WHY NOW? BECAUSE LAURENCE TAYLOR WAS ALREADY THE MOST FEARED PLAYER IN THE NFL BUT THIS FRIGHTENING MOMENT ADDED TO HIS REPUTATION AND FFROM THERE, HE WAS NOT A MEAN LINEBACKER ANYMORE...HE BECAME A MONSTER.
It reminds us that we should never compare current players to players from the past. It's almost a diffrent sport.
Back in the days, you played with the idea that you could not be able to walk after the game. It took more than skills, you had to have guts.
LEGEND 1
"Very often you could see players making a pray just before the tip off.... believe me...quarterbacks didn't pray to win the game.”
LEGEND 2
“I've been told, when i was a little kid, that Big mean monsters with 4 arms, red eyes that wanted to kill you didn't exist. Obviously....They never played the N°56 of the GIANTS.”
NOVEMBER 18th 1985
During a play between the GIANTS and the REDSKINS, Laurence Taylor jumped on Joe Theismann, the quarterback , and unfortunately broke his leg................. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY RIGHT HERE.
