So are wall all okay with every team running some version of Lawrence Taylor all year every year at ROLB or DE?
First argument is that it's stale. 2nd argument would be that, as good as he was, he's not the only pass rusher that deserves the honors of being the best in the game every damn year. Football wise you could argue for at least a dozen other pass rushers. 3rd argument is a moral one. Without listing Taylor's moral and legal failings, Michael Vick had failings as well and has been similarly crowned by Madden. Are we okay with this in our woke society? Would the actual JOHN MADDEN be okay with this? They can't find a pass rusher that didn't do drugs and expose himself to a minor, and they can't find a QB that didn't run a dog fighting ring? Year after year they make this same decision? That these are the best representatives of legends of the game?
First argument is that it's stale. 2nd argument would be that, as good as he was, he's not the only pass rusher that deserves the honors of being the best in the game every damn year. Football wise you could argue for at least a dozen other pass rushers. 3rd argument is a moral one. Without listing Taylor's moral and legal failings, Michael Vick had failings as well and has been similarly crowned by Madden. Are we okay with this in our woke society? Would the actual JOHN MADDEN be okay with this? They can't find a pass rusher that didn't do drugs and expose himself to a minor, and they can't find a QB that didn't run a dog fighting ring? Year after year they make this same decision? That these are the best representatives of legends of the game?