Jumbo Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Originally posted by Oldskool Both were monsters in their own positions. You cant compare them to one another. Both were awesome to see play. Agreed Oldskool. In my mememory the stand out thing about LT was how he was a force beyong reckoning for so long in such relaibly consistent fashion. He didn't have much of that "good games/not-so good games" thing that many other "stars" have. And his area of dominace invloved dealing with the biggest, strongest, toughtest guys on a team. What I remember about Lott was of course his mad-dog hitting style and the actual FEAR many receivers would openly admit to having about catching in front of him. In the NFL, the men who play will often acknowledge the talent of a super opponent but they rarley say things like they just get "plain shaky" about the idea of facing them. And, correct me if I'm wrong and confusing this with Jack Tatum but I rememer how before they made a rule against it he would put stick-um on his gloves to help grab jersey's and INT's. The other thing that will always be in my mind is that wild-eyed stance he'd go into, with his knees bent in a crouch, facing straight ahead, and his arms out wide to his sides with his hands twiching madly like they couldn't wait to grab something, and his head shaking, helmet and all, like he was on the verge of a siezure. F'in scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleSteve Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Originally posted by yank Going back some more, I have seen Big Daddy Lipscomb, Dick Night Train Lane, Mike Curtis, Ted Hendricks, Bubba Smith (yes, I'm a reformed Colts fan) Jack Lambert, Rat Nitschke and even our own Sam Huff lay some major wood .. But yes, you picked probably the best two, Butkus and Jones, who could be mentioned with LT and Lott. I wouldn't slight Chuck Bednarick either. When he played center, the defense got out of his way. When he played MLB, he killed people. The best, most devestating tackle in NFL history is still considered to be Bednarick's hit and tackle on Frank Gifford of the Giants. Gifford missed the rest of the season and spent the entire next season recovering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooney Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 LT was easily the baddest motherf....... to ever play defense. The only player even close since is Ray Lewis. His early battles with Joe Jacoby were classic. Someone said earlier that he forced Coach Gibbs to completely alter his offense, which was true. No one man could handle him. Without LT, Parcells probably would have been fired early in his career.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJCrash34 Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Gotta go with LT. Growing up in Jersey he was all you heard about in the late 80's - early 90's when Parcells was with the Giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECU-ALUM Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 No way to really tell the 2 apart each one basically re-defined their positons. :point2sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neophyte Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 I voted for LT. I don't think Lott was even the most fearsome hitting the secondary every, much less the whole defense. For secondary players who really scared guys I look at Dick "Night Train" Lane or Mel Blount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chosen Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 I've always been curious about Night Train Lane and seen a few clips of him clotheslining wide receivers. Does anyone remember Night Train playing, and care to elaborate on what he was like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilberMarshall Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 In any era.... Jack Tatum Dick Butkus Deacon Jones Ronnie Lott and Lawrence Taylor.... Ask people about these guys... a lot of them thought they were demented (even on drugs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKINtil8tin Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Lawrence Taylor delivered devastating hits that put the fear in his opponents and changed the game forever. He once turned me down for an autograph when I was 12yrs old. It's because he was eating. Wow! What a chump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DaysLatr Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Talyor without question over Lott, but if you were to make a truly awsome pole for this category you'd want the following: Chuch Bednarik Dick Butkus Ray Nitshke Lawrence Taylor Deacon Jones Tombstone Jackson There's a friggin pole of intimidation right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerm Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 I would say LT. IMO he is the second best D player of all time (R. White). However, with the strict drug testing today I would take Lott over LT. Back then... it would be LT by far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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