PRO FOOTBALL REPORT : WEEKDAY UPDATE : RAIDERS : It Won't Be a Snap With Elway, Either

By CHRIS DUFRESNE

Nov. 28, 1990 12 AM PT

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You thought the Raiders’ defense was a bit jumpy Sunday while being cited for six encroachment penalties against Kansas City? This week, they face another master of the staggered cadence, Denver Bronco quarterback John Elway.

“The guy we play this week is really good at it, Elway,” Raider Coach Art Shell said Tuesday.

“So, we’ve got to work on that this week. I’m sure they’ll try to use the hard count to get us to jump offside.”

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Chris Dufresne

Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).