The fear would begin to rise in Jerry Sisemore by Wednesday.
Other NFC East offensive tackles knew the feeling all too well.
Twice a year they would find themselves alone on the edge against the greatest linebacker of his generation — and maybe any other.
Lawrence. Taylor.
”There were many sleepless nights,” Sisemore, the Eagles’ two-time Pro Bowl right tackle, told author Michael Lewis for his 2006 book, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. “You played New York twice a year.
“Toward the middle of the week, something would come over you, and you’d just start sweating.