ME 2, back in the 70s and 80s they played real football in the NFL. I have not been a fan of pro football sense, college football is better anyway especially in the SEC.
@@stitchman8661 seriously its so dumb when a top team loses its winning season cus the quarterback got mauled. the game sucks when both teams or 1 team has a bum quarterback. Also we cant have EVERY SINGLE nfl player getting CTE after they retire thats bullshit, they are people not animals.
O Lord L.T never worked out, could u imagine what he would of done. I'm eagles fan and feared giants week twice a year for every L.T game. Man is the greatest
I'm a Giants fan and to hear Eagles and Cowboys fans give props to the LT led team means something. It means he was the best. Right now being a Giants fan I fear that the Girl Scouts might be joining the NFC East.
Considering that most of his sacks are considered clean by this era he'd definitely would have racked up a sack record. He probably would have had some syrup sacks too
QUICKSTROKEHD Sacks alone aren't why LT is considered the greatest defensive player of alltime. LT had range all over the field, could chase down RBs, TEs and some WRs from behind, forced fumbles, was a great run stopper, etc. People forget about LT's total game. Getting sacks was just a fraction of why he was so great. When your OLBer is beating safeties downfield to make tackles, that's freakish.
One night a few of my friends and I were searching for a bar that was open on Thanksgiving night. We found the The Bench, a go-go bar near Giants stadium. As we walked in we saw this big guy dancing on stage with one of the girls. It was none other than LT, but it seemed like it was literally only a few hours after he intercepted the pass against Lions, at Detroit and ran it 90 plus yards for the game winning TD. There were only a few people in the place so we got a chance to talk to him for a while. He told us as soon as the plane landed he went straight there. It was like talking to someone you’ve already known for years. The most pleasant & friendly person. Over the years I’d run into him at least a dozen times. He loved being with people and was extremely social. As others have said it was a gift watching him throughout his career.
Every generation has a few guys that stand above their contemporaries. LT was one of them. He just played the game at a different level than everyone else. His combination of speed and power was unreal.
The other day I watched " pardon the interruption" and Steve Young was interviewed by Tony and Mike. Steve talked for a minute about game changing players. He said Reggie White and LT were two guys that just couldn't be blocked by one person. so teams had to plan a strategy to deal with these men which changes the whole offense. And even then those two guys managed to get their licks in.
I have also watched Steve Young get asked about TEAMS that gave the Niners the MOST TROUBLE and he heemmed and haawed until he was PRESSED and FINALLY ADMITTED that THE NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS gave them their MOST FORMIDABLE Competition. You could TELL he HATED ADMITTING THAT FACT.
The Giants almost had Reggie White also. Could you possibly imagine that Defense? Reggie with LT, Harry Carson, Carl Banks, Leonard Marshall, George Martin, etc.
@@TommyBombadillio When White went to Green Bay, he completely changed the dynamic of that team. As good as Favre and their other players were (and they were stacked), I don’t think they’d’ve won a SB without him.
I got the game-day offer of a free ticket to go see the Giants-Lions Thanksgiving game in '82 at the Silverdome, where LT picked off a bad pass and ran it back 97 yards for the game's only TD. He had already taken the game over, single-handedly prior to this point. There's a few RU-vid videos around in tribute, we watched from about three rows behind the Lions bench. I believe.
LT was like an incredibly fast and strong athlete playing against a pop warner football team. He terrorized opposing teams. They tried every trick in the book to neutralize him, but we're rarely successful. Mack is closer to Carl Banks than LT.
I remember watching a game and Phil Simms was doing the color commentary. LaDainian Tomlinson was playing. I can’t remember what team he was on; the Chargers. Anyway, every time Simms would make a reference to him, he would always say “LaDainian Tomlinson.“ Eventually, I realized he was not calling him “LT” for a reason.
Here's the thing. Write down all the positions for an all time nfl team. Then go to fill in the names I'm guessing everyone would go straight to olb first and write the name......Lawrence taylor. It's the biggest no brainer for a position out there. Every other one can be debated. Nobody would argue with that one though
@@siler7 You go QB first. Personally, I take Aaron Rodgers. He has been on teams that are lesser than many of the great QBs but the dude can literally do anything at QB. He can make any throw and he can run like a champ.
I was at a game and saw lt in a jaguar convertible get driven into the tunnel like 1/2 hr before kickoff drinking a beer he didnt make pre game warm ups but had a great game also used to see him a training camp eating ice cream while the other guys were out in field training he was just a natural
I am a Washington Football Team fan. Was 18 when i settled in DC where Monday mornings was either good or bad depending on if we won or not. We hated LT. We loved LT. He was simply the greatest football player ever.
I think it was Russ Grimm who said the Redskins were absolutely blown away upon first playing against him stunned that someone so big was as fast as he was. He was unlike anything most playing OL had seen in those days.
I'm not old enough to be able to claim I saw Gale Sayers or Jim Brown play, but I got to see LT play. In my (humble) opinion: Lawrence Taylor is the pure greatest football player I've ever seen. And I grew up in Western PA in the 1970's so I got to watch the Steelers all those years. I saw LT play with a "dead" arm one time, ala Hershel Walker. He couldn't do anything with the arm (dislocated shoulder maybe?). He still fended off blocks and made tackles and I think he even got a sack... all with one functional arm. One of the only defensive players I've ever seen that could literally take over a game (he single handedly beat the Detroit Lions one year, scoring the Giants' only TD on a 100 yd pick-6.)
@@salvatoresgobbo3307 You're entitled to your opinion but I've seen all of those players play and while they're all great, first ballot HOFers, I got LT no. 1.
The best outside defensive end to ever play football. Period. And yes his intuitiveness and speed at the snap of the ball was off the f-king chain. There will NEVER be another player even remotely close to the level of Lawrence Taylor. Ever.
He wasn't just an edge rusher. He played the run great and chased running backs from the opposite side of the field. He also dropped back in coverage and intercepted passes; the most famous was his interception against the 49ers in the 1986 playoffs off of Joe Montana. Jerry Rice was behind LT but was too far back to reach him.
LT was smart, tough, fast, and could hit harder than anyone on the field. He changed the game on both sides of the ball. LT is the best NFL player of all-time.
Any NFC East team in the 1980s outside of the Giants regret when. Giants and LT came to town. As a skins fan he was the numero uno problem twice a year
The FPV Life Deion was great and he took one player out of a game. But guys like LT affected 2/3/4 players on offense. You needed at least 2 to block them and the qb and rb had anxiety attacks thinking about have to climb that pocket and help block. There’s no corner ever that could have that kind of impact on a team. But yes, Deion May be the best athlete at corner ever. Best athlete overall, i gotta go with Bo.
I heard stories that after practice, in the pre-season, when all the other players were tired from the two-a-days, LT would try to get a pick-ip basketball game going. Definition of high motor.
Cowboys4Life but by a very wide margin LT is the greatest NFL player that I’ve ever seen. His game had no weaknesses. Watch the tapes. Belichek had LT do everything and line up everywhere. Universally feared all go no show. Could not be stopped
A rare defensive player you had to game plan for, period. Would completely terrorize QB's from the first snap. Imagine if he had the weight training, nutrition of today? My god.
W/all of the scientific and medical advances of today's game....LT would still be on the golf course during the day and in the night clubs all night...but he would also still dominate.
I didn’t know who he was till the moveie Water Boy came out in 98. LT had a small part where he said “Don’t do drugs!” My dad almost shit himself in laughter and I said “Dad, who is that?” He said, “That’s Lawrence Taylor son. The best defensive player to ever play the game.”
Great point with him mentioning Joe Gibbs and the Redskins.....coach Gibbs KNEW that they had no chance of beating NY if they couldn't get LT blocked.....
it truly was a treat watching LT play. chris simms seems like a nice kid but wouldve rather had phil simms speak on LT..its very cool tho phil and LT were / are such great friends!..thats when the nfl was great..in the 80's..these days not so much..
Lifelong Cowboys fan and I can honestly say LT is not only the best defensive player ever but he might be the greatest football player ever (Jim Brown was before my time).
You are correct when you say people who didn't get to see Lawrence Taylor play missed out ,linebacker with speed like that at that time was incredible, linebacker IN TODAY'S GAME WITH speed like that would be something also. Lawrence Taylor change the position of linebacker FROM somebody who did what IT SAYS IN THAT POSITION, TO BACK UP THE line ,to somebody who aggressively aggressively pursued the quarterback with malicious intent. Just ask Ron Jaworski and Joe Theismann, 2 of his favorite targets+ any offensive player on the Redskins
He is right that LT changed the position. But I also look at guys like Mel Blount that changed the game. The 5 yd bump rule is entirely because of blount. Infact Lambert kind of changed the middle lb position. Before him the MLB rarely dropped into pass coverage. I think those 3 together changed the game forever.
49ers had a tight end named John Frank that held LT to like half a tackle and 0 sacks for the game. Frank then retired early to pursue a career in medicine.
@@mccalljeff Niners had a great season considering some major injuries. I think they overachieved to be honest with you. The only reason you never heard of John Frank is because he retired early and because you know nothing about football obviously.
Remember, the 49ers instituted the one leg back on all tackles, which is standard throughout the NFL today, because Lawrence Taylor was too fast for them. Only Mel Blount changed the league more with the no hitting the receivers afrer 5 yards, which is called the Mel Blount rule.
He was an incredible natural athlete , He did not have the advantages of a weight lifting program, nutritional program, or steroids.. Yet he would still be a dominant player today.
Edward Gonzales he had the advantages of nutrition and weight training. look at Roger Craig Jerry rice Walter Payton and plenty others. Taylor's wild life style just didn't give him the time to fit it in. although I believed he lifted wieghts
Capybara Crip yeah but not like these workout warriors today. football skill and heart and competitive spirit is more important than looking like Arnold.
