NFL Roundup : Bokamper and Dickey Are Among Those Cut

Two original members of Miami’s “Killer B’s,” and the Green Bay passing duo of Lynn Dickey and Paul Coffman were among the casualties Monday as NFL teams made their final cuts to get down to the 45-player opening-day limit.

Another veteran, San Francisco running back Wendell Tyler, was placed on injured reserve and Kansas City cut its top pick of last year, running back Ethan Horton.

The victims in Miami were end Kim Bokamper and safety Lyle Blackwood, fixtures in a defense that sometimes had as many as nine players whose names began with the letter B. Miami also cut Jay Brophy, a part-time starter at inside linebacker for two years.

The cut didn’t surprise the 31-year-old Bokamper, who was blamed in part for the Dolphins’ failure to stop the rush last year, when they surrendered more than 500 yards in two playoff games.

“I told my wife before training camp that it was a touch-and-go situation, so I’ve prepared myself for this,” he said. “I’ve got a family waiting and I played long enough to set myself up financially.”

Blackwood, 35, may be back with the Dolphins later this week if his brother, Glenn, a safety currently bothered by a thigh injury, is put on injured reserve.

Horton, the 15th player and first running back taken in the 1985 draft, was a major disappointment for Kansas City. He gained just 146 yards in 46 carries and failed to solve the Chiefs’ long-standing running back problem.

The Chiefs also cut linebacker Calvin Daniels, who started every game the last two seasons.

Dickey and Coffman were part of a purge in Green Bay that has removed more than 20 of last year’s Packers from the team’s roster.

“What I’m trying to do with this football team is get a fresh start,” Coach Forrest Gregg said. “This team has been sitting on high center for a long time. We are taking a risk.”

Green Bay has finished 8-8 four of the past five years.

The 36-year-old Dickey, who asked midway through last season to be benched, had retired, then was re-signed during training camp. He passed for 23,322 yards in a 15-year career that began with Houston. He holds many Packer records and is second on the team’s career yardage list behind Bart Starr.

Coffman, 30, was a two-time Pro Bowl starter who caught 49 passes for 666 yards last season. His best season was 1983, when he caught 54 passes for 814 yards and 11 touchdowns.

The 31-year-old Tyler, who signed a two-year, $1 million-plus contract, has been bothered for two seasons by knee injuries. He was made expendable when the 49ers obtained Joe Cribbs from Buffalo.

San Francisco also waived third-string quarterback Mike Moroski, leaving Joe Montana and Jeff Kemp to run the team. Montana has been bothered by a sprained ankle.

One endangered veteran who survived was Rafael Septien, who won the kicking job with Dallas when the Cowboys cut Max Zendejas.

But Denver cut its only punter, Jack Weil, along with third-string quarterback Scott Stankavage. There was a chance one of the two would be re-signed after the Broncos put players on injured reserve.