There were few safeties in the game that garnered the kind of respect – and fear – that John Lynch did. Few that hit harder, played smarter, or came up with clutch plays on a regular basis. On top of that, few that carried himself with the kind of dignity and class Lynch did from beginning to end.
Lynch was playing minor league baseball with the Florida Marlins when he got the call asking if he would leave baseball for football if he was drafted. Hugh Culverhouse and Sam Wyche we looking to bring him to Tampa Bay but wanted to know his level of commitment before drafting him.