reggie white & the new york giants (& lawrence taylor)

george young, the new york giants' general manager from 1979 to 1997, listens to head coach bill parcells and, in the 1984 NFL/USFL supplemental draft, drafts reggie white instead of gary zimmerman -- the historical conventional wisdom title of best defense of the 80s, and perhaps of all-time, thus belongs to the 80s g-men (not buddy ryan's "46-defense" bears)

"With those two (Reggie White & Lawrence Taylor), our defense would have been illegal for a period of time," ~ Bill Parcells