NBC chose a registered sex offender to star in their Thanksgiving NFL promo

MSN ^ | November 20, 2017 | Tanya Ray Fox

[Leaning Right]

As a person in the world in 2017, there are many things about Lawrence Taylor that you need to know. The first is that he was arrested in May of 2010 and charged with the solicitation and rape of a 16-year-old runaway who was brought to his hotel room against her will. The age of consent in the state of New York is 17.

According to the police report at the time, the girl known as "C.F." in court had been provided a place to stay by Rasheed Davis, who served 14 years in prison for first-degree manslaughter before getting paroled in 2008. The report says that when she refused, Davis punched and kicked her and then Taylor sexually assaulted her.

[Fair Paul]

I was at his restaurant in Alexandria, VA a few years ago and they had Broken Leg Lager on tap. The tap handle was bent at a ninety degree angle, so I think he has come to terms with it.

[Alberta's Child]

He’s an A-hole but he’s certainly not “overrated.” He was probably the most dominant defensive player in the NFL in my lifetime.

[spintreebob]

So LT caused Michael who caused Blind Side which caused awards to Sandra B. A chain reaction?

[Popman]

The Theisman injury is the reason left offensive tackles are some of the most sought after and well paid positions.

Also that injury changed the way the league trys and protect the QB...

Depending on which QB (elite) the defense can hardly touch them.

[Popman]

The Theisman injury is the reason left offensive tackles are some of the most sort after and well paid positions.

Also that injury changed the way the league trys and protect the QB...

Depending on which QB (elite) you can hardly touch them.

[Alberta's Child]

1. Teams had already been treating the left OT position as a top priority long before then. Anthony Munoz -- perhaps the greatest left offensive tackle of all time -- had a career that pretty closely coincided with Taylor's from the early 1980s. And one of the top players in the USFL who was drafted by the NFL in the first USFL supplemental draft in 1983 was left OT Gary Zimmerman -- who was a dominant player for the Vikings and Broncos for years.

2. The biggest impact LT had on the NFL was that he was solely responsible for the development of the one-back, 2-TE offense. Joe Gibbs put it in place for the Redskins in the early 1980s because he figured that the best way to deal with LT was to eliminate the idea of a "weak side" and make sure both offensive tackles always had a tight end next to them to help block LT.

[7thson]

Some things people are forgetting. In 85, the Redskins were struggling with Theisman at the helm. It was clearly evident he lost his arm. After the injury, Jay Shcroeder came in and won that game. Then they won 5 out of their last 6 and just missed being a wild card. Theisman getting injured was actually the best thing that happened to the Skins that season and for the reminder of Joe Gibbs first tenure there. Also, after that, Gibbs went out and obtained a fantastic left tackle - Jim Lachey - from the Raiders. A few years later when the Skins won their last Super Bowl, Rypien was sacked only 7/8 times the whole season.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Taylor also bragged about his cocaine use during his NFL career and how he hid it from the league.