[01:51.60]...and we’ll look at it with the reverse angle one more time.
[01:54.34]And I suggest if your stomach is weak you just don’t watch ...
[01:57.51]Legendary quarterback Joe Thiesmann
[01:59.77]never played another down of football.
[02:04.30]Now, y’all would guess that more often than not
[02:06.81]The highest paid player on an NFL team is the quarterback.
[02:10.36]And you’d be right.
[02:11.70]What you probably don’t know is that more often than not
[02:14.60]The second highest paid player is, thanks to Lawrence Taylor,
[02:18.30]A left tackle.
[02:19.64]Because, as every housewife knows,
[02:21.65]The first check you write is for the mortgage
[02:23.79]But the second is for the insurence.
[02:26.57]And the left tackle’s job is to protect the quarterback
[02:29.41]From what he can’t see coming. To protect his blind side.
[02:33.20]The ideal left tackle is big, but a lot of people are big.
[02:37.16]He is wide in the butt and massive in the thighs.
[02:40.17]He has long arms, giant hands and feet as quick as a hiccup.
[02:46.49]This is a rare and expensive combination
[02:49.20]The need for which can be traced to that monday night game
[02:52.09]And Lawrence Taylor.
[02:54.23]For on that day he not only altered Joe Theismann’s life,
[02:59.01]But mine as well.
[03:06.85]Mr. Oher?
[03:08.88]Mr. Oher?
