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Giants’ Markus Golden has chance to join Lawrence Taylor in history books

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Markus Golden is an expert on crunching a quarterback with a hit to take away his breath.

Some numbers-crunching of Giants history takes Golden’s breath away.

Golden needs just one sack in the final two games to become the first Giants linebacker with 10 in a season since Lawrence Taylor’s final full season in 1990. Taylor retired after 1993.

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“That’s pretty cool because you look up to guys before you,” Golden told The Post. “Who doesn’t look up to Lawrence Taylor? If you rush the passer, you’ve watched Lawrence Taylor before.