+Sean Fulton Summerall and Madden calling a game let you know it was important.

Yeah. Beats being preached to about politics. Like Bryant Gumbel. That little prick! I would rather hear Hank Williams Jr. But they banned his opening song on Monday Night Football. I never watch the game again. To many snowflakes today play the game. As LT would be banned every game if he played today. He was a jack hammer to QB's.

Sean Fulton The best pair ever and nobody appreciated Great players like Madden and John loved LT for obvious reasons. In case any of you youngsters don't get Lawrence Taylor is the best defensive football player ever. EVER!!!!

Me too, cold winter, watching LT sack QBs and listening to Madden, Summerall describe the play and just awesome. Eating chili, cheese dogs with frito pie and cold drinks....

I miss seeing him lose his shit on the side lines, at least we still have Gruden :-)

No argument! Jerry Rice never hit *anyone* . Lawrence Taylor and Jim Brown made *contact!*

The G.O.A.T

Along with Walter Payton...I completely agree, all this from a Raider.

Greatest defensive player.

Greatest DEFENSIVE player ever.

Plus JJ Watt seems a bit injury prone. He's not much good to the team if he isn't playing.

I inspire to be like LT, hopefully I can get a D1 offer some day

Yeah but JJ doesn’t smoke crack

Northern Assassin I agree!! LT is legendary and my favorite LB since i have been watching the NFL since 1981.

As totally GREAT as LT was, he's not the GOAT of linebackers. That party is Dick Butkus whose hits make LT's look like love taps. "Field of Dreams" stuff is having Butkus and LT playing next to each other. Get a FLEET of ambulances ready.

Lt said he loved hitting Ron. Not sure which QB it was but he’s on the field looking for Lt can’t find him calls a timeout lol

Amen.

He was giving up about 70 pounds to Jacoby, too. And Joe deserves to be in the HOF.

GOAT that's not subjective.

Absolutely right

Jerry did

Dan Marino did

Did someone seriously say jerry rice and Dan Marino they obviously doesn't know what changed the game means

Randy Moss changed the game too. That doesn't make him better than Jerry Rice. JJ Watt may be the greatest defender ever.

I love the Niners too, but this guy is my number 1.

yea Im a seasoned NFL/Patsfan and as great as Brady is its based more upon W/L & SB success than upon executing perfectly as an individual play after play after play as is seen here...Taylor was videogame dominant like having a Tecmo Bowl version of Bo Jackson on defense...These reels the uploader provided make it clear as day he was dominant in virtually every type of situation, whether its as a gunner on STs or against all the different types of running plays or as a pass rusher or even when asked to drop back into pass coverage...A.Donald Deacon Jones Joe Green may have been the best of their eras but they all did their damage at or behind the LOS...LT is a problem for the opposing offense no matter where he lined up or what they asked him to do....On several if not many of the replays shown during this it genuinely looks like hes moving in real time/full speed while everyone else is stuck moving in slow motion.

Same here from a Cowboys fan. LT wrecked the NFC East offenses for 10 years

gsrae1199 I would argue that DLine/Linebackers that can cover/sack the QB are now the 2nd highest paid positions.

+Carlo Alberto Also thanks to LT

MrFALLENHER0 I would argue it has to do with the NFL becoming a passing league/offense friendly rule changes.

Protecting a (righty) QB’s blind side from a Lawrence Taylor with a full head of steam should not go underpaid nor overlooked.

Xavier Vega I would say he's 2nd✌ behind Joe Montana🙂

@@stevesmith3579 please stop abusing pharmaceutical grade narcotics without cutting it with baby powder. Its dangerous. Joe Montana is nowhere near Lawrence Taylor as a football player.

willie billie .....you obviously can’t read which means you didn’t do well in school you poor bastard.

willie billie.....pardon me. I thought you were trying to insult me by referring to LT’s substance abuse issues.

@willie billie .....you must have substance abuse issues. Get help. Now.

Merriman was on his way

Even if we did have someone on his level there’s no way with today’s rules that he’d be allowed to play the way LT did.

@@goodelook4323 Nope.

High IQ player

Montana did that with everyone. He was the softest QB I've ever seen.

Puck Utubesux if the hit is enivetable, what's the point?

@@user-co1gi7yd2r Many QBs are able to avoid sacks/break the tackles. Steve Young once threw Reggie White off his back (91 at Eagles).

Puck Utubesux it's just funny that everyone praises montana for taking so many hits and being tough but yeah i can indeed have seen him fall down alot of times. I'm not really against you, it's just very interesting opinion

like a shark speeding towards a seal, LT had an almost determination to sack the QB, no matter who!! Like he just shot out of a cannon!! Sooo awesome!!! You watched ANY Giants game back in the day, you just watched LT, more than the offense, or any other defensive player! LT was going to provide the highlights most of the time!!!

It wasn't until I got older and understood the importance of the Left Tackle position. Looking at these clips it is amazing how he manhandled men with the responsibility of protecting their QBs blind side.

Jeff MacIntosh LT definitely drove a lot of offensive linemen crazy, that's for sure.

I suspect he (Lawrence Taylor) is keeping Joe Jacoby (original Hog with three Super Bowl pelts) out of the Hall of Fame.

I was going to comment on that. Jackie Slater was probably the best lineman back then and he made him look foolish. Joe Jacoby and mark May are two of the greatest Washington hogs ever and he made them look like high schoolers

ALL his game film is unwordly. Every play is him making some HOF , ALL PRO & PRO BOWLER look stupid. Even his INT highlights are against a who's who of Canton & all supremely clutch. GOAT NFL player

@@peteasarisi2536 you are totally correct and people have the nerve to say Brady is the best football player, it's ridiculous

True. When people compare Ray Lewis to Lawrence Taylor....I LAUGH! Ray Lewis NEVER took on blocks like Taylor did.....NEVER. Ray Lewis needed big defensive tackles to absorb double teams so Lewis could flow to the ball. Belichick had schemes on 3rd Down where he would only rush 3 men where Lawrence Taylor played as a down lineman in a two-point stance. Ray NEEDED additional help to do his job. Belichick TOOK MEN AWAY from the defensive line, inserted Lawrence Taylor to rush the QB through double and triple teams and STILL get to the QB. Lawrence Taylor had no peer.

Bad diggity dizzle

I guess uniform manufacturers didn't make QBs' jobs easier with those baggy jerseys.

Looks like he runs a 4.4

@@zarateciddkast9329 he ran a 4.5 and had the strength of a defensive lineman.

Patrick Nash you lucky dawg, you got to see the master ply his trade in person! Never will we see anything like this man again

hexonatapeloop I would like to see him play against Tarkenton, Staubach, and Brady.

...........and Lawrence Taylor did that when he was in his second season with a knee injury. He didn't even START that game vs the Lions.

😂😂😂😂they would build cemeteries right outside the stadium. Dude I am cracking up.😂😂😂😂

Damn straight. NO question he's the best in Nfl history. Atl.com

Don't sleep. Lawrence Taylor played defensive end at North Carolina. Belichick would have LT line up at defensive end with 2 down linemen and have him rush the passer. He destroyed offensive backfields.

He was a beast :)

Jerry Rice is up there too. But nobody like LT....

Sam Riffle Interesting you say that. Bill Simmons, the former writer for ESPN who created Grantland, stated the 2 most freakish football players in terms of physical ability, he saw in person was Lawrence Taylor and Bo Jackson.

hgspiderman56 I wish that I was alive at the time to see both of them play, they were such amazing athletes

+Sam Riffle I read about how Bo got picked up by the Raiders and openly wondered if George Young (the Giants GM at the time) had the foresight to draft Bo that year ahead of the Raiders. Imagine the Giants for the next 5 yrs with LT on D and Bo on the O. Frightening.

...and no salary cap...lol

Yup, LT was able to contain Randall pretty well. If you want to see more LT vs Cunningham highlights go to my channel and click the vid titled "Lawrence Taylor Highlights - Forced Fumbles". You'll find several clips of Taylor catching Cunningham from behind and forcing a fumble. Cheers!

LT would be more effective against a mobile QB.

However with all the rules changes L.T would not be able to play with the same ferocity. The intimidation factor alone was always a factor when he stepped on the field. I still haven't seen any other player like him.

Daniel Lockhart Which new rules would he be breaking?

+Iamhungey 12345 I don't think the rules on helmet to helmet would affect him- that's not how he tackled, quite the opposite. The uncanny thing was the way he could dive under a blocker and grab a running back's ankles. The intimidation factor came from just being bloody good at what he did and knowing he was going to make you lose the game, not from him playing dirty. He broke Joe Theismann's leg but that was kind of from an unlucky landing if you watch the video.

No argument he is the greatest football player ever

Damn you named all the greats and I agree with you.

Mike McCourt...good point. Lawrence Taylor never played with a top-notch backfield. Mark Haynes (1982, 1984 First Team All-Pro; 1983 Second Team All-Pro) and Mark Collins (1989 First Team All-Pro) were the only members of the NY Giant defensive backfield that achieved All-Pro honors. Unlike Derrick Thomas who played with Albert Lewis, Kevin Ross, and James Hasty. Lewis and Ross are considered a NFL historical top ten Cornerback duo.

My brother was double team the whole time guys in not taking anything from LT but Marshall was back there all the time 83.5 sacks

Leonard marshall was under rated- - offenses couldnt double team taylor and marshall-

GOAT football player