PRO FOOTBALL / WEEK 2 : THE OTHER GAMES

GAME OF THE DAY

San Francisco (1-0) at N.Y. Giants (1-0), 10 a.m.

TV: Channels 2 and 8.

The last time the 49ers played at Giants Stadium, they left with an embarrassing 49-3 loss in the 1987 playoffs. Joe Montana left with a concussion, courtesy of New York nose tackle Jim Burt, but says a bruised elbow won’t keep him out of this one. The Giants have beaten San Francisco the last three times they’ve played. The Giants showed they can beat good teams without Lawrence Taylor, beating the Super Bowl champion Washington Redskins, 27-20, Monday night.

INTERCONFERENCE GAMES

Chicago (1-0) at Indianapolis (0-1), 10 a.m.

Colt Coach Ron Meyer reacted to a 17-14 overtime loss to Houston by replacing quarterback Gary Hogeboom with Jack Trudeau, though Hogeboom completed 15 of 20 passes for 209 yards. Eric Dickerson’s fumble led to Houston’s winning field goal. With the Bears already missing several standouts from their 1985 Super Bowl championship team, the drug-related suspension of running back Calvin Thomas hits especially hard. Defensive end Richard Dent, however, was reinstated after threatening a lawsuit over his suspension for refusing to take a test. Chicago already is thin at running back with Thomas Sanders nursing sore ribs and Brad Muster hobbling with a hamstring injury. Cincinnati (1-0) at Philadelphia (1-0), 10 a.m.

The Eagles intercepted five passes against Tampa Bay last week, but it won’t be as easy against the Bengals’ Boomer Esiason, who threw for three touchdowns against Phoenix. The Bengals cut starting center Dave Rimington near the end of the exhibition season, saying he failed his physical after a contract dispute, but the Eagles signed him and made him their starter. The Bengals are getting recently-signed No. 1 draft choice Rickey Dixon ready to help stop Philadelphia’s Randall Cunningham-Mike Quick connection. A matchup of note: Eagle defensive end Reggie White against tackle Anthony Munoz.

New England (1-0) at Minnesota (0-1), 1 p.m.

Viking Coach Jerry Burns is going back to Tommy Kramer at quarterback after Wade Wilson didn’t generate enough offense in last week’s 13-10 loss to Buffalo. Wilson’s offensive line didn’t help, allowing him to be sacked six times. The Patriots got three field goals from rookie Teddy Garcia, who beat out Tony Franklin in training camp, in a win over the New York Jets, but New England lost defensive end Kenneth Sims for the season with a torn Achilles tendon.

Pittsburgh (1-0) at Washington (0-1), 10 a.m.

In the wake of Dexter Manley’s performance in the Redskins’ 27-20 loss to the New York Giants--knocking down two barrels of Gatorade on the sideline and getting into a fight on the field--he has been given back his starting job. Washington waived long-snapper Mike Scully, whose bad snap resulted in a blocked punt that the Giants returned for a touchdown. Jeff Bostic is the new long snapper. Scrambling Bubby Brister won’t make Steeler fans forget Terry Bradshaw, but he had much of his 214 passing yards last week while on the run.

AFC GAMES

San Diego (0-1) at Denver (0-1), 1 p.m.

Denver fans thought that No. 7 last week looked more like Craig Morton than John Elway, staying in the pocket to throw incomplete passes and interceptions, and refusing to scramble in a loss to Seattle. Elway should have easier pickings this week against the Chargers. Against the Raiders last week, San Diego’s rookie quarterback, Babe Laufenberg, was unimpressive in his first start. He was sacked five times.

New York Jets (0-1) at Cleveland (1-0), 1 p.m.

The Browns are going with 37-year-old Gary Danielson in place of injured Bernie Kosar at quarterback, but last week New England’s Steve Grogan, 35, passed for 256 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Jets. New York Coach Joe Walton is concerned that, without Kosar, the Browns will turn to the running game with 1,000-yard backs Earnest Byner and Kevin Mack.

Kansas City (0-1) at Seattle (1-0), 1 p.m.

Despite last week’s 21-14 victory over Denver, Seahawk Coach Chuck Knox is wary of the Chiefs, whose 41-20 victory in the last game of the 1987 season cost Seattle the home field in the first round of the playoffs. The Seahawks have had a propensity for following big victories with defeats to lesser opponents in the past two seasons. That might not make much difference against the Chiefs, who knocked Bernie Kosar out of action but got just one field goal from Nick Lowery in a 6-3 loss to Cleveland.

Miami (0-1) at Buffalo (1-0), 1 p.m.

Jim Kelly vs. Dan Marino, who tries to bounce back from his worst game as a pro--9 completions, 113 yards. It won’t be that easy if the Bills play defense the way they did in beating Minnesota. It wasn’t just Marino, as Miami coaches counted seven dropped passes on the films. The Bills are still missing defensive end Bruce Smith due to a drug-use suspension.

NFC GAMES

New Orleans (0-1) at Atlanta (0-1), 10 a.m.

Coach Marion Campbell restored defensive end Rick Bryan and cornerback Scott Case, who missed training camp because of contract holdouts, to the starting lineup. The Falcons will need more than that against the Saints after losing to the woeful Lions. The Saints played well in losing to San Francisco, 34-33, but Coach Jim Mora was upset with a third-quarter letdown. New Orleans quarterback Bobby Hebert passed for four touchdowns against the 49ers.

Tampa Bay (0-1) at Green Bay (0-1), 10 a.m.

It’s a tossup on which of the Bays looked worse last week, the Packers in a 34-7 defeat to the Rams or the Buccaneers in a 41-14 setback to Philadelphia. Green Bay, which had 7 turnovers, got some good news this week with the return of its best offensive lineman, tackle Ken Ruettgers, who broke a bone in his shoulder in the exhibition opener. Tampa Bay has lost nine straight games, but its last win was over Packers.

MONDAY NIGHT

Dallas (0-1) at Phoenix (0-1), 6 p.m.

TV: Channels 7 and 10.

In the first-ever regular-season NFL game at Phoenix, Cardinal Coach Gene Stallings promises changes in his secondary, which gave up three touchdown passes against Cincinnati. He may start second-year safety Tim McDonald from USC. Dallas Coach Tom Landry will stick with Steve Pelluer despite an end-zone interception in a loss to Pittsburgh when the quarterback called one play and tried to run another.