Lawrence Taylor
The Disruptor
Contrarian and drawn to the edge; challenges the settled answer.
Lawrence Taylor is The Disruptor in its purest football form, a player who forced the entire NFL to adapt around him rather than the reverse. He invented strip-sack technique, defied coaching direction, and bent defensive frameworks to his instincts while still winning inside them.
“I invented the stripping the ball because I said, if I'm going to tackle you, you still got another play. But if I tackle you and I stripped that ball, guess what, it ain't George no more.”
“You can trade me, you can cut me, you can put John Scorpan back at linebacker. I don't care. But you've got to stay off my ass because I can't work like that.”
“Only person I don't know what the hell is going is me. Because I want to do what I wanted, what I feel. But I gotta stay within the framework of the defense.”
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