![]() ![]() The importance of a good protection for the QB has resulted in Left Tackles being among the most highly paid players in the game.Īfter this prologue, the narrative switches to the story of Michael Oher, a left tackle at Ole Miss expected to be one of the top choices in next year’s NFL draft. As a result, NFL teams had to find big, agile men to play Left Tackle to defend against the rushing Lawrence Taylors of the game. Lewis details LT’s effect in a second-by-second retelling of the four-second play that ended Washington QB Joe Thiesman’s careeer (which you can see in all its gory on YouTube). As a result he was able to put fear in the hearts of NFL quarterbacks by being able to come at them fast and furious from the right, their blind side. Taylor was able to change the game because he was a huge man but also fast, agile, and athletic. The Blind Side deals with a change that occurred in the NFL with the emergence of the New York Giants’ linebacker Lawrence Taylor. I’m not too interested in football but I read (with my ears) The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game(2006) by Michael Lewis because it sounded like an intriguing story and I’d liked Lewis’ earlier sports book Moneyball. ![]()
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