If Lawrence Taylor sounded a bit taken aback this week when the dominator he used to be was compared to one of today's players, he had a good reason: NFL coaches rarely liken a fifth-year pass-rusher to the man widely regarded as the greatest defensive player of all time.
Especially NFL coaches with the credibility of Bill Belichick, who treasures his time as an assistant with Taylor's New York Giants. So when Belichick compared J.J. Watt to the outside linebacker he coached for 10 years, it made news. And that news prompted a call to Taylor, who offered up the qualifier that he doesn't slip on his ol' No.