He'd probably still be the best player on our defense right now Edit: well not anymore will a 60 year old LT be the best player on the defense, proud of graham judge and gettleman
LT was more than just a great player. I will never forget when the team broke for lunch at training camp and my five year old son was upset because he wasn't able to meet any Giants. LT was on his way out with Rodney Hampton, saw my son crying, got out of the car, rubbed his head and signed his plastic football. My son now lives in Texas but he's still a big Giants fan.
I grew up in North Jersey less than 10 miles from the "Mentalands". I was always a die hard Jets fan. So...not a Giants fan....but you did not have to be a Giants fan to understand that you were watching probably the greatest player of all time. Here are some certainties about LT. First, most feared player on the field in any game he played. And he was NOT a dirty player. Almost impossible for him to get flagged for a late hit...he was in the pocket faster than the QB. Second, always double-teamed...NEVER mattered. Amazing...Wide Receivers and Defensive Ends get double teamed...but a Line-backer?..only Defensive Player that had to have a "Spy" put on him..lol.. Not only was he always making the tackle and/or stripping the ball...he always arrived at the ball with incredible ferocity. You knew you were going to get hit yet still coughed up the ball. Third, coaches actually changed entire game plans to accomodate LT's presence on the field. When LT got drafted out of NC I remember watching that first season..all Giant games aired on CBS Channel 2. It was clear then that this guy was "special"....40 years later, still a Jets fan....but I will say in MY opinion having been fortunate enough to see some of the greatest players of all time play the game, LT was for sure the greatest Defensive Player that I ever saw play the game and probably the Best Player Period that I ever saw play the game. LT in his 1986 "Prime" would still dominate in today's game. And sorry to say...QBs would definetely have a shorter shelf life. All NFL teams should retire #56.
@@robduncan2816 Tippett was the anchor of his defense. He was EQUAL to Lawrence Taylor. But Taylor got all the attention for several reasons: 1) He played in New York, which is the media capital of the world. 2) He played for Bill Parcells 3) He played for GREAT Giants teams which had MANY great players on their roster - both on offense and defense. Their defense was known as "The Blue Wrecking Crew", and opponents had to not only worry about LT, but also had to worry about Carl Banks, Leonard Marshall, Jim Burt, Harry Carson, Gary Reasons, Everson Walls, etc. Tippett NEVER had that kind of talent surrounding him. NEVER, yet he still managed to rival Taylor in inflicting terror on opposing offenses. It's like Emmitt Smith vs. Barry Sanders. Emmitt played on GREAT Cowboy teams, SURROUNDED by talent, while Barry Sanders played on terrible Detroit teams. If Barry played for Dallas, he'd be even BETTER than he was. Same for Tippett - had he been on a better team, he would have won way more Superbowls and would have been even more impactful than he was. GIVE TIPPETT THE CREDIT HE DESERVES!!
I’ve been a 49ers fan since 1982 & to me Lawrence Taylor is the best defensive player I’ve ever seen. He was a freak of nature, a true one off, the man had it all, size, strength & devastating speed. When he had an opposing QB in his sights he was a runaway train with no brakes. Lawrence Taylor is rightly in the Hall of fame.
He’s the reason I wanted to play football. I started when I was eight and now I’m the best linebacker on my team thanks to Lawrence Taylor for encouraging me to play
I still see him jumping up screaming for help when he broke Joe Theisman's leg. One of the most gruesome injuries I've ever seen. He knew immediately it was bad and he was concerned for his fellow competitor. I wasn't a Giants fan but luckily I got to see LT's entire career and he definitely is the greatest in my lifetime. This is even harder to admit because I live in North Carolina and I'm a Duke fan. Damn Tarheels!!! They produced the greatest basketball player Michael Jordan and the greatest football player Lawrence Taylor.
To this day i have never seen a single player who had so much impact on an entire franchise. I'll always remember how LT could go out there and make one big play and inspire the entire team. One guy who raised the level of everyone he played with. How could you play alongside this guy and not be inspired by his enthusiasm and pure effort.
The greatest player I've ever seen. They created plays just to deal with Lt. Never has a defensive player changed the whole game like he did. Him against the lions was insane.
I had a conversation with a die hard cowboy fan the other day.. and he talked about how much he hated the giants but hands down LT was the best player to ever step foot on a football field.. that alone tells you how good LT was.. even if you hated him not one person can call him overrated.. #LT56 #TheRealGoat
Madjwills You're not the only one my friend. First Big Bill, then LT & Phil and hell, it was over. From 1979- 1993 the Giants were a team to be reckoned with and for me (and so many others) it was an era that will never be duplicated!! Thank you George Young, thank you!!!
He wouldnt make it in today's NFL. Ricky Williams couldn't make it with marijuana. Taylor's cocaine usage would have been caught immediately. While I think he was a freak, him playing injured was a bit overrates. Cocaine is a pain reliever like no other. You could be on death's bed and still feel like a million bucks. No shame on LT, as I think he was one of the greatest players of all time and I love seeing his old film.
i love what bill parcel said, and the confidence he had in his guy. You gotta let the talent flourish and tells him to take over the game. thats a coach
Still my favorite NFL player in history. He literally changed the game. Ask any offensive coordinator that had the task to defend against Taylor, they will tell you that as well. There has still never been a player like Taylor.
Definitely the greatest defensive player of all time. No doubt about that. You can't teach what this man was doing. He changed the way the game was played. Love LT, it's awesome to watch these videos and I'll be at the game this weekend against the skins and I'll be wearing my LT 86 jersey with the spider patch on the front from his MVP season and I may add the he's the last defensive player named league MVP.
Coke will fire you up but it’s not gonna give you a strength advantage like steroids. I’m sure many people have snorted coke before football games…none of them played like Lawrence Taylor because of it.
It was incredible. Particularly that 1986 season he was literally UNSTOPPABLE. If you haven’t yet, watch his highlights on RUclips. If there wasn’t RB Jim Brown, L.T. would be the greatest football player of all-time.
Greatest Defensive Linebacker ever to play on the Giants ! I enjoyed watching him Play at the Old giant stadium ! I took some good Photos of him Playing ! He was the Catalyst ! The straw that stirred the drink ! The man was a Gift from the Gods ! I miss watching him Play ! There will Never be another 56 Lawrence Taylor !
These videos bring tears to my eyes but in a good way! God I miss those teams and how it was back then expecting to win every Sunday. Now I cry on Sundays for completely different reasons with the shit they call a team now! 😢
Love L.T and my Giants, he's the reason I became a Giants fan, when he was drafted outta UNC it was a wrap for me, when we could play football the way it was meant to be played.
This is a nice tribute to the greatest Giant of all. To me, the great defensive players like LT are the most exciting to watch, more so than offensive players.
Bro this is one of or the best Defense's I've ever seen growing up.man it was you can't bully us no more the 70's that was so heartbreaking.this honor of being able to watch 2 of our greatest,Great have they number retired was pure old school MR.W.MARA&MR.TISH. THEY left us Eli Manning we need to retire his number. Juan bx n.y.
@@notpreston4295 it's your opinion you can. Yes you can Eli gave me 2 super bowls. Was picked by Accorsi who was order to not sell the store..he didn't..Mr.Mara & Mr.Tish was on board then they passed away...so Eli gets his number 10.retired....Juan bx n.y.
@@ig6894 bro those was the GREATEST DA BEARS. NOW that was a defense the unbeatable bear's they high up that's how I measure greatness threw defenses....Juan bx n.y.
I was so.lucky to be a kid in this era. The NFL was a man's game, we had LT, Carson, Carl Banks, Leonard Marshall, Jim Burt, Bavaro, Phil Simms, Joe Morris. Plus, John Madden & Pat Summerall calling the games, it couldn't be any better, I wish I could go back to the 80s!!
I'm a die hard Cowboys fan and LT will always be my #1 pick in any sort of all-time players list, make believe fantasy team, or anything when it comes to football. He is the greatest football player of all time.
@amitj78 Respect bud! Larry Allen would no doubt be my #2! Even though it doesn't showcase his talent as an O-Lineman, his athletic ability in that tackle during the Saints game is all you need to see regarding him lol. Two all time greats!! Gl this year with Daniel Jones, looking forward to the game in NY with him! He is the future for you all.
I remember his rookie year and his whole career for that matter :-) One of the best, if not the best, defensive players of all-time! Joe Theisman may not remember him so fondly though, but I can understand that :-) I think the 80s and 90s was the peak of the NFL, I miss those days. Today's NFL doesn't even seem like the same game.
and how much better is your life today because of that? The LT send you money, does he help you pay your mortgage, does a check on you and make sure your healthy? Does he even give a damn about you. You through your young life away worshiping a drug addict
@@markedwards5904 Well, clearly you have a problem with Mr. Taylor (or, maybe me)! If you read my comment, I spoke about "watching" LT play football. I didn't watch him do drugs, I didn't ask him to send me money. He doesn't check on me and I don't expect him to because he doesn't know me. I still honor the man for what he did on the field. I enjoyed watching him. As far as what I did with my young life; indeed I made mistakes and hopefully I've learned from them. When I consider your misuse of the word "through" in your comment, I have to wonder if you "threw" away grade school grammar just to become a troll. Eat-a-bag....
@@Adam-ct5ub You can't have an NFL Mt. Rushmore without Sanders or TB12, sorry, the man has 6 rings. Brady has never been beat in the playoffs like Montana was 49-3.
@@donsremodeling Brady never faced LT's Giants in the playoffs either. Montana also never lost a Super Bowl to a backup quarterback. That being said, Brady is on my Mt. Rushmore. Mine would be LT, Jerry Rice, Tom Brady and Walter Payton.
@donsremodeling Brady has never been beat in the playoffs? He lost 3 Super Bowls, 2 to the Giants!! Ok, he's got now 7 rings, but, then again, so does Otto Graham, in a 10 year career! It took Brady 23 years to get his 7?
The era when football was FOOTBALL ! I understand todays game is watered down, and those protections are in place to protect those assets of today , but man LT and those like him MADE Gridiron the gladiatorial spectacle we all loved to watch , the mould was set and broken at the same time .... throw back NO just smash mouth , hard hitting battle ! Thank you LT .
Lawrence Taylor changed football we are lucky to have gotten to see him play you can't explain to this generation how dominant and important he has been to football you had to see it to believe it👍👍👍
one of the reasons I started watching football and imulating what I saw to do playing with others in the backyard... strip sack was my specialty. I love the way he would tackle... because he was always ready to swat that ball out.
Almost a Cowboy. Dallas wanted to trade up but the Saints who had the number one pick (Giants had the 2nd overall pick) said no because they wanted George Rogers. Whew 😖
Taylor, probably in the top four of dominant North American athletes of all time credits Phil Simms with turning the team around. I wish I wasn’t too young to fully appreciate his greatness while he was playing.
Phil Simms was an underrated QB. Once the Giants offense started to gel, it took pressure off the offense as well as forced teams to start throwing the ball more. Which the Giant D ate up. LT with his ears pinned back...well....you can see the videos on RUclips. You kinda felt bad for the opposing QBs(especially an immobile Jaws). I am a lifelong Jet fan and had a chance to watch nearly every Giant and Jet game in the 1980s and 1990s. I can tell you this without even a hesitation, LT was by far the greatest Defensive Player I EVER saw play the game. And, while many NFL experts give the GOAT TAG to Offensive Players such as Tom Brady, it is my opinion that LT is the overall GOAT. As Phil Sims stated as an Analyst, he has been waiting to see the "Next" Lawrence Taylor, but no one has been close. I wonder who Bill Belichek would choose? I am not a Belichek fan, especially since "faxgate", but he is probably the greatest HC of all time...then Bill Walsh...I love Belichek's interviews when he speaks of LT's greatness. I was a jealous Jets fan....now up in years, it was awesome to have had the opportunity to watch LT play...just wish it would have been in Green on Channel 4 instead of Blue on Channel 2.
I was 12 the first time I saw LT. It was the end of that Detroit game. Was a baseball guy at the time. I will never forget watching that interception and the sliding spike. He was a one man wrecking crew in that game. Watching him play made me love football.
There is Lawrence Taylor and everyone else. I was a hard core Redskin fan, but when the Giants came up, I never slept well the night before. L.T. turned that franchise around. His ability to take over a game gave the Giants a confidence that carried them into a Championship threat and completed the NFC East as the best division for about 10 years. I always respected New York and was really happy for them when the won their first Super Bowl. It was really, and I mean this sincerely...it was the drafting of Lawrence Taylor that started it all. The same thing happened here in Baltimore when the Ravens drafted Ray Lewis. Him along with Brian Billick gave the Ravens their identity. One that we still carry with pride today. Ray, like Taylor made it so cool to play defense... Thank You L.T. #56 you played hard, you played smart, you played to win and you brought it week in any out crushing QBs and making whole offenses totally chane schemes just to block YOU!
God I love football history.. it was crazy to see bill belichick coaching the linebackers.. and it’s crazy to think that bill was going up against the best teams back then like joe Montana! And beating them too... bill belichick is an absolute sports legend.
Parcells, Coughlin, Crennel, the whole coaching staff was great, not just Belichick. What did Belichick do in Cleveland? Trash. What has Belichick done in New England without Brady? Trash.
He was a game changer. Not a Giants fan but an LT fan. He was amazing. Again, changed the game as an outside LB destroying the run and the pass rush. I was a high school nobody, but I patterned my game after him as did my older teammate mentor. He actually wore 56 in honor of LT.
The one and only GOAT! Love this man to death for what he did for us on the field. Off the field might be another topic that I don't want to get into right now, but I'll say this: I truely believe L.T. has a good heart. There will never be another, no matter what the media are trying to selll us. Thank you L.T. !
Couldn't say even better...all of us have our own mistakes and failures...but the bottom line is that we can have a second chance in life to turn it around and stay humble...This dude the Great LT revolutionized the Pass Rush Defense position I have ever seen....Glad I had the honor to meet him in NYC at 5th Avenue a couple years ago....he is a good dude word up.
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Of course. I have been a NYG fan my whole life. I watched Super Bowls XLII and XLVI, my personal 2 favorites
Yeah the team is not doing too well these days... 🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾...
@marcus Simmons look now lol we going into the bye with 2 straight wins
The greatest EVER.
8-8 will win division in 2021 lol
He'd probably still be the best player on our defense right now
Edit: well not anymore will a 60 year old LT be the best player on the defense, proud of graham judge and gettleman
Not probably, definitely... Or do you mean at his age right now
Lol
Eman Brutus ofc now lmao if it was in his prime than he’s better than the whole defense combined
😂😂😂😂😂
Probably?
LT was more than just a great player. I will never forget when the team broke for lunch at training camp and my five year old son was upset because he wasn't able to meet any Giants. LT was on his way out with Rodney Hampton, saw my son crying, got out of the car, rubbed his head and signed his plastic football. My son now lives in Texas but he's still a big Giants fan.
FORSKINS. JOE. THYSMEN. SENDS. HIS. LOVE....NITEMARES AND ALL. ( 😱 SCREAMS ) !!!!!!
Glad LT made your son’s day!!
thats awesome bro.
When Chuck Norris goes to sleep, he checks if Lawrence Taylor is under the bed.
Only if he's looking to buy some coke.
If Chuck Norris ever thought about putting hands on L.T., Chuck would wake up and apologize
Nah
And when Lawrence Taylor goes to sleep, he check for Bruce Lee under his Bed.
Lone Star 😂😂😂😂yea Cokeheads “end up in all tha wrong places !!!😂😂😂😂
Not really a Giants fan but this guy is the best defender in NFL history
and ended QB's careers
I grew up in North Jersey less than 10 miles from the "Mentalands". I was always a die hard Jets fan. So...not a Giants fan....but you did not have to be a Giants fan to understand that you were watching probably the greatest player of all time. Here are some certainties about LT. First, most feared player on the field in any game he played. And he was NOT a dirty player. Almost impossible for him to get flagged for a late hit...he was in the pocket faster than the QB.
Second, always double-teamed...NEVER mattered. Amazing...Wide Receivers and Defensive Ends get double teamed...but a Line-backer?..only Defensive Player that had to have a "Spy" put on him..lol.. Not only was he always making the tackle and/or stripping the ball...he always arrived at the ball with incredible ferocity. You knew you were going to get hit yet still coughed up the ball. Third, coaches actually changed entire game plans to accomodate LT's presence on the field.
When LT got drafted out of NC I remember watching that first season..all Giant games aired on CBS Channel 2. It was clear then that this guy was "special"....40 years later, still a Jets fan....but I will say in MY opinion having been fortunate enough to see some of the greatest players of all time play the game, LT was for sure the greatest Defensive Player that I ever saw play the game and probably the Best Player Period that I ever saw play the game.
LT in his 1986 "Prime" would still dominate in today's game. And sorry to say...QBs would definetely have a shorter shelf life. All NFL teams should retire #56.
As a Washington fan, trust me, LT was the BEST defensive player EVER!
nah. that title belongs to derrick thomas
Word's of Complete wisdom n, Truth..
Lawrence Taylor is my favorite player of all time. I have his HOF jersey & I have his football card. I just absolutely love this guy.
Miguel Nieves me too bro
Couldn’t agree with you more. GIANTS are the greatest football team of all time.
Chelsea Canham yeah then you go out of your state and it’s cowboys all day
HolyJosie yeah that or Patriots👎🏼
@@jangofett8210 No they are not. That is a silly thing to say.
in my 40 years as a fan of the NFL, ive never seen another player impact the game like LT. he truly was a man among boys
Andre Tippett was every bit as good as LT. Maybe even better. But, since you don't take the time to look at the statistics, you wouldn't know that.
@@user-sg8kq7ii3y stats are only a part of a player's impact.
@@robduncan2816 Tippett was the anchor of his defense. He was EQUAL to Lawrence Taylor. But Taylor got all the attention for several reasons: 1) He played in New York, which is the media capital of the world. 2) He played for Bill Parcells 3) He played for GREAT Giants teams which had MANY great players on their roster - both on offense and defense. Their defense was known as "The Blue Wrecking Crew", and opponents had to not only worry about LT, but also had to worry about Carl Banks, Leonard Marshall, Jim Burt, Harry Carson, Gary Reasons, Everson Walls, etc.
Tippett NEVER had that kind of talent surrounding him. NEVER, yet he still managed to rival Taylor in inflicting terror on opposing offenses.
It's like Emmitt Smith vs. Barry Sanders. Emmitt played on GREAT Cowboy teams, SURROUNDED by talent, while Barry Sanders played on terrible Detroit teams.
If Barry played for Dallas, he'd be even BETTER than he was. Same for Tippett - had he been on a better team, he would have won way more Superbowls and would have been even more impactful than he was.
GIVE TIPPETT THE CREDIT HE DESERVES!!
Impact in your lifetime? Barry Saunders.
Man those jerseys were lit. The helmets too!!!
I hated when they went back to the old school NY helmet logo. 🙄
I’ve been a 49ers fan since 1982 & to me Lawrence Taylor is the best defensive player I’ve ever seen. He was a freak of nature, a true one off, the man had it all, size, strength & devastating speed. When he had an opposing QB in his sights he was a runaway train with no brakes. Lawrence Taylor is rightly in the Hall of fame.
@@patron40silver😂😂😂 LT was high as helll im a NYG but yeah he was def high
As a Giants fan, I miss the great rivalry they had with those great 49er teams, back in the 80's. Was a great time for football
He’s the reason I wanted to play football. I started when I was eight and now I’m the best linebacker on my team thanks to Lawrence Taylor for encouraging me to play
Kingthevin _ keep pushing!! Blessings
LOL!
@Thomas Roman hahahhaha
Lmfao keep pushing young lad
Same thing only i was 7
I still see him jumping up screaming for help when he broke Joe Theisman's leg. One of the most gruesome injuries I've ever seen. He knew immediately it was bad and he was concerned for his fellow competitor. I wasn't a Giants fan but luckily I got to see LT's entire career and he definitely is the greatest in my lifetime. This is even harder to admit because I live in North Carolina and I'm a Duke fan. Damn Tarheels!!! They produced the greatest basketball player Michael Jordan and the greatest football player Lawrence Taylor.
Because, of that we now have roughing the passer calls.. Even if you breathe on a Q.B. .....
But he's the best of friends with Lawrence Taylor though.
MR. COACAIN !!!!!!!
I’m crying and I’m a grown man FFS.
But he was the greatest and he was ours.
BEAUTIFUL👍
RIGHTTTTTT!!!👈😭👍
He was on dope most if not all of his career. He even ADMITTED that.. Are you stupid?
@TheGooners11 No one but guy admitted doing coke and playing.
250txc that’s not a PED tho
To this day i have never seen a single player who had so much impact on an entire franchise. I'll always remember how LT could go out there and make one big play and inspire the entire team. One guy who raised the level of everyone he played with. How could you play alongside this guy and not be inspired by his enthusiasm and pure effort.
every tackle in this video is now a flag :)
im_normalll lmao for real league has gotten soft
Lol it’s sad isn’t it?
@@crywolf8899 for real, i remember in high school my coach would bench us if we didnt absolutely obliterate the QB
You wanna talk about practice
@@jb400years4 shit dont get me started on that!
As a "long-suffering Giant fan" in the 1980s, LT was a breath of fresh air!
Hell yeah LT is the greatest ever !! Never missed a game he played in.
William Cap at least once
@WilliamCap that's cap you have missed a game
I hate my parents for not having sex earlier. I was born in 84 so I got to see him in 87.
Lmao TB12???
Swainy No LT is the best player ever.
What an absolute beast. That game against the Saints is mind blowing. Just unreal.
Absolute monster. Seek and destroy.
The greatest player I've ever seen. They created plays just to deal with Lt. Never has a defensive player changed the whole game like he did. Him against the lions was insane.
I had a conversation with a die hard cowboy fan the other day.. and he talked about how much he hated the giants but hands down LT was the best player to ever step foot on a football field.. that alone tells you how good LT was.. even if you hated him not one person can call him overrated.. #LT56 #TheRealGoat
Football was so physical and brutal back then.
I'm I the only one who was fighting back the tears towards the end of the video? Damn
Nope.
I was in first grade when he started playing football and I got to grow up watching his career.
I'm not even a Giants fan
Idk this isnt a tearjerker type video
Madjwills You're not the only one my friend. First Big Bill, then LT & Phil and hell, it was over. From 1979- 1993 the Giants were a team to be reckoned with and for me (and so many others) it was an era that will never be duplicated!! Thank you George Young, thank you!!!
@@michaelbelfer6513 - That's when it was a great time to be a giants fan, unlike the past several years.
Glory days! I cried when I met LT a couple years ago in Las Vegas.
if he played in todays NFL he would be charged with murder
And Tom Brady would have retired 10 years ago in fear of LT 😎
Barry Love 💯💯🔥
DRAMAKIN9 I agree lol
And dui
He wouldnt make it in today's NFL. Ricky Williams couldn't make it with marijuana. Taylor's cocaine usage would have been caught immediately. While I think he was a freak, him playing injured was a bit overrates. Cocaine is a pain reliever like no other. You could be on death's bed and still feel like a million bucks.
No shame on LT, as I think he was one of the greatest players of all time and I love seeing his old film.
i love what bill parcel said, and the confidence he had in his guy. You gotta let the talent flourish and tells him to take over the game. thats a coach
The most impactful football player ever whether Offensive or Defensive.....I watched him in his prime back in 86'.... wish we had him now. DA GOAT🐐
Q-Dawwg626 nah I think qb is more important
@@rashaad8083 Excuse me I meant to say MOST DOMINANT PLAYER OF ANY POSITION that changed the game on both sides of the ball
Q-Dawwg626 he’s a damn beast maybe your right man idk
@@rashaad8083 LT literally changed the way offense blocking scheme was implemented..... that's an IMPACT PLAYER
Shad Ruth nothing to debate there QB is by far the most important role
L.T was the first time that I can remember when I was more excited watching the defense over the offense
Still my favorite NFL player in history. He literally changed the game. Ask any offensive coordinator that had the task to defend against Taylor, they will tell you that as well. There has still never been a player like Taylor.
Greatness!!! He was like superman.
Definitely the greatest defensive player of all time. No doubt about that. You can't teach what this man was doing. He changed the way the game was played. Love LT, it's awesome to watch these videos and I'll be at the game this weekend against the skins and I'll be wearing my LT 86 jersey with the spider patch on the front from his MVP season and I may add the he's the last defensive player named league MVP.
LT was the greatest to ever wear a Giants uniform!🖤🔥
Pats fan- been watching NFL football since 1974. Taylor is the greatest NFL Player I’ve ever seen and it’s not even close.
I've been a die hard raiders fans for 37 years but I know this is still the baddest dude to ever strap em up the Best!
John Madden, often called him the best football player he ever saw, period
The absolute most dominant defensive player to ever play the game. Nobody comes close.
and no player ever snorted as much coke before a game.
Coke will fire you up but it’s not gonna give you a strength advantage like steroids. I’m sure many people have snorted coke before football games…none of them played like Lawrence Taylor because of it.
@@joebuck4496 this is 100% fact
@@joebuck4496 your right
Butkus was way better.
High quality video of a superior athlete and the best ever at his position, both interview and video perfectly chosen and integrated.
HANDS DOWN!!! NO DEBATING!!!!!! #GiantsPride
RONEFFECT EYYY MAN, LOVE YOUR VIDS
@@yungjokastan2084 thank you
Aye is my big Papi azul Lmfaooo waiting for u to drop a video
Yessir. I’m subbed, love ur vids. What do u think of this upcoming game
Tom Brady all day son 🐐🐐🐐
He changed the way defense and line backers played forever.
This was my childhood and it couldn't have been any better... Had tears in my eyes just thinking when the game was played for the love of it...
I"m an Eagles fan from Philly. Graduated highschool in '86. LT's highlights are still some of the best. Much respect.
Fuck the eagles
Terence Hall way to be a douche to someone showing respect.
Man, some of you idiots take this shit way too seriously
I remember Ron Jaworski saying, "LT was on my back so often, people used to think that I wore no. 56"
Wish I could’ve seen him play in person
Me too!!
I did see him play
It was incredible. Particularly that 1986 season he was literally UNSTOPPABLE. If you haven’t yet, watch his highlights on RUclips. If there wasn’t RB Jim Brown, L.T. would be the greatest football player of all-time.
I did 2 x. once in 86 the other in 89. Was an amazing experience
I was fortunate enough to see him once live on his retirement year
Greatest Defensive Linebacker ever to play on the Giants ! I enjoyed watching him Play at the Old giant stadium ! I took some good Photos of him Playing ! He was the Catalyst ! The straw that stirred the drink ! The man was a Gift from the Gods ! I miss watching him Play ! There will Never be another 56 Lawrence Taylor !
I went to the two home games in 1986 playoffs. Will be the peak of my sports fandom forever.
GOAT at linebacker without question.
Watching LT run amok in the Meadowlands is one of my greatest memories. He was a force of nature.
It was awesome watching LT play all those years. He was definitely the most feared linebacker in football.
These videos bring tears to my eyes but in a good way! God I miss those teams and how it was back then expecting to win every Sunday. Now I cry on Sundays for completely different reasons with the shit they call a team now! 😢
I wish we could clone LT ! I miss those days. He was and is the greatest !
@Sydney Austin Your right my brother. The game has changed so much. Too many penalties. They should just let the play already.
Love L.T and my Giants, he's the reason I became a Giants fan, when he was drafted outta UNC it was a wrap for me, when we could play football the way it was meant to be played.
Imagine walking on the field, competing against some of the best athletes in the world, and thinking, man this is easy. That was LT.
This is a nice tribute to the greatest Giant of all. To me, the great defensive players like LT are the most exciting to watch, more so than offensive players.
Bro this is one of or the best Defense's I've ever seen growing up.man it was you can't bully us no more the 70's that was so heartbreaking.this honor of being able to watch 2 of our greatest,Great have they number retired was pure old school MR.W.MARA&MR.TISH. THEY left us Eli Manning we need to retire his number. Juan bx n.y.
Not true about Manning
@@notpreston4295 it's your opinion you can. Yes you can Eli gave me 2 super bowls. Was picked by Accorsi who was order to not sell the store..he didn't..Mr.Mara & Mr.Tish was on board then they passed away...so Eli gets his number 10.retired....Juan bx n.y.
What of the bears with the fridge, mike singletary, richard Dent etc, etc,
@@ig6894 bro those was the GREATEST DA BEARS. NOW that was a defense the unbeatable bear's they high up that's how I measure greatness threw defenses....Juan bx n.y.
These teams from the 80's and 90's would literally eat these money-soft pansy's in the NFL today. It wouldn't even be a game.
Cuz grown men was allowed to hit back then nowadays everybody so protective
No they would become pansies as well
my sports management teacher is Perry Williams he was literally telling us stories of LT back when they was both on the giants
Does Perry Williams wear his 2 Super Bowl rings to class everyday?
Subscribe to this channel & activate your happiness no but he talks about football every damn day and don’t teach a thing about sports management
I was so.lucky to be a kid in this era. The NFL was a man's game, we had LT, Carson, Carl Banks, Leonard Marshall, Jim Burt, Bavaro, Phil Simms, Joe Morris. Plus, John Madden & Pat Summerall calling the games, it couldn't be any better, I wish I could go back to the 80s!!
I'm a die hard Cowboys fan and LT will always be my #1 pick in any sort of all-time players list, make believe fantasy team, or anything when it comes to football. He is the greatest football player of all time.
@amitj78 Respect bud! Larry Allen would no doubt be my #2! Even though it doesn't showcase his talent as an O-Lineman, his athletic ability in that tackle during the Saints game is all you need to see regarding him lol. Two all time greats!!
Gl this year with Daniel Jones, looking forward to the game in NY with him! He is the future for you all.
As a Cowboys fan, i thanked God for 2 thungs that LT did...1) take out Joe Theisman 2) retire.
THE GREATEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF ALL TIME🐐🐐🐐
I remember his rookie year and his whole career for that matter :-)
One of the best, if not the best, defensive players of all-time!
Joe Theisman may not remember him so fondly though, but I can understand that :-)
I think the 80s and 90s was the peak of the NFL, I miss those days. Today's NFL doesn't even seem like the same game.
It was a real pleasure watching this guy! Unforgettable memories.
Miss this dude! He was a legend 💙🥺🤞
I could watch this all day
Greatest linebacker to ever play the game......coming from a Packers fan. Miss watching him play.
Greatest defensive player of all time.
@@ericmatterson9905and it ain’t close. There’s LT then everybody else.
Watching LT play was everything to a young Giants fan growing up in NYC
and how much better is your life today because of that? The LT send you money, does he help you pay your mortgage, does a check on you and make sure your healthy? Does he even give a damn about you. You through your young life away worshiping a drug addict
@@markedwards5904 Well, clearly you have a problem with Mr. Taylor (or, maybe me)! If you read my comment, I spoke about "watching" LT play football. I didn't watch him do drugs, I didn't ask him to send me money. He doesn't check on me and I don't expect him to because he doesn't know me. I still honor the man for what he did on the field. I enjoyed watching him.
As far as what I did with my young life; indeed I made mistakes and hopefully I've learned from them. When I consider your misuse of the word "through" in your comment, I have to wonder if you "threw" away grade school grammar just to become a troll. Eat-a-bag....
. . . and he was STONED to the BONE for this interview.
GO HAWKS!!!
53 years old and he was the best ive ever seen
He's got a nice spot on football's mt rushmore
No, incorrect. LT does NOT have a 'spot' on Mt. Rushmore.....LT is the MOUNTAIN!
Top four NFL players for a NFL Mt. Rushmore: Lawrence Taylor, Joe Montana, Jim Brown, and Jerry Rice.
@@Adam-ct5ub You can't have an NFL Mt. Rushmore without Sanders or TB12, sorry, the man has 6 rings. Brady has never been beat in the playoffs like Montana was 49-3.
@@donsremodeling Brady never faced LT's Giants in the playoffs either. Montana also never lost a Super Bowl to a backup quarterback.
That being said, Brady is on my Mt. Rushmore. Mine would be LT, Jerry Rice, Tom Brady and Walter Payton.
@donsremodeling Brady has never been beat in the playoffs? He lost 3 Super Bowls, 2 to the Giants!! Ok, he's got now 7 rings, but, then again, so does Otto Graham, in a 10 year career! It took Brady 23 years to get his 7?
This dude is hands down the GREATEST defensive player to ever play the gm and it is not even close.
LT + TB, All-Time GOATS!! 🏈🏈🐐🐐
He's a good guy in person too, met him many times because he lived close to were I did in N.J. 🍷 ty Lawrence for all you did for the giants...
I'm a Giants fan and this is a good video
The era when football was FOOTBALL ! I understand todays game is watered down, and those protections are in place to protect those assets of today , but man LT and those like him MADE Gridiron the gladiatorial spectacle we all loved to watch , the mould was set and broken at the same time .... throw back NO just smash mouth , hard hitting battle ! Thank you LT .
Lawrence Taylor changed football we are lucky to have gotten to see him play you can't explain to this generation how dominant and important he has been to football you had to see it to believe it👍👍👍
2:36 The tackle knew it was gonna be a long night.
This was one of the best interviews I have seen in my life
Plain and simple, the GOAT.
Yep
Wrong, the G.O.A.T. has 7 super bowl rings, TB12.
Brady has the best career. But the greatest football player ever is LT
Joe Greene.
@@Count_Mephistopheles tom brady is a manufactured goat, in a rigged up nfl
"This is not a game for the most well-adjusted people."
--Bill Parcells
They gotta go back to these uniforms love them
Stiner69er i only play with these at madden haha i rly love them too!!!
Those whites look like knockoff Oilers
Stiner69er ...hated those uniforms...
He'll yeah
No way, I grew up with the Tittle-Gifford-Brown-Huff-Robustelli-Grier uniforms of THEN - and NOW.
I am old, I don't know sports but thanks to The Blind Side film, I know about Mr. Taylor. BRAVO!
“Being a Giant is pretty good.” - Lawrence Taylor
I agree and I've never seen him play, highlight videos and belichick stories are all I need
My favorite player ever to play in the NFL I have his rookie card autograph
Wayne Dam how much I’ll pay
It was 125 dollers at this football nfl shop in new york new hartford mall
How much is it worth
i will do bad things for that
Watching Taylor as a boy and the Giants victory in Superbowl 21. Big Giants fan to this day.let us go. Greets from Uk!
Brady would be crying just to see LT on the other side...
If Brady and L.T. played each other in their prime Brady would have turf toe or something to get out of playing. He'd be to scared to take the field
He wouldnt cry but it would be an interesting battle cuz brady can get it out quick.
@@willseest3732 Brady : I am quicker than Taylor
L.T. : Hold my beer
No not really
one of the reasons I started watching football and imulating what I saw to do playing with others in the backyard... strip sack was my specialty. I love the way he would tackle... because he was always ready to swat that ball out.
We always love offenses! But LT made us watch the defense! Watch out for '56!
A once in a generation gifted athlete and ferocious competitor who rose to the top of the game. You don't see them made like that anymore. Wow.
hell yea, always nice too know he wore blue, go gmen
Almost a Cowboy. Dallas wanted to trade up but the Saints who had the number one pick (Giants had the 2nd overall pick) said no because they wanted George Rogers. Whew 😖
Thanks for the years of memories LT! I was a young boy watching your rookie season….got to play OLB in high school and you were always my inspiration!
Taylor, probably in the top four of dominant North American athletes of all time credits Phil Simms with turning the team around. I wish I wasn’t too young to fully appreciate his greatness while he was playing.
Phil Simms was an underrated QB. Once the Giants offense started to gel, it took pressure off the offense as well as forced teams to start throwing the ball more. Which the Giant D ate up. LT with his ears pinned back...well....you can see the videos on RUclips. You kinda felt bad for the opposing QBs(especially an immobile Jaws). I am a lifelong Jet fan and had a chance to watch nearly every Giant and Jet game in the 1980s and 1990s. I can tell you this without even a hesitation, LT was by far the greatest Defensive Player I EVER saw play the game. And, while many NFL experts give the GOAT TAG to Offensive Players such as Tom Brady, it is my opinion that LT is the overall GOAT. As Phil Sims stated as an Analyst, he has been waiting to see the "Next" Lawrence Taylor, but no one has been close. I wonder who Bill Belichek would choose? I am not a Belichek fan, especially since "faxgate", but he is probably the greatest HC of all time...then Bill Walsh...I love Belichek's interviews when he speaks of LT's greatness. I was a jealous Jets fan....now up in years, it was awesome to have had the opportunity to watch LT play...just wish it would have been in Green on Channel 4 instead of Blue on Channel 2.
LT and Walter Payton were the two greatest players I've seen since the early 70s
The best. Luv u man!!!
LT was an animal on the field and he had his drug problems. But he never lost his humbleness.
I was 12 the first time I saw LT. It was the end of that Detroit game. Was a baseball guy at the time. I will never forget watching that interception and the sliding spike. He was a one man wrecking crew in that game. Watching him play made me love football.
He’s the reason why I’m a Giants fan.
FACTS!!!!!!!!
BIG FACTS!!!!!!!
L T
Thanks for the memories!
I seriously felt sorry for opposing quarterbacks. He didnt hit you, he ran you over.
Too bad Brady was not one of those QBs to catch the wrath of the man called THE TERMINATOR!!!!!
too bad joe montana dusted him off 4 times and he didnt get more than 2 rings 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ProtosunProductions montana had help , he played with a hall of team 😂
@@ProtosunProductions furthermore nobody has ever dusted lawrence taylor, you sound stupid and bias 😂😂😂
@@israeliteking1947 you could say the same thing about michael jordan. doesnt change the fact hes the GOAT
The greatest Giant ever! Ever!
He needs a full documentary!
There is Lawrence Taylor and everyone else. I was a hard core Redskin fan, but when the Giants came up, I never slept well the night before. L.T. turned that franchise around. His ability to take over a game gave the Giants a confidence that carried them into a Championship threat and completed the NFC East as the best division for about 10 years. I always respected New York and was really happy for them when the won their first Super Bowl. It was really, and I mean this sincerely...it was the drafting of Lawrence Taylor that started it all. The same thing happened here in Baltimore when the Ravens drafted Ray Lewis. Him along with Brian Billick gave the Ravens their identity. One that we still carry with pride today. Ray, like Taylor made it so cool to play defense... Thank You L.T. #56 you played hard, you played smart, you played to win and you brought it week in any out crushing QBs and making whole offenses totally chane schemes just to block YOU!
God I love football history.. it was crazy to see bill belichick coaching the linebackers.. and it’s crazy to think that bill was going up against the best teams back then like joe Montana! And beating them too... bill belichick is an absolute sports legend.
Parcells, Coughlin, Crennel, the whole coaching staff was great, not just Belichick.
What did Belichick do in Cleveland? Trash.
What has Belichick done in New England without Brady? Trash.
He was a game changer. Not a Giants fan but an LT fan. He was amazing. Again, changed the game as an outside LB destroying the run and the pass rush. I was a high school nobody, but I patterned my game after him as did my older teammate mentor. He actually wore 56 in honor of LT.
The one and only GOAT! Love this man to death for what he did for us on the field. Off the field might be another topic that I don't want to get into right now, but I'll say this: I truely believe L.T. has a good heart. There will never be another, no matter what the media are trying to selll us. Thank you L.T. !
Couldn't say even better...all of us have our own mistakes and failures...but the bottom line is that we can have a second chance in life to turn it around and stay humble...This dude the Great LT revolutionized the Pass Rush Defense position I have ever seen....Glad I had the honor to meet him in NYC at 5th Avenue a couple years ago....he is a good dude word up.
The G.O.A.T is in Tampa with 7 rings and 8 on the way. LT Kneels before the true G.O.A.T.
Never be another LT
I hope you get things straight in life LT
You are the best