And at 240 lbs, he could have legit played all 3. Even DE. Fred Dean was only 230, and Jack Youngblood only a little heavier at 245. Both fellow HOFers.
How can a man play such a ferocious and relentless style and never get called for a dirty or late hit? Watch LT hit QB's from behind. Never did he go out of his way to hurt them, NEVER!. Everything he did he did better then all the rest.
I never cease to marvel at the athletic genius of the man. It's as if the rest of the field is in slow motion. Instinctive and the best defensive player in the history of the sport......by a country mile
Super-human. I watched his whole career, I saw just about every game he played and I am still in awe when I see these plays, I'm still shaking my head thinking, "How is this possible?" G.O.A.T.
I''m glad this was posted b/c all the other LT tribute vids show almost exclusively QB sacks. The thing that impressed me even more w/LT was his ability to rush the passer and switch courses in midstream and make the tackle on the ball carrier. Nobody else has ever been able to do that anywhere near as well as LT.
Notice his tackling form is spotless. He does shoulder a guy he goes right through him. He lays the hammer down and his instincts and speed and drive are super-human. Anytime someone wants to compare any defensive player to LT they should be forced to watch this highlight reel as they must have forgotten.
What I noticed in all of the hits he made. The receivers that dropped the ball were never waving their hands at the ref or crying or whining for PI. This was when football was raw and fantastic. Now I'm stuck with Goodell and his No Fun League.
The greatest defensive player in the history of the game, hands down. The only defensive player that could dominate at all three levels, pass rush, run defense and pass defense, nobody has done that.
Some of these plays seem to defy the laws of physics, and are downright impossible for any other player. How many NFL players could pressure the passer at the start of a play, then make the tackle on a completed pass 15-20 yards away at the end of the same play? On some of these plays it looks like the Giants have 12 guys on the field because Taylor pretty much plays two different positions: pass-rushing end for 3-5 seconds, then strong safety for the next 3-5 seconds. Unbelievable.
Daniel Kelegian Yes! Line of scrimmage is the giants 40. He rushes the passer, ending up at the Giants 48, and makes the tackle after the completed pass at the Giants 22 yard line. Are you kidding me?
One thing I notice: when LT tackled guys they didn't go ANY further than where he hit them. Amazing. A consummate finisher of plays who didn't understand the word "quit".
Yeah his biggest highlights of course are his sacks and pass rushing but he was also excellent in pass coverage and run coverage. He had the ability to run down screen plays and off tackle runs away from him from behind.
This should also be an instructional video on how to "tackle." LT never played looking to "light guys up." He tried to take the ball carrier to the ground. He never launched himself with his head down, his arms close to his chest while aiming high and trying to remain on his feet while the ball carrier or receiver was layed out. He kept his head up and aimed it across the body, wrapped his arms and let his body weight drag the guy to the ground. He almost ALWAYS ended up on the ground along with the player he tackled. 1:001:502:052:424:335:026:357:328:169:259:329:3810:15
Beast !!! Rushing from the inside , rushing from the outside , on coverage ... LT was everywhere ! They would even line him up at the cornerback position at times ! Teams had to change their whole game plan because of him ! I watched his whole career and he is hands down , the best defensive football player of all time and arguably the best football player of all time ...
Huge thanks for putting together and posting this and your other terrific LT videos. It's great to be able to watch these highlights of this astonishing football player.
***** It's my pleasure (you did all the great work---I'm just enjoying it!). . And, I love the brief commentaries you end some of your LT videos with. They are truly fitting.
@@johnsmith3091 mr.smith,lt made an unbelievable play against the eagles in 1982.he had hos white jersey on and was going left to right.he caught wilbert montgomery from behind in pursuit.he ran like 35 yards.the thing is pat summerrall said whittington made the play.it was lt,only player in the league that could have made that play.any way you could get that play on youtube?
@@johnsmith3091, first, thank you again for your work. Thanks to you Taylor’s true forced fumble record has been updated. And not just the career total, you broke it down by season. Is there any chance you have enough video to assess his career tackle totals?
The JJ Watt fanatics who want to put him ahead of LT as the GOAT need to watch all these LT highlight videos and educate themselves. You couldn't possibly be a better player than Taylor. Perfect tackler, fast as a wide receiver, quick as a scatback, a brick wall coming at you at 20mph. Anyone who remembers the game tecmo bowl remembers you could just use Taylor and no matter which way the other team ran or threw you could make the tackle with LT. Seemed ridiculous until u realize he did it in real life.
I'll go further than that with LT on tecmo bowl you could block FGs with him too that's how fast he was. No one ever defensively could be ahead of him until Watt wins a mvp award then everyone needs to stfu. LT is still the only defensive player to win the award.
***** LT is the second defensive player to win it. Alan Page was the first in 1971. Also yes,the Watt fanatics need to chill. Let Watt do what he does for 10-12 years and THEN we can talk. Till then STFU.
The most complete defensive player the game has ever seen. Freakish strength backed with speed. He knew when to rush or drop back in coverage. He didn't stop till the whistle was blown. You can see in the video how many times he would come from opposite side of the field. Read his opponent beautifully. His tackles were clean and hard always laying the hammer down to strip the ball as he wrapped the guys up. To think they had to always double team him on the rush losing the end and the TE every time and that only worked a little. Think I just convinced myself he is possibly the best player across the board all time. LT LT LT LT LT
I am struck by the strength and athleticism of LT. He would grab running backs with a single hand and fling them as if they were paper weights. He was fast, as fast as many backs and receivers, and hit with tremendous force. LT was a Swiss army knife linebacker, he could rush the QB, with the best of them, he could and did play the run tremendously, running down backs on the complete opposite side of the filed that he was lined up on, and he was excellent in pass coverage. You didn't have to concern yourself with tight-end coverage miss-matches with LT on the field. Truly, one of the greatest to ever play
Somewhere there's a video where the the QB throws a short pass to the receiver, but the receiver intentionally drops it because LT was about to rip his head off. I love that clip. If someone could find it, that'd be awesome! I'd wait to see if it's in this video but I only made it 7 minutes in
BTW, LT was picked 2ND in the first round of the 1981 draft. When George Rogers was picked first, the late George Young did cartwheels, at least that's the story. *HAHA
3:31, that's the signature play of a sellout. He was the greatest defender I've ever seen. 12 yards upfield and has the vision to eye a RB 10 yards behind him as he looks at Montana and still gets there in time to make sure the pass wasn't caught.
I hope those stupid ass writers who said that he was just a good pass rusher see this video, awesome player! Best defensive player ever, with Dick Butkus and Ronnie Lott being close behind
dick carr......I think Lott doesn't get enough shine for his play due to coming into the league in the same draft with Lawrence Taylor. I can't name another cornerback who transitioned as well Lott to a hard-hitting safety other than Rod Woodson. Lott was essentially Deion Sanders who could lay guys out. Lott actually has more career interceptions than Sanders. Incredible.
@@byrongammonbyrongammon9937 Also people tends to hold his lack of DPOTY award against him, ignoring that it's hard to win the award when you're playing in the era where LT and Singletary were gobbling literally half a decade supply of them.
Good Lord, @3:33....Lawrence Taylor rushes upfield...engaged with a blocker...then reverses course.....to disrupt the pass to RB Roger Craig out of the backfield.....his position should be MD.....’Mad Dog’.
***** Been a die hard fan since I was six (1978). The first football game I ever watched was the Miracle at the Meadowlands, LOL!!. Although I lived five minutes from Shea, the Giants are my team because of that game and the fact that my family had season tickets to the NY Cosmos from 1977-1982 at Giant Stadium, so the Giants became my team. Funny how things work. Love the videos BTW.
11:29 is the definition of having an endless motor. Play that to high school players as an example of playing intensity. That was like a hunting dog going after a rabbit....
Keith Falconer.....I'd rate him above Jordan. He played without the ball and damn near dominated games. He forced both opposing coaches and his own coaches to count for what he could do on the football field. He had no weaknesses to his game. Tough to name another player who wasn't a QB or a RB that could take over a game.
Seriously and ever notice how some of them does so just so they can pump up their own LB? Steelers fans especially from what I had encountered as well as Ray Lewis fans though that can be chalked up to them being prisoners of the moment since it had somewhat died down after 2013. Then there's the Derrick Thomas fan boys.
That's the way you play outside backer! Let the will backer get after it! stop trying to drop him off in coverage! Let him go get the QB! GO LT the greatest defender of all time.
Dude played strong safety, linebacker, and defensive end all in one play
And at 240 lbs, he could have legit played all 3. Even DE. Fred Dean was only 230, and Jack Youngblood only a little heavier at 245. Both fellow HOFers.
Bill Bellichek said LT could have played every position on the defense apart from *maybe* cornerback. Bellichek was dead serious when he said it.
How can a man play such a ferocious and relentless style and never get called for a dirty or late hit? Watch LT hit QB's from behind. Never did he go out of his way to hurt them, NEVER!. Everything he did he did better then all the rest.
I never cease to marvel at the athletic genius of the man. It's as if the rest of the field is in slow motion. Instinctive and the best defensive player in the history of the sport......by a country mile
Love ya
Simply put....the greatest defensive player that has ever played the game!!
Tack on the Greatest Open field tackler of all time!!
You're so right, the greatest defensive player ever
+Peter Antoinette : I think he was the greatest player that has ever played the game!!!
Peter Antoinette it's not even close; he wins hands down!
NO! The greatest FOOTBALL PLAYER of all time. Period.
An amazing player. I don’t know if we’ll ever see anyone this great again. I’ve seen a lot of players and there has never been anyone like him.
Super-human. I watched his whole career, I saw just about every game he played and I am still in awe when I see these plays, I'm still shaking my head thinking, "How is this possible?" G.O.A.T.
Also a great teamate never showed anyone up or played dirty only can wonder what he could have done if he had taken care of his body
@A A I think cocaine had a lot to do with his performance. But he was still the greatest.
@@LazlosPlane bullshit!!!!
@@peterpellechia5985 Which part of my response did you direct your beautifully phrased objection?
I''m glad this was posted b/c all the other LT tribute vids show almost exclusively QB sacks. The thing that impressed me even more w/LT was his ability to rush the passer and switch courses in midstream and make the tackle on the ball carrier. Nobody else has ever been able to do that anywhere near as well as LT.
TheJMSESQ Khalil Mack
@@onthaticeburg_ess6542 Take your L.
LT, Summerall and Madden...the 80's were awesome
totally agree
G.O.A.T.🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
So privileged to have witnessed this era of pro football. Further priveleged to have been a Giants fan.
Being a Giants fan and being lucky enough to be able watch this man play was an amazing experience. I loved every play.
The definition of a "nose for the ball", and the best example of "closing speed"
I've been watching the NFL for near 6 decades and Lawrence Taylor is the most dominant player I've ever seen!
How good was LT when he dropped in coverage? Could cover as good as a pro bowler middle linebacker?
Notice his tackling form is spotless. He does shoulder a guy he goes right through him. He lays the hammer down and his instincts and speed and drive are super-human. Anytime someone wants to compare any defensive player to LT they should be forced to watch this highlight reel as they must have forgotten.
What I noticed in all of the hits he made. The receivers that dropped the ball were never waving their hands at the ref or crying or whining for PI. This was when football was raw and fantastic. Now I'm stuck with Goodell and his No Fun League.
9089darklord stfu
@@onthaticeburg_ess6542 After you kid.
The greatest defensive player in the history of the game, hands down. The only defensive player that could dominate at all three levels, pass rush, run defense and pass defense, nobody has done that.
Look how fast he changes direction, shifts his angle, adjusts his speed. He’s INCREDIBLE.
He was like a heat seeking missile out there.
He actually played the majority of his snaps in coverage. He got a lot of sacks because he was very efficient at rushing the passer.
Some of these plays seem to defy the laws of physics, and are downright impossible for any other player. How many NFL players could pressure the passer at the start of a play, then make the tackle on a completed pass 15-20 yards away at the end of the same play?
On some of these plays it looks like the Giants have 12 guys on the field because Taylor pretty much plays two different positions: pass-rushing end for 3-5 seconds, then strong safety for the next 3-5 seconds.
Unbelievable.
11:42 This play typifies LT.
Daniel Kelegian Yes! Line of scrimmage is the giants 40. He rushes the passer, ending up at the Giants 48, and makes the tackle after the completed pass at the Giants 22 yard line. Are you kidding me?
VICTOR BUONOCORE The guy was from another planet.
He was the absolute best. He had God with him. Something showed him where the ball would always be and he was there. INSANE!
Harold Morant honestly....idk
One thing I notice: when LT tackled guys they didn't go ANY further than where he hit them. Amazing. A consummate finisher of plays who didn't understand the word "quit".
LT just isn't the greatest outside linebacker of all time but he's the greatest defensive player period of all time.
How about greatest PLAYER of all-time? I think so.
Joseph Ciolino He is the best PLAYER ever!
And people have the nerve to say Brady smh
Joseph Ciolino no
@@onthaticeburg_ess6542 who is then
Cocaine!
And the myth of Lawrence Taylor being "just a pass rusher" is crushed.
oh anyone who thinks that is a fool- but of course he was magnificent pass rusher, and tackler and in pass defense; by far the best all round
Yeah his biggest highlights of course are his sacks and pass rushing but he was also excellent in pass coverage and run coverage. He had the ability to run down screen plays and off tackle runs away from him from behind.
Xavier Vega he is just a pass rusher
mizofan no
Jack Andersen he’s a DE
Greatest football player ever that's it no questions about it
Keith Gillespie fuck no he sucks
@@onthaticeburg_ess6542 And you're a fucking idiot.
THE GREATEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER EVER.
Not even a debate. What a freak.
I love the film, i was born in 1993 so this is a GREAT upload.
MaccoroniTony Appreciate it. Thanks for watching.
That pick-six at the end of the highlights was probably the most excited the late great Pat Summerall ever sounded.
I'm a die hard cowboys fan and still I watched the Giants because of Lawrence Taylor! Greatness!!!!
The perfect blend of amazing football intuition, athleticism and every down effort.
This should also be an instructional video on how to "tackle." LT never played looking to "light guys up." He tried to take the ball carrier to the ground. He never launched himself with his head down, his arms close to his chest while aiming high and trying to remain on his feet while the ball carrier or receiver was layed out. He kept his head up and aimed it across the body, wrapped his arms and let his body weight drag the guy to the ground. He almost ALWAYS ended up on the ground along with the player he tackled. 1:00 1:50 2:05 2:42 4:33 5:02 6:35 7:32 8:16 9:25 9:32 9:38 10:15
True, but he STILL lit guys up while maintaining perfect form. Greatest tackler of all time IMO.
Chris Jones L
@@onthaticeburg_ess6542 Only one with a L is you kid.
Never ever a cheap shot.
Best I ever seen in 40years watching Blue football
Pass D, Rush D, Pass Rush, Special Teams, this guy was just a straight up menace.
97 yard interception return for a TD ... LT best who ever played the game
after he caused 2 TOs earlier in the half
I watched that game live. I've never seen anyone that big run as fast as LT on that play. He had the speed and hands to be a TE or safety.
Beast !!! Rushing from the inside , rushing from the outside , on coverage ... LT was everywhere ! They would even line him up at the cornerback position at times ! Teams had to change their whole game plan because of him ! I watched his whole career and he is hands down , the best defensive football player of all time and arguably the best football player of all time ...
The Greatest football player Ever. Period........
No one comes close to LT because he single handedly got rid of the fullback position in football.
As long as he was on the field, he was never out of the play.
greatest ever L.T. was the most complete linebacker ever
Huge thanks for putting together and posting this and your other terrific LT videos. It's great to be able to watch these highlights of this astonishing football player.
bruceschaffer101 You're welcome. Glad you like the vids and thanks for watching
***** It's my pleasure (you did all the great work---I'm just enjoying it!). . And, I love the brief commentaries you end some of your LT videos with. They are truly fitting.
@@johnsmith3091 mr.smith,lt made an unbelievable play against the eagles in 1982.he had hos white jersey on and was going left to right.he caught wilbert montgomery from behind in pursuit.he ran like 35 yards.the thing is pat summerrall said whittington made the play.it was lt,only player in the league that could have made that play.any way you could get that play on youtube?
@@johnsmith3091, first, thank you again for your work. Thanks to you Taylor’s true forced fumble record has been updated. And not just the career total, you broke it down by season. Is there any chance you have enough video to assess his career tackle totals?
Man! Thank you so much for these videos. Thet bring back so many a vivid memories.
The JJ Watt fanatics who want to put him ahead of LT as the GOAT need to watch all these LT highlight videos and educate themselves. You couldn't possibly be a better player than Taylor. Perfect tackler, fast as a wide receiver, quick as a scatback, a brick wall coming at you at 20mph. Anyone who remembers the game tecmo bowl remembers you could just use Taylor and no matter which way the other team ran or threw you could make the tackle with LT. Seemed ridiculous until u realize he did it in real life.
I'll go further than that with LT on tecmo bowl you could block FGs with him too that's how fast he was. No one ever defensively could be ahead of him until Watt wins a mvp award then everyone needs to stfu. LT is still the only defensive player to win the award.
***** LT is the second defensive player to win it. Alan Page was the first in 1971. Also yes,the Watt fanatics need to chill. Let Watt do what he does for 10-12 years and THEN we can talk. Till then STFU.
Really!? WOW never knew that interesting fact thanks for that!!
same shit i was saying bro
iFreeze nowadays they won’t let a defensive player win dumbass
This is where I’m most impressed with LT. you couldn’t bait him on screens, drag routes, and slants. He blew up those plays.
Elite Talent combined with Elite Effort and intensity and consistency = LT
Never before, and never again. Blessed to be a Giants fan in 1981. The greatest player in the NFL.
Now I know why Belichek loves him so much. I never realised how much he dropped into coverage, and how good he was doing it.
Scary good. Maybe the single most devastating defensive player to play.
The most complete defensive player the game has ever seen. Freakish strength backed with speed. He knew when to rush or drop back in coverage. He didn't stop till the whistle was blown. You can see in the video how many times he would come from opposite side of the field. Read his opponent beautifully. His tackles were clean and hard always laying the hammer down to strip the ball as he wrapped the guys up. To think they had to always double team him on the rush losing the end and the TE every time and that only worked a little. Think I just convinced myself he is possibly the best player across the board all time. LT LT LT LT LT
Every game he ever played was a highlight reel!
I am struck by the strength and athleticism of LT. He would grab running backs with a single hand and fling them as if they were paper weights. He was fast, as fast as many backs and receivers, and hit with tremendous force. LT was a Swiss army knife linebacker, he could rush the QB, with the best of them, he could and did play the run tremendously, running down backs on the complete opposite side of the filed that he was lined up on, and he was excellent in pass coverage. You didn't have to concern yourself with tight-end coverage miss-matches with LT on the field. Truly, one of the greatest to ever play
This brings back so many great memories 😎. Yes 56#. Always a giant 🏈🏈🏈. I love the ints against those cowgirls 🤠
Amazing ! Glad to see him play in my lifetime .
Bill Belicek, his position coach with the giants, said he was so good in coverage that he would have made the hall of fame as a safety, as well 👍
Best player ever.
This should be an instructional video on how LB's should play pass defense!!
It probably is,in New England
4:50 is so crazy he was off the screen for half a second and then he comes right back in with a nice tackle unreal speed
Yeah, people actually think all he did was blitz every play. That's silly, he could do it all so it makes him even more dangerous on blitzes.
LT BEST EVER
I'm glad I came up in the Lawrence Taylor era. Greatness!
The last play. A young LT was CB fast in a OLB body. Jeez!!!
simply wow.
If Taylor played TE he would have been a hall of famer
Rick W As well as defensive end.
Need hands and blocking abilities to do tight end.
@@michaelbelfer1069 or strong safety.
His all around game have been underrated by people who kept pushing false narratives of him being just a pass rusher.
Best defensive player of all time, and he probably could have played on offense, too.
I heard John Madden call rookie Lawrence Taylor the greatest defensive player of all time!
This was really good this shows that this guy was not just a good pass a rusher
A lot great line man simple do not or lack on the the speed and agility of LT. He was simple the best.
Belichek had LT do everything. The only NFL player I’ve ever seen with no weaknesses in his games. None
Bellichek said LT could legitimately play every position apart from *maybe* cornerback. He was dead serious when he said it.
LT goes 156% at all times!
incredible.
Randall McDaniel looking at Taylor on that screen and thinking ‘nah, I’ll block someone else.’
McDaniel is no slouch.. Twelve time pro bowler, nine all pros to his resume. And he went “nah” on Taylor.
Every tackle he makes is perfect. Zero dirty hits. Taylor & Banks = Jordan & Pippen.
Man, how did we ever watch live FB back then. No scores, no game update, camera slow and angles are crazy. It’s crazy.
Somewhere there's a video where the the QB throws a short pass to the receiver, but the receiver intentionally drops it because LT was about to rip his head off. I love that clip. If someone could find it, that'd be awesome!
I'd wait to see if it's in this video but I only made it 7 minutes in
BTW, LT was picked 2ND in the first round of the 1981 draft. When George Rogers was picked first, the late George Young did cartwheels, at least that's the story. *HAHA
Also notice how Taylor wraps people up when he tackles thats how you do it of course it helps when you can hit like a freight train
GREATEST DEFENDER OF ALL TIME.
3:31, that's the signature play of a sellout. He was the greatest defender I've ever seen. 12 yards upfield and has the vision to eye a RB 10 yards behind him as he looks at Montana and still gets there in time to make sure the pass wasn't caught.
Toney and Byars..what a backfield!!!!
I hope those stupid ass writers who said that he was just a good pass rusher see this video, awesome player! Best defensive player ever, with Dick Butkus and Ronnie Lott being close behind
dick carr......I think Lott doesn't get enough shine for his play due to coming into the league in the same draft with Lawrence Taylor. I can't name another cornerback who transitioned as well Lott to a hard-hitting safety other than Rod Woodson. Lott was essentially Deion Sanders who could lay guys out. Lott actually has more career interceptions than Sanders. Incredible.
@@byrongammonbyrongammon9937 Also people tends to hold his lack of DPOTY award against him, ignoring that it's hard to win the award when you're playing in the era where LT and Singletary were gobbling literally half a decade supply of them.
Once LT squared his body to his target, the target was down within a yard of the hit
The GOAT...🐐🐐🐐
Good Lord, @3:33....Lawrence Taylor rushes upfield...engaged with a blocker...then reverses course.....to disrupt the pass to RB Roger Craig out of the backfield.....his position should be MD.....’Mad Dog’.
2:50 Ruptures his achilles Tendon
Daniel Kelegian You are correct. I'm impressed. You know your Giants history.
***** Been a die hard fan since I was six (1978). The first football game I ever watched was the Miracle at the Meadowlands, LOL!!. Although I lived five minutes from Shea, the Giants are my team because of that game and the fact that my family had season tickets to the NY Cosmos from 1977-1982 at Giant Stadium, so the Giants became my team. Funny how things work. Love the videos BTW.
11:29 is the definition of having an endless motor. Play that to high school players as an example of playing intensity. That was like a hunting dog going after a rabbit....
Great commentating as well. Too many guys love to hear themselves talk nowadays and ruins many games.
I think if Lawrence Taylor hit me, I would be dead. Signed, a pretty tough guy.
Unreal how he could break off a block and chase down a runner on a screen!!!
hes like the Terminator in that first play
Best ever!!
Notice the Cardinals' interception at 7:14.
It needed a future Giants Superbowl MVP to stop him scoring another TD.
(Those were the days.)
Lawrence Taylor is the real Catcher Freeman!
A giant among men.
12:20 One look at LT and #64 says “fuck that, I’m not blocking that guy” 😂😂😂
Do you have a video of all of LT's interceptions?
He's # 2 in sports after Michael Jordan as far as being a very talented overachiever.... and best in NFL history by far
Keith Falconer.....I'd rate him above Jordan. He played without the ball and damn near dominated games. He forced both opposing coaches and his own coaches to count for what he could do on the football field. He had no weaknesses to his game. Tough to name another player who wasn't a QB or a RB that could take over a game.
And he didnt get preferential treatment by officials like jordan did!
LT’s football IQ is severely disrespected
No one, and I mean no one, can read a play faster than Lawrence Taylor.
Seriously and ever notice how some of them does so just so they can pump up their own LB? Steelers fans especially from what I had encountered as well as Ray Lewis fans though that can be chalked up to them being prisoners of the moment since it had somewhat died down after 2013.
Then there's the Derrick Thomas fan boys.
In f****** credible!
That's the way you play outside backer! Let the will backer get after it! stop trying to drop him off in coverage! Let him go get the QB! GO LT the greatest defender of all time.
OLB's are essentially CB/DE hybrid LBs, they have to be insane
Yup!
holy moly
There’s only one LT. That other rb should be ashamed to let others call him that
I refer to him as LDT.
G.O.A.T.