The Blind Side Lawrence Taylor
He is also featured in the opening scene.
The blind side lawrence taylor. Like said in the move vaguely lawrence taylor hit qbs so hard that nfl team needed top left tackles to protect the quarterback s blind side. Why is the movie called the blind side. But what many fans don t know is that the movie got much of its inspiration from a book called the blind side.
During the november 18 1985 telecast of monday night football viewers watched in shock as the new york giants lawrence taylor delivered a career ending sack on the washington redskins quarterback joe theismann opening scene of the blind side may be too graphic for younger viewers and the squeamish. As diagrammed with the joe theismann lawrence taylor footage at the beginning of the movie see below michael oher s position on the football field is left tackle. Taylor broke theismann s leg essentially pinning it to the ground.
The blind side photos. And has been from the time that he walked onto the field as a rookie. The lawrence taylor hit on joe theismann happened november 18 1985 during a monday night football game between the giants and redskins.
Evolution of the game written by michael lewis. The blind side 2009 trivia. That night taylor tackled theismann from his blind side ending theismann s football career.
Showing all 43 items. View all photos 50. Taylor s sack of joe theismann ended theismann s impressive nfl career and furthermore proved to an entire generation of coaches and team managers that it paid to have strong defense for a quarterback s blind side.
Four mississippi lawrence taylor is the best defensive player in the nfl. The movie credits lawrence taylor of the new york giants for creating a shift in offensive football strategy where teams started to choose large heavy players to fill the position of left tackle and protect the blind side of right handed quarterbacks. This book depicts the early lives and careers of michael oher and lawrence taylor two of the most popular and successful football players in the business.
