I hope he becomes a superstar just so you'll get to eat your poisonous words.
I'll never understand people wishing for our players to fail. What's the point of your angelic self even being a fan?
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Game 7 against the Jags on Oct 26th.
Can anybody say, "Lawrence Taylor"?
A few Taylor facts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor#Drugs_and_extreme_measures
10× Pro Bowl (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
10× All-Pro (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
2× Super Bowl champion (XXI, XXV)
AP NFL MVP (1986)
PFWA NFL MVP (1986)
NFL sacks leader (1986)
3× AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1981, 1982, 1986)
NEA NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1986)
2× UPI NFC Defensive Player of the Year (1983, 1986)
AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (1981)
Bert Bell Award (1986)
NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
New York Giants No. 56 retired
Ranked 3rd by The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players
Member of the New York Giants Ring of Honor
Main eventing WrestleMania XI defeating Bam Bam Bigelow
Career NFL statistics
Tackles 1,088
Sacks 132.5
Interceptions 9
In contrast to his success on the football field, Taylor's personal life has been marred by drug usage and controversy. When Taylor was once asked what he could do that no outside linebacker could, his answer was, "Drink".[1] However, alcohol abuse was not the largest of his substance abuse problems. After admitting to and testing positive for cocaine in 1987, he was suspended from football for 30 days in 1988 after failing a second drug test. After his second positive test he gave up drugs for five years as a third positive test would have ended his career.[79] As he approached retirement, however, he looked forward to picking up the habit again, saying in his second autobiography, "I saw coke as the only bright spot in my future."[85] After his retirement, he began abusing drugs on a regular basis. He went through drug rehab twice in 1995, only to later be arrested twice over a three-year span for attempting to buy cocaine from undercover police officers.
I'm not saying drugs were good for Taylor, but the certainly did not end his career. Nor did they end Ricky William's, although they certainly limited it. I'm hoping our high draft pick will clean up his act and become more like a Lawrence Taylor. If we don't give this guy as much of a chance as possible to become what we drafted him to be, we're idiots IMO. We gave up too much to simply brush him under the rug and move on, now. Maybe if he still hasn't performed consistently and as a starter by this time next year, then yes, cut our losses. 
