Arrr! Mighty Lawrence Taylor be spillin' the beans on what kept him from tossin’ the pigskin overboard!
2025-02-15
Arrr, me hearties! Lawrence Taylor, the mighty legend of the New York Giants, nearly tossed his football dreams overboard in high school! He spilled the beans on OutKick’s “Maintaining with Tyrus”—tune in Sunday at the crack of dawn, or ye be walkin’ the plank!
Ahoy there, matey! Gather 'round and lend yer ears to the tale of one Lawrence Taylor, a fierce defender of the gridiron, nearly tossin' his hat into the sea of quitters during his high school days! Aye, 'twas his father, a stern captain o' the family ship, who wouldn’t let him scuttle off from the sport.In a jolly chat with the swashbucklin’ Tyrus, the legendary Taylor, now 66 years young, recounted how he almost bid farewell to the game. “I thought it be too much,” he said, but his father’s words echoed like cannon fire, “Ye shan't quit, lad!” With that, Taylor set sail on a course to fame, eager to best all scallywags that dared face him.
With a glorious career as a New York Giant, he hoisted the Super Bowl trophy not once, but twice! That fabled season of 1986 saw him snatch the NFL MVP crown, a rare treasure for a defender, tallyin’ a whopping 20½ sacks! “I be after the football, wherever it sails!” he declared, makin’ a mockery of the landlubber coaches’ rigid plays.
So, raise yer tankards to Taylor, a true pirate of the NFL seas, with 142 sacks in 184 battles, a ten-time Pro Bowler, and a legend fer all time! Arrr!