The Baltimore Sun, September 2, 1994

	Shuler, 6 feet 2 and 220 pounds, already has had a chance during 
the preseason to play against some of the league's best in Joe Montana 
and Jim Kelly.

	"They just seemed so relaxed, so poised," said Shuler. "I want to 
be that way."

   Aikman says patience is the key.

   "I would say don't try to be Superman, and stay within the system," 
said Aikman. "One of the keys is that he has Norv to work with with, and 
he will slowly groom him. Everything else, basically, is there."

   Listen to stories about Shuler's arm strength:

   Tennessee offensive guard Tom Myslinski and center John Fisher were 
sitting in the team's indoor practice facility prodding Shuler and asked 
him to hit a goal post nearly 70 yards away.

   Shuler bounced a spiral off the right upright.

   His brother, Benjie, said Heath could hit the upright from 40 yards on 
his knees.

   "He can go deep, hit the short out on a wide field, throw hard across 
the middle or loft it with a touch," said Turner. "If he had been in camp 
the full time, he may have been our starter. Heath has another quality of 
a great quarterback, and that's toughness."

   How tough?

   When Shuler was in the eighth grade, his football coach asked for a 
volunteer to play guard. Shuler raised his hand, and was moved from 
quarterback.

   Last year in the second half against Alabama, he played most of the 
game with a sprained shoulder.

   This is a guy who once dragged two 270-pound Kentucky defensive 
linemen for several yards. Shuler even has a brown belt in karate; he 
loves Steven Seagal movies.

   "There will come a time in the huddle when some of those 300-pound 
offensive linemen stare you in the face, and they want to see courage and 
confidence," said Shuler. "Maybe they haven't seen it yet in me, but in 
time they will. I'm not running anywhere."

   Actually, Shuler is pretty mobile and a good athlete. He won the state 
high school title in the high jump at 6-9. He gives Washington an added 
dimension. He is adept at running bootlegs and rollouts.

   Friesz isn't.

   Shuler's biggest adjustment is going from the three-step drop at 
Tennessee to the five-to-seven-step drop used by the Redskins. Of course, 
he'll get his share of blitzes and disguised coverages from the defense.

   "We had some of those drop-backs in our offense, but not quite as 
many," said Shuler. "Another change is that the game is so much faster. 
The speed level gets turned up a notch."

   "His arm is stronger" than Dilfer's, said Buffalo's director of player 
personnel, Dwight Adams, of Shuler. "I like his deep accuracy."