ahhh okay i see. I'm just surprised that his legacy still holds up strong. I guess what he did on the field overrides anyone's care that he took drugs throughout his career haha.
You also have to take the times into consideration because the league was not as strict, not that crack was permitted but If you were a star more people will turn a blind eye to the players flaws off the field making the individual reckless.
@@CourtneyCoulston the crack would hinder him more than help him yes it's a stimulate but it's very short lived the high lasts like 30 to 45 mins max so assuming he had smoked it right before warmups he wouldn't be high by the kick off
Admitting after retiring is simply not true. I remember that time. LT failed his first drug test in May of 1985 LT admitted to entering rehab in 1986. He then admitted that he smoked crack in his autobiography published on July 12th 1987 called "LT: Living on the Edge,''. He then failed another test in 1988 and was suspended for 4 games (30 days). The NFL did not have a great substance abuse policy at that time as only a second failed test produced a suspension and a third would be a ban.
One point. Rewatch the video. The shot before the Theisman hit shows Taylor running towards the Redskins sideline waving in the medical team. This was not a heartless killer. I watched it live. Mad respect.
The thing about the Joe Theismann leg injury is that he immediately felt bad about it. He clearly wants to destroy every player, but he also had a bit of a heart. He immediately signaled for the Redskins medical staff to come out.
I just shared the same thing. I didn't see your comment until after. It was very clear that it bothered LT a lot. I'm glad to see someone else pointed this out.
Yeah, I live in the DC area and was watching the game. All the similarities and irony is not lost on us. I'm interested to see if he can come back, because if he can, then he's starting over Haskins.
I watched that game on Tv... they just kept replaying it in slow motion. It was a compound fracture and Theisman actually put his weight on the grass with the broken end. I think it caused the networks to change their policy toward replays.
I'm a Giants fan who is lucky enough to have watched LT throughout his career. Seeing the impact he had on every team that lined up against him was incredible. He forced teams to adjust their entire offensive scheme just to account for the constant threat he brought to the field.
I grew up in NY and got to see LT live many times. Growing up a Giants fan, I went through some rough times with the team before LT arrived. I have seen him take over a game single handedly. An unbelievable athlete. Not a perfect person but who among us is perfect all the time. I remember a large section of the stadium around the visitors entrance where virtually everyone wore a "56" jersey (as well as thousands more scattered about the stadium) and let the visiting team know when they entered the field that they would soon be in a world of hurt. When LT ran onto the field, the whole stadium would erupt, especially "Section 56". Within a couple of years, the defense started accumulating great support players like Carl Banks, Pepper Johnson, Steve DeOssie, Gary Reasons, Jim Burt and some others. Collectively, they were known as "The Big Blue Wrecking Crew". Such great memories.
Lawrence Taylor played in the 1980's, and early 1990's... before good drug testing, and more violence tolerated. That bad broken leg happen on a Monday night national televised game... compound fracture of tibia, and fibula... I saw it live,eeeeh!
We all wish we could unsee it Courtney. The one i regret seeing even more is Kevin Ware (Basketball player) and his leg injury piece of advice dont watch it.
I remember watching that game where Lawrence Taylor snapped Joe Theismann's leg. I remember it sounding like a gunshot. I was visibly sick watching that hit.
I have only seen that hit on Theismann once in my life, when it fist happened. I refuse to watch it again. I had to cover the screen while you watched it
@@CourtneyCoulston the hit ended Theismann's career. The bone pierced skin. It was even worse when it was live because they replayed it like 10 times. I think it made everyone nauseous
Just so you know, the player who got his leg snapped by Taylor is named Joe Theismann. Although the 1985 injury was career-ending for him, everything did turn out alright. 1985 was Theismann's 12th season, so he still got to play a decently long career, and that included a Super Bowl win in 1982. After the injury, Theismann made a full recovery and was able to walk without even a limp. Today you can't even tell he ever had his leg snapped. He also went on to have a long and successful career as an NFL broadcaster, and made several guest cameos in movies as well.
I would love to see you react to the animated video about Dock Ellis pitching a no hitter while high on LSD. One of the most incredible, and hilarious achievements, in MLB history.
As far as i'm concerned, it's a much more incredible feat than David Wells' drunk perfect game, but I also hate David Wells as a person, so maybe i'm biased.
So many decades after his prime, he would still dominate the field in today's game. He was fucking insane. In a good way, kinda haha His passion is nearly unmatched. Ray Lewis is in his historical wheelhouse.
Some years after his retirement and his departure from any drug use we would hang out and he was very humble and very modest kind of a loner but he enjoyed hanging out with regular people laughing and having a few drinks And of course dancing with all our ladies, LOL he was a genuine nice guy and all around good dude off the field.
The Great offensive lineman Dan Dierdorf recalled first hearing of Lawrence Taylor's remarkable talent, he thought that LT would be smaller quicker Linebacker. When he finally laid his eyes upon LT in a game, Dierdorf realized that LT was a lot Bigger than he thought, and thought to himself, "Ok, this could be a problem." Lol!
the true definition of beast mode. at 6'3 and 235lbs, the man played much larger than himself. he lived for the battle, and he will always be known as the best linebacker ever. he lived like he played, hard. drugs probably tamed him if anything, left in his own mind, he is pure mayhem. they don't play like him these days.
You need to factor in this was the 80's and his problems off the field were easier to cover up by the team. His career would have been much different had he played under the 24/7 coverage of the internet.
Ask anyone that’s been in his company , out in public ie: bar’s, nightclubs, restaurant’s etc. The man was alway’s a gentleman , more quiet than you’d expect and known to be very generous . Everyone in NYC/N.NJ Loves LT
He was the Giants first round pick. Each team gets one pick in the first round unless they make trades to add more or trade out of the round. He was the second overall pick in the draft. In the 1981 NFL draft there were 11 rounds in which 332 players were selected and he was #2 overall out of 332.
I saw him from college through his pro career. What he did to teams in college foretold of what was about to hit the NFL. When he was drafted by the Giants, once of my NY uncles called me to ask about LT since I was in school with LT at UNC. I told my uncle NY has no idea what's about to hit the scene! We Carolina Tarheels already knew LT was a legend in the making.
Very short high that is why people spend so much money on it in one day to keep the high going because it go's away so fast and after you just want more and more so in my opinion it would help him for a little bit but after he would be hurting a lot for some more
FYI: In 1994, Taylor served as a studio analyst for TNT’s Sunday Night Football telecasts. But he spent more time pursuing an acting career in the late ’90s and early 2000s, appearing as himself in The Sopranos and The Waterboy. He also appeared in Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday and the 2000 version of Shaft. Taylor released his autobiography in 2004 and appeared as a contestant on Dancing With the Stars in 2009. He’s had some run-ins with the law over the last 10 years. The most serious offense occurred in 2010. That May, he was arrested and charged with having sex with a 16-year-old girl at a New York hotel. He faced several charges for that incident and was sentenced to six years of probation as part of a plea agreement. Aspart of the agreement, Taylor registered as a low-risk Level 1 sex offender. More recently, he was arrested on a DUI charge for an incident where he hit a motorhome and sideswiped a police car in Florida. He avoided jail time by again pleading guilty.
They changed rules in the game because of this guy. They changed pay and demand for a counter position as well. They made a great movie showing why they had to make a massive change to the position. "The Blind Side". He was an absolute BEAST! He had a severe addiction problem. He got in trouble for sure. Regardless of his drug use, he ALWAYS was on top. That injury ended Joe Theisman's career. Brutal! I have seen similar injuries only 2 other times in my life. 1 was the NFL 1 was MMA. The MMA guy kicked, the opponent lifted his leg in defense, the kickers leg snapped in 2 pieces which means BOTH of the bones were snapped in half.
The thing about LT is that just watching highlights like these only scratch the surface of how good a player he was. I got to watch him back in the 80’s when he first started out in the NFL, watching the G-men on TV every week. The guy was always ON if you get my meaning. He never seemed to take a play off. He was a dominant pass rusher sure, but he also stuffed the run and dropped back in pass coverage. Having him on your team was like having 12 guys on the field. I’ve been watching football my whole life, and I’m 62. I have never seen a better football player in my life. I STILL think he’s underrated!
That compound fracture of Theisman's leg not only snapped both his tibia and fibula. Theisman's leg was trapped in place as LT was throwing him down sideways. This torqued the fractures so all four ends of bone shattered and the sharp ends punctured out through the thick calf muscles and clear out of his socks. LT heard Theisman scream even before they both hit the ground and thought he'd hurt Joe's shoulder or something. It wasn't until he stood over Theisman to gloat that he saw all the blood and then the bone sticking out. That's when LT starts frantically waving the Redskins trainers over to help him. LT thought Joe needed a tourniquet because the bleeding was getting worse. Theisman kept screaming if anyone touched him anywhere, which really unnerved LT, which, according to LT, was the only time. The injury ended Theisman's career, then and there.
There were several "intimidators" that played the game. One of my favorites was John Randle, who was also a funny guy. Definitely check out something about him. James Harrison, who recently retired, was another. Plus his insane workouts...like really insane
You should look into Jack Lambert, Mean Joe Green, and The Steel Curtain for The Steelers in the 70s. Also, Dick Butkis for The Chicago Bears. Lawrence Taylor did get in trouble but after his career. I think he has since straightened himself out.
Anyone remember the Chiefs Steve Deberg's broken finger during the snap? I went to last Giants home game of LT's rookie season against the Cowboys. He was the last player announced as he ran onto the field from the tunnel and onto the field with arms stretched out and straight up. I was sitting at the opposite end of the stadium. The roar from the crowd moving from one end to the other is something I'll never forget. Think of the Wave but only with the sound. The whole stadium was already standing. Made the hairs on my head stand up.
The NFL Films video on Jack Lambert is the best on intimidating players to watch. Lambert's personality is the key. Yes, Taylor was a great linebacker, maybe the best, but Lambert was legendary.
@@CourtneyCoulston Adrian Peterson beat his kid with a switch and the child had big bruises from it so no he was not great. Please don't watch him. Yes there is proof of this in fact it was national news and they had pictures of the very young boy with the bruises across his back.
He was in the first round of drafted players in the draft, he just wasn't the first person picked out of the first round of picks. He was selected second pick in the 1 round of drafted players that year.
He was the second player picked in the first round. A round is each team gets to pick one person. after each team picks, it then moves to the "Next round".
He was an animal without the drugs. Size, speed and football IQ(he understood the game better than most). If you’d like to know an interesting fact about him. During the super bowl vs the Buffalo Bills, when the Bills tried the Field goal at the end of the game to win, Lawrence Taylor took a special teams player off of the field goal defense team and put himself on. Star players like him do not play special teams but he wanted to be on their field and he probably influenced the battery and blocking a bit....they missed the field goal kick and the Giants won.
That is a terrible video of Taylor, emphasizing more the worst of the negatives. Taylor was NOT a dirty player. When he knew he realized he hurt Theismann's leg, he was the first one who got up and motioned for the medical professionals to come, and was clearly very upset about the injury. But he was so good that he revolutionized the way teams play offense in terms of quarterback protection.
Lawrence Taylor fundamentally changed the game. He's the reason why the blind side tackle position is one of the highest paid positions in football. (Read "The Blind Side" by Michael Lewis. After that, watch the movie). With his speed and his positioning (Outside linebacker in a 3-4 defensive alignment, he was unblockable)
I wanted to add some background on that Theismann injury -- I'm in my upper 40's now, but it happened when I was in my freshman year of high school. First, TV back then isn't like it is now. The 24 hour news cycle didn't really exist, and there were hardly any TV channels compared to nowadays... So on Monday nights, most everyone in the country was watching Monday Night Football. Then... It happened. And it took so long for the medical staff to take Theismann off the field (remember, this was live TV), so they ended up showing slow-motion replays from EVERY FLIPPIN' ANGLE over and over again! If that wasn't enough... After the game, all of the local network news stations replayed that footage during the Sports section of the newscast. No matter what channel you watched, it was being shown. CNN, ESPN, NBC, CBS, ABC... Everywhere. Newspapers, sports magazines, talk shows -- you couldn't not see it. So needless to say, most people of my generation will STILL cringe when you say "Lawrence Taylor, Joe Theismann, Monday Night Football".
When I worked at this movie theater, Redskins players would come to see movies and I would dare to ask them for autographs, none of the ones I asked refused. I knew which players not to ask.
Lawrence Taylor was the most dominant defensive player ever, and the Theisman sack was famous. Watch The Blind Side. It references it. And, yes, Tom Brady is a quarterback.
LT got in your head. With Ray Lewis you were in his head. He studied game films so much he knew what you were going to do before you did it. We saw Ray do this in Baltimore for 15 years. We saw just how great he could be. With LT we will never know how great he could've been.
My husband went to law school at Duke, and would play in a pick up game with students from Duke, UNC and NC State. One of the players was LT. As my husband put it, he was as big with his pads off as he was with them on. LT was all state in basketball in high school, so he was just as good at basketball. My husband says that he came up against LT for a lay up, and bounced off. Mike said it was like hitting a concrete wall.
It tears you down physically crack cocaine does, to look at Lawrence Taylor does he look like he's getting skinnier, are speaking erratically. He's a BEAST...!!!
I have done crack a couple times, it makes you super alert , it gives you an energy boost like you would not believe and you can see things like they're in slow motion because your brain is working so fast.
But it would like to say that was many many years ago and I was never addicted.what I'm saying is it could definitely make you outperform somebody in the nearly anything including mental tasks.
I remember when Lawrence Taylor was up to go in the Hall of Fame. The media was questioning his off field escapades ( crack smoking). Lawrence Taylor said whoever doesn't vote for me better not have ever gotten High with me. He went in unanimously
i was watching the leg break on TV real time.....with my buddy and his brother on the couch.... when they played the first slowmo replay my buddy passed out and his brother threw up
Ironically, several years ago Redskin's QB Alex Smith would receive a devastating leg injury, that looked very similar to Theismann's injury, on the anniversary of the Joe Theismann hit.
Crack is a sedative usually. Cut less would probably give you that purer stimulant. A former College friend used to cycle steroids, weed and crack for faster recovery after games and training. Especially when he was hurt. Crack took the edge off an injury, anxiety, bad beating in practice or game and hormone surges from the gear. Weed is better at it but weed was hit or miss back then, unless you had a great connection. From what I remember. This is Second hand knowledge shared by a dude when we were just shooting the sht one night . Street drugs were easier to get than pain killers and lasted longer than caffeine or other stims when you needed to wake up from the constant exhaustion. Yeah, Sports is a whole other world. Whatever it takes to keep you competitive and keep your body going under the constant beating has to take. That's how I found out that I would never have what it takes. Because he wasn't the exception. That was the norm for these already inhumanly physical and skilled athletes. Pro athletes are all probably on something: Legal? illegal? in FDA trials,? whatever. There are millions of $@ stake. Careers based on production at their position. And no matter how elite and narrowed talent the pool (top 2%) there is always at least dozen other guys ready to take your spot. Being superhuman requires supplementation not just Creatine or Whey Isolate. That is the standard set in those early "Communist" dominant Olympics all those years ago. Androgen and Dianabol entered the sports training cabinet and their children continue to dominate. It's just the Worst kept secret out there. Everyone just pretends that they have problem with it. It's not just athletes either. Most who make a living with their body having or maintaining a peak physique and performance. It's what people do for the jobs. Some develope addictions beyond the use as part of the training cabinet. It's just one if those things that we should stop the false prosecutions and regulate the use. Study the drugs. Set prescribed limits. You keep the high level of play and protect their health. But the morals of it is more important than anything. So it's wrong... wink,wink... don't do it...( yeah right) It's what is.
The leg break was, obviously, unintentional. It ended Joe Theisman’s career. When Taylor knew Theisman was hurt, he immediately signaled the Redskins medical team. Initially the Redskins thought LT was taunting them, then realized the situation. In an interview, LT was asked if he saw the video of the break. He said he hadn’t and never wanted to.
At 6:38 that is the voice of Joe Theisman. Your reaction to him breaking Theismans leg was pretty normal. It happened on Monday Night Football so a lot of people saw it. People said you could hear his leg break from the top row of RFK stadium.
"How is he not getting in trouble for admitting he smoked crack (during his career)? Well, for one the statute of limitations has run out, as this was in the 80's and early 90's. Secondly, most people aren't going to be charged for a crime of using drugs after the fact (if they're admitting it later).
LT was very strong, extremely fast, and relentless in his efforts to get to the football. The man was/is a STUD. Another linebacker from the past who was boss. Check out Dick Butkus. Dick was one of the "monsters of the Midway." Both of these men are Hall of Famers. NEXT LEVEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Courtney, you have asked a very valid question about LT's drug usage. Anyone that tries to make the case that drug(s) does not enhances any person's physical abilities, mind set, or agility is probably on crack or some kind of drug themselves. Your concerns are warranted, but you should never be scared to state your thoughts just because they might not be socially acceptable at the time.
George Rogers was picked ahead of LT because Rogers won the Heisman Trophy in college. It is the trophy for the best player in college football and is often and indicator of who will do well as a pro.
I think LT most famous play is when an OT had blocked Taylor past the QB but Taylor reached back and grabbed the QB by the back of the shirt and threw him down.
He didn’t simply disrupt the opposition mentally but strategically also. Opposing offenses would plan for weeks about how to counteract his presence on the field. Often, offensive lines would TRY to triple-team block him. It usually didn’t have the desired outcome.
One other note about that leg video: that was the beginning of US sportscasts showing the injury over... and over... and over... and over while there was a stoppage in play because of said injury. Once you get here, if you see a bad injury during a live broadcast, it's a good idea to just go to the bathroom and let it play out like that until play resumes, because that's going to keep happening... :/
"Gentlemen, which brings me to my next point. Don't smoke crack." - Lawrence Taylor cameo in Waterboy
Love DA Waterboy!
He got arrested for possession the week the movie premiered
hahahahaha
Ron once said LT was on my back so often people thought 56 was my number, lol.
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QBs literally had nightmares about this man.
Or they just didn’t sleep at all
Teams planed for him, literally and they still failed.
he admitted to smoking crack after he retired, he didnt admit that while still playing is the difference. he found ways around passing the drug tests.
Yeah I think he used to buy piss from his team mates and still failed two tests. He definitely wasn't the only one out there on crack.
ahhh okay i see. I'm just surprised that his legacy still holds up strong. I guess what he did on the field overrides anyone's care that he took drugs throughout his career haha.
You also have to take the times into consideration because the league was not as strict, not that crack was permitted but If you were a star more people will turn a blind eye to the players flaws off the field making the individual reckless.
@@CourtneyCoulston the crack would hinder him more than help him yes it's a stimulate but it's very short lived the high lasts like 30 to 45 mins max so assuming he had smoked it right before warmups he wouldn't be high by the kick off
Admitting after retiring is simply not true. I remember that time.
LT failed his first drug test in May of 1985
LT admitted to entering rehab in 1986. He then admitted that he smoked crack in his autobiography published on July 12th 1987 called "LT: Living on the Edge,''.
He then failed another test in 1988 and was suspended for 4 games (30 days).
The NFL did not have a great substance abuse policy at that time as only a second failed test produced a suspension and a third would be a ban.
One point. Rewatch the video. The shot before the Theisman hit shows Taylor running towards the Redskins sideline waving in the medical team. This was not a heartless killer. I watched it live. Mad respect.
I also watched that game live. MNF as I recall.
I was at that game! Could hear the leg break up in the stands.. and could hear Taylor yelling for the medical staff.
I also saw it live and Taylor was distraught . Played hard and meant to kill people , but not really .
In John Madden book. He said that LT was the first at the hospital after that game.
He hates to even talk about ur
Once you see the Theisman leg break play, you can never ever get it out of your head. You can never unsee it!
The thing about the Joe Theismann leg injury is that he immediately felt bad about it. He clearly wants to destroy every player, but he also had a bit of a heart. He immediately signaled for the Redskins medical staff to come out.
I just shared the same thing. I didn't see your comment until after. It was very clear that it bothered LT a lot. I'm glad to see someone else pointed this out.
Ask Joe Theissman('s leg) what he thought about LT
Alex Smith's injury came on the EXACT same date as JoeTheismann's, just 33 years later...Go skins. Strange how history repeats itself...
Yeah, I live in the DC area and was watching the game. All the similarities and irony is not lost on us. I'm interested to see if he can come back, because if he can, then he's starting over Haskins.
I saw that game as a kid, man that was bad.... that was worse than a scary movie
I was at the Alex smith game too showed it on the jumbo smh
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Your reaction to the "Broken Leg tackle" was the same reaction the entire Nation had in 1985.
It's forever stuck in my mind. I heard they constantly replayed it on the TV when it happened live too
I watched that game on Tv... they just kept replaying it in slow motion. It was a compound fracture and Theisman actually put his weight on the grass with the broken end. I think it caused the networks to change their policy toward replays.
oh god yeah.
@@CourtneyCoulston I can see it in my head right now, and I will be skipping it when it comes up in this video
I sw that on tv when I was a kid ...trauma for real, the funny thing I was at the Skins Game when Alex Smith got injured too.
I'm a Giants fan who is lucky enough to have watched LT throughout his career. Seeing the impact he had on every team that lined up against him was incredible. He forced teams to adjust their entire offensive scheme just to account for the constant threat he brought to the field.
I grew up in NY and got to see LT live many times. Growing up a Giants fan, I went through some rough times with the team before LT arrived. I have seen him take over a game single handedly. An unbelievable athlete. Not a perfect person but who among us is perfect all the time. I remember a large section of the stadium around the visitors entrance where virtually everyone wore a "56" jersey (as well as thousands more scattered about the stadium) and let the visiting team know when they entered the field that they would soon be in a world of hurt. When LT ran onto the field, the whole stadium would erupt, especially "Section 56". Within a couple of years, the defense started accumulating great support players like Carl Banks, Pepper Johnson, Steve DeOssie, Gary Reasons, Jim Burt and some others. Collectively, they were known as "The Big Blue Wrecking Crew". Such great memories.
There are a few athletes I feel honored and privileged to have seen play live.. Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Tom Seaver and Lawrence Taylor.
Lawrence Taylor played in the 1980's, and early 1990's... before good drug testing, and more violence tolerated.
That bad broken leg happen on a Monday night national televised game... compound fracture of tibia, and fibula... I saw it live,eeeeh!
Bruhhhhhh!!!!! That snap is now ingrained in my mind. I wish i could unsee it.
We all wish we could unsee it Courtney. The one i regret seeing even more is Kevin Ware (Basketball player) and his leg injury piece of advice dont watch it.
omg Imma try avoid it. thanks for the heads up lol
I remember watching that game where Lawrence Taylor snapped Joe Theismann's leg. I remember it sounding like a gunshot. I was visibly sick watching that hit.
God, I remember watching this with my dad. They replayed it so many times.
I came here for Lawrence Taylor then got extremely lucky enough to see this wonderful woman. Amazing video dear. Great job. Nice work
LT changed the way in which the top play callers and play designers thought about football. He single-handedly changed the game. One guy.
I have only seen that hit on Theismann once in my life, when it fist happened. I refuse to watch it again. I had to cover the screen while you watched it
YUP I FEEL YOU. I aint never watching that clip ever again. It's engrained in my mind D:
Me too. Haven't watched that hit since it first happened.
It sucks too because you could tell how bad LT felt afterwards, it definitely affected him afterwards.
@@CourtneyCoulston the hit ended Theismann's career. The bone pierced skin. It was even worse when it was live because they replayed it like 10 times. I think it made everyone nauseous
@@EXISTENTIALization I watched that game. Didn't notice the injury in real time. I do remember the replays, too many. Once was enough for me.
Just so you know, the player who got his leg snapped by Taylor is named Joe Theismann. Although the 1985 injury was career-ending for him, everything did turn out alright. 1985 was Theismann's 12th season, so he still got to play a decently long career, and that included a Super Bowl win in 1982.
After the injury, Theismann made a full recovery and was able to walk without even a limp. Today you can't even tell he ever had his leg snapped. He also went on to have a long and successful career as an NFL broadcaster, and made several guest cameos in movies as well.
Doctor: "Good news Joe, we can save the leg..."
Theismann: "That's great, thanks doc."
Doctor: "...Where would you like it sent?"
Man CSB,
I just woke my wife up laughing so hard from your comment 😂!
Man, you just got me in trouble....💯
Woof that's cold blooded😂😂
Referee:Touchdown Eagles!
Lawrence Taylor: turnover
Referee: you right fam
L.T. was one of those rare beasts that could talk the talk AND he could walk the walk... He was amazing to watch. Loved it...
When L.T said he was going to kill the quarterback he meant it.
I would love to see you react to the animated video about Dock Ellis pitching a no hitter while high on LSD. One of the most incredible, and hilarious achievements, in MLB history.
omgggg lmao, sounds funny. i'll add it to my list :) Thanks Neal
The bit that Robin Williams does on that story is hilarious
Baseball goes from the boring to the bizarre from the mundane to the insane.
As far as i'm concerned, it's a much more incredible feat than David Wells' drunk perfect game, but I also hate David Wells as a person, so maybe i'm biased.
So many decades after his prime, he would still dominate the field in today's game. He was fucking insane. In a good way, kinda haha His passion is nearly unmatched. Ray Lewis is in his historical wheelhouse.
yeah i agree. He's a monster on that field by the looks of it.
At this point in the NFL rules and regulations and of course punishment we're very laxed
Very true Steve, it was a different time
Some years after his retirement and his departure from any drug use we would hang out and he was very humble and very modest kind of a loner but he enjoyed hanging out with regular people laughing and having a few drinks And of course dancing with all our ladies, LOL he was a genuine nice guy and all around good dude off the field.
Courtney: Watches a video about LT
Me: "Oh great, I get to see Theisman's knee get destroyed again."
The Great offensive lineman Dan Dierdorf recalled first hearing of Lawrence Taylor's remarkable talent, he thought that LT would be smaller quicker Linebacker. When he finally laid his eyes upon LT in a game, Dierdorf realized that LT was a lot Bigger than he thought, and thought to himself, "Ok, this could be a problem." Lol!
He was the first round pick. Theres 32 picks per round. 1st round, 2nd pick
You did a reaction vid on Michael Jordan that I saw. Fun fact: He and Lawrence Taylor came from the same college. The University of North Carolina.
the true definition of beast mode. at 6'3 and 235lbs, the man played much larger than himself. he lived for the battle, and he will always be known as the best linebacker ever. he lived like he played, hard. drugs probably tamed him if anything, left in his own mind, he is pure mayhem. they don't play like him these days.
They don't make 'em like LT anymore. Ronnie Lott, too.
Lawrence Taylor, the best of all time. The man was 10 kinds of awesome at his position. Glad I watched him all through his career.
You need to factor in this was the 80's and his problems off the field were easier to cover up by the team. His career would have been much different had he played under the 24/7 coverage of the internet.
Ask anyone that’s been in his company , out in public ie: bar’s, nightclubs, restaurant’s etc. The man was alway’s a gentleman , more quiet than you’d expect and known to be very generous . Everyone in NYC/N.NJ Loves LT
Joe Theisman's compound fratcure immediately ended his carrier.
Despite the reputation LT had, he was the first dude yelling for medical help.
He was the Giants first round pick. Each team gets one pick in the first round unless they make trades to add more or trade out of the round. He was the second overall pick in the draft. In the 1981 NFL draft there were 11 rounds in which 332 players were selected and he was #2 overall out of 332.
I saw that Theismann hit live on Monday Night Football with my dad...
I saw every play of this man’s career. He was the single most terrifying player on defense ever.
I saw him from college through his pro career. What he did to teams in college foretold of what was about to hit the NFL. When he was drafted by the Giants, once of my NY uncles called me to ask about LT since I was in school with LT at UNC. I told my uncle NY has no idea what's about to hit the scene! We Carolina Tarheels already knew LT was a legend in the making.
Crack is a great high for 10 or 15 min. after that you're begging for more.
Ahhh okay I see, a very short high.
Very short high that is why people spend so much money on it in one day to keep the high going because it go's away so fast and after you just want more and more so in my opinion it would help him for a little bit but after he would be hurting a lot for some more
@Rafael Felan sooooo how was the crack?
FYI:
In 1994, Taylor served as a studio analyst for TNT’s Sunday Night Football telecasts. But he spent more time pursuing an acting career in the late ’90s and early 2000s, appearing as himself in The Sopranos and The Waterboy. He also appeared in Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday and the 2000 version of Shaft.
Taylor released his autobiography in 2004 and appeared as a contestant on Dancing With the Stars
in 2009. He’s had some run-ins with the law over the last 10 years. The
most serious offense occurred in 2010. That May, he was arrested and
charged with having sex with a 16-year-old girl at a New York hotel. He
faced several charges for that incident and was sentenced to six years
of probation as part of a plea agreement.
Aspart of the agreement, Taylor registered as a low-risk Level 1 sex offender. More recently, he was arrested on a DUI charge for an incident
where he hit a motorhome and sideswiped a police car in Florida. He avoided jail time by again pleading guilty.
"Cocaine is a hell of a drug" - Rick James
Lawrence Taylor was screamed for the team doctor after making that hit on Joe Theismann.
More kto girl! "Meet the man who played with a broken leg" is really good
Did he play for a month on that broken leg? I've never heard of him. Maybe kto will make a video on him next
They changed rules in the game because of this guy. They changed pay and demand for a counter position as well. They made a great movie showing why they had to make a massive change to the position.
"The Blind Side". He was an absolute BEAST! He had a severe addiction problem. He got in trouble for sure. Regardless of his drug use, he ALWAYS was on top.
That injury ended Joe Theisman's career. Brutal! I have seen similar injuries only 2 other times in my life. 1 was the NFL 1 was MMA. The MMA guy kicked, the opponent lifted his leg in defense, the kickers leg snapped in 2 pieces which means BOTH of the bones were snapped in half.
Nah, he would do it after and he didn’t get in trouble because it was different times then
The thing about LT is that just watching highlights like these only scratch the surface of how good a player he was. I got to watch him back in the 80’s when he first started out in the NFL, watching the G-men on TV every week. The guy was always ON if you get my meaning. He never seemed to take a play off. He was a dominant pass rusher sure, but he also stuffed the run and dropped back in pass coverage. Having him on your team was like having 12 guys on the field. I’ve been watching football my whole life, and I’m 62. I have never seen a better football player in my life. I STILL think he’s underrated!
Would crack help him play???? Hmmmm well like Rick James says Cocaine is ONE Hell of a drug!
LOL
That compound fracture of Theisman's leg not only snapped both his tibia and fibula. Theisman's leg was trapped in place as LT was throwing him down sideways. This torqued the fractures so all four ends of bone shattered and the sharp ends punctured out through the thick calf muscles and clear out of his socks. LT heard Theisman scream even before they both hit the ground and thought he'd hurt Joe's shoulder or something. It wasn't until he stood over Theisman to gloat that he saw all the blood and then the bone sticking out. That's when LT starts frantically waving the Redskins trainers over to help him. LT thought Joe needed a tourniquet because the bleeding was getting worse. Theisman kept screaming if anyone touched him anywhere, which really unnerved LT, which, according to LT, was the only time.
The injury ended Theisman's career, then and there.
There were several "intimidators" that played the game. One of my favorites was John Randle, who was also a funny guy. Definitely check out something about him.
James Harrison, who recently retired, was another. Plus his insane workouts...like really insane
My brother was at the University If North Carolina when Lawrence Taylor was playing there. He said Lawrence Taylor was a real gentleman.
When he admitted to using crack he'd already retired.
You should look into Jack Lambert, Mean Joe Green, and The Steel Curtain for The Steelers in the 70s.
Also, Dick Butkis for The Chicago Bears.
Lawrence Taylor did get in trouble but after his career.
I think he has since straightened himself out.
More KTO vids more KTO vids!!!!
can do!! :)
Anyone remember the Chiefs Steve Deberg's broken finger during the snap? I went to last Giants home game of LT's rookie season against the Cowboys. He was the last player announced as he ran onto the field from the tunnel and onto the field with arms stretched out and straight up. I was sitting at the opposite end of the stadium. The roar from the crowd moving from one end to the other is something I'll never forget. Think of the Wave but only with the sound. The whole stadium was already standing. Made the hairs on my head stand up.
wrong he wasn't the most intimidating player IN HISTORY. two who were more were Dick Bukus (Chicago bears and Jack Lambert (Pittsburgh Steelers)
The NFL Films video on Jack Lambert is the best on intimidating players to watch. Lambert's personality is the key. Yes, Taylor was a great linebacker, maybe the best, but Lambert was legendary.
React to the great Adrian Peterson 🔥
Hell ya
awesome, i've taken note of this thank you!
@@CourtneyCoulston Adrian Peterson beat his kid with a switch and the child had big bruises from it so no he was not great. Please don't watch him. Yes there is proof of this in fact it was national news and they had pictures of the very young boy with the bruises across his back.
oh shit, i'll be sure to research him before i do a reaction and then i'll make a decision. Thank you for the heads up.
@@CourtneyCoulston Thank you I will now remove the comment.
He was in the first round of drafted players in the draft, he just wasn't the first person picked out of the first round of picks. He was selected second pick in the 1 round of drafted players that year.
Finally. The greatest football player of all time. In my opinion.
He's a monster on the field for real
Most of the time he was coked up. For real
He was the second player picked in the first round.
A round is each team gets to pick one person. after each team picks, it then moves to the "Next round".
React to Ronnie Lott playing with an Amputated finger
He was an animal without the drugs. Size, speed and football IQ(he understood the game better than most). If you’d like to know an interesting fact about him. During the super bowl vs the Buffalo Bills, when the Bills tried the Field goal at the end of the game to win, Lawrence Taylor took a special teams player off of the field goal defense team and put himself on. Star players like him do not play special teams but he wanted to be on their field and he probably influenced the battery and blocking a bit....they missed the field goal kick and the Giants won.
That is a terrible video of Taylor, emphasizing more the worst of the negatives. Taylor was NOT a dirty player. When he knew he realized he hurt Theismann's leg, he was the first one who got up and motioned for the medical professionals to come, and was clearly very upset about the injury. But he was so good that he revolutionized the way teams play offense in terms of quarterback protection.
Lawrence Taylor fundamentally changed the game. He's the reason why the blind side tackle position is one of the highest paid positions in football. (Read "The Blind Side" by Michael Lewis. After that, watch the movie). With his speed and his positioning (Outside linebacker in a 3-4 defensive alignment, he was unblockable)
Also try to add Deion sanders to the list his position is a cornerback on the defensive side
Hi Joel! He's already on my list so i'll add a vote to his name. Thanks! :)
I've watched that Thiesman injury a couple of dozen times and it still skeeves me out.
I wanted to add some background on that Theismann injury -- I'm in my upper 40's now, but it happened when I was in my freshman year of high school.
First, TV back then isn't like it is now. The 24 hour news cycle didn't really exist, and there were hardly any TV channels compared to nowadays... So on Monday nights, most everyone in the country was watching Monday Night Football.
Then... It happened. And it took so long for the medical staff to take Theismann off the field (remember, this was live TV), so they ended up showing slow-motion replays from EVERY FLIPPIN' ANGLE over and over again!
If that wasn't enough... After the game, all of the local network news stations replayed that footage during the Sports section of the newscast. No matter what channel you watched, it was being shown. CNN, ESPN, NBC, CBS, ABC... Everywhere. Newspapers, sports magazines, talk shows -- you couldn't not see it. So needless to say, most people of my generation will STILL cringe when you say "Lawrence Taylor, Joe Theismann, Monday Night Football".
LT heard Joe’s bones break and he jumped up and motioned for the doctors to come over right away.
“I’m gonna keep my eyes open...”
“No, no, no...why did I watch that!?!?!?
Lawrence Taylor revolutionized the game. From then on, every NFL team paid attention to the left tackle of the offensive line from then on
Possibly the greatest at his position, equally as good playing the run as the pass. Personal issues aside probably the GOAT at his position
That girlish screaming "OHHHHHHHH MY GOOOOOOOOOD" was also exactly Shuler's reaction when Taylor yelled that he was going to kick his fucking ass XD
I remember watching that game. Monday night football. They replayed the injury over and over. Must’ve been like 15 times.
When I worked at this movie theater, Redskins players would come to see movies and I would dare to ask them for autographs, none of the ones I asked refused. I knew which players not to ask.
Courtney I watched him play this is the best player ive ever seen hands down he mad every body better around him.
It would have been incredible to watch him play!!
Lawrence Taylor was the most dominant defensive player ever, and the Theisman sack was famous. Watch The Blind Side. It references it. And, yes, Tom Brady is a quarterback.
There a movie based off of Lawrence Taylor called The Blind Side. You should watch it it’s a very emotional movie!!
He was a first rounder. He was the #2 overall pick in the entire draft.
LT got in your head. With Ray Lewis you were in his head. He studied game films so much he knew what you were going to do before you did it. We saw Ray do this in Baltimore for 15 years. We saw just how great he could be. With LT we will never know how great he could've been.
My husband went to law school at Duke, and would play in a pick up game with students from Duke, UNC and NC State. One of the players was LT. As my husband put it, he was as big with his pads off as he was with them on. LT was all state in basketball in high school, so he was just as good at basketball. My husband says that he came up against LT for a lay up, and bounced off. Mike said it was like hitting a concrete wall.
It tears you down physically crack cocaine does, to look at Lawrence Taylor does he look like he's getting skinnier, are speaking erratically. He's a BEAST...!!!
I have done crack a couple times, it makes you super alert , it gives you an energy boost like you would not believe and you can see things like they're in slow motion because your brain is working so fast.
But it would like to say that was many many years ago and I was never addicted.what I'm saying is it could definitely make you outperform somebody in the nearly anything including mental tasks.
One of my 2 sports idols and the reason I'm a diehard Giants fan today. I even named my son after him.
L T was an animal of a football player. His sped and strength was off of the charts...
I remember when Lawrence Taylor was up to go in the Hall of Fame. The media was questioning his off field escapades ( crack smoking). Lawrence Taylor said whoever doesn't vote for me better not have ever gotten High with me. He went in unanimously
The face you made when they starting talking about crack like wtf priceless 😂😂😂
i was watching the leg break on TV real time.....with my buddy and his brother on the couch.... when they played the first slowmo replay my buddy passed out and his brother threw up
I watched this game. It was a Monday Night Football game. I still remember that sound of a cracking bone when this happened.
Ironically, several years ago Redskin's QB Alex Smith would receive a devastating leg injury, that looked very similar to Theismann's injury, on the anniversary of the Joe Theismann hit.
Crack is a sedative usually. Cut less would probably give you that purer stimulant. A former College friend used to cycle steroids, weed and crack for faster recovery after games and training. Especially when he was hurt. Crack took the edge off an injury, anxiety, bad beating in practice or game and hormone surges from the gear. Weed is better at it but weed was hit or miss back then, unless you had a great connection. From what I remember. This is Second hand knowledge shared by a dude when we were just shooting the sht one night . Street drugs were easier to get than pain killers and lasted longer than caffeine or other stims when you needed to wake up from the constant exhaustion.
Yeah, Sports is a whole other world. Whatever it takes to keep you competitive and keep your body going under the constant beating has to take. That's how I found out that I would never have what it takes. Because he wasn't the exception. That was the norm for these already inhumanly physical and skilled athletes. Pro athletes are all probably on something: Legal? illegal? in FDA trials,? whatever. There are millions of $@ stake. Careers based on production at their position. And no matter how elite and narrowed talent the pool (top 2%) there is always at least dozen other guys ready to take your spot. Being superhuman requires supplementation not just Creatine or Whey Isolate. That is the standard set in those early "Communist" dominant Olympics all those years ago. Androgen and Dianabol entered the sports training cabinet and their children continue to dominate. It's just the Worst kept secret out there. Everyone just pretends that they have problem with it. It's not just athletes either. Most who make a living with their body having or maintaining a peak physique and performance. It's what people do for the jobs. Some develope addictions beyond the use as part of the training cabinet. It's just one if those things that we should stop the false prosecutions and regulate the use. Study the drugs. Set prescribed limits. You keep the high level of play and protect their health. But the morals of it is more important than anything. So it's wrong... wink,wink... don't do it...( yeah right)
It's what is.
The leg break was, obviously, unintentional. It ended Joe Theisman’s career.
When Taylor knew Theisman was hurt, he immediately signaled the Redskins medical team. Initially the Redskins thought LT was taunting them, then realized the situation. In an interview, LT was asked if he saw the video of the break. He said he hadn’t and never wanted to.
At 6:38 that is the voice of Joe Theisman. Your reaction to him breaking Theismans leg was pretty normal. It happened on Monday Night Football so a lot of people saw it. People said you could hear his leg break from the top row of RFK stadium.
"How is he not getting in trouble for admitting he smoked crack (during his career)? Well, for one the statute of limitations has run out, as this was in the 80's and early 90's. Secondly, most people aren't going to be charged for a crime of using drugs after the fact (if they're admitting it later).
LT was very strong, extremely fast, and relentless in his efforts to get to the football. The man was/is a STUD. Another linebacker from the past who was boss. Check out Dick Butkus. Dick was one of the "monsters of the Midway." Both of these men are Hall of Famers. NEXT LEVEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Courtney, you have asked a very valid question about LT's drug usage. Anyone that tries to make the case that drug(s) does not enhances any person's physical abilities, mind set, or agility is probably on crack or some kind of drug themselves. Your concerns are warranted, but you should never be scared to state your thoughts just because they might not be socially acceptable at the time.
George Rogers was picked ahead of LT because Rogers won the Heisman Trophy in college. It is the trophy for the best player in college football and is often and indicator of who will do well as a pro.
Subscribed. I watched this video and Lebron's. You're very entertaining!
I think LT most famous play is when an OT had blocked Taylor past the QB but Taylor reached back and grabbed the QB by the back of the shirt and threw him down.
He didn’t simply disrupt the opposition mentally but strategically also. Opposing offenses would plan for weeks about how to counteract his presence on the field. Often, offensive lines would TRY to triple-team block him. It usually didn’t have the desired outcome.
This guy was a beast their will be no one even close to beging like him
One other note about that leg video: that was the beginning of US sportscasts showing the injury over... and over... and over... and over while there was a stoppage in play because of said injury. Once you get here, if you see a bad injury during a live broadcast, it's a good idea to just go to the bathroom and let it play out like that until play resumes, because that's going to keep happening... :/
If you grew up in New York City during the 1980s,, LT was a god!!
Mickey Scraps So was crack!😏