
luck, but that's the way it is when you're more than a free-for-all, with the ba11 so seriously."
rolling-you get lucky and you create a squirting all over the place _and laterals Ozzie says, "Well, if you want first
Jot of it yourself. You're winning, and and passes being thrown from anywhere downs, say so! You said you wanted to
you're having fun, and you get unex- on the field. So here they were in the mid- go to the posts, man. If you don't want
pected b~nuses. On Thanksgiving Day dle of a key league game and they acted the posts, then don't say the posts!"
we were having a tough game against like they were playing la grabasse. Jim We lost our final game of the season
Detroit, and then Jim Marshall inter- lateraled that precious sack of gold to to Atlanta 10-3, a sweet win for Norm
cepted a pass and took off down the side- Alan, and we were in. Ay, chihuahua! Van Brocklin. We'd have enjoyed win-
lines. Now imagine that! Jim Marsha_ll But that's what positive thinking does ning, but after 12 straight we already
is just under six-four, and he weighs for you. In one of our games against ha.d the Central Division cinched and
250 pounds, and he doesn't exactly look the Bears, I came back to the huddle some of our guys had trouble getting
like Peggy Fleming out there. He's chug- and I said, "Boys, this play is gonna go up for the Atlanta game, and maybe I
ging along and the Lions are about to to the posts, To the posts! Now here's was one of them.
nail him when he turns and sees our how we do it. If they get in the over-
baby monster Alan Page chugging along shift, we're gonna block it sock. If they
NEXT WEEK
behind him, giving his coyote howl. Just get in the undershift, we're gonna cross-
as Marshall is about to go down for the block it. Ozzie's gonna carry the seed, Superb against the Rams and Browns in
count, he flips the ba11 to Page, and and he's going to the postsr' Well, that's the NFL playoffs, the Vikings sank in the
Alan goes in standing up. Can you imag- exactly what happened. Dave Osborn Super Bowl. An anguished Kapp tells why.

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