Osi Umenyiora Forms Plot to Get Lawrence Taylor’s Super Bowl Ring Back

May 19, 2012   ·   Chris Trapasso   ·   Jump to comments

Osi Umenyiora is actively trying to get Lawrence Taylor's Super Bowl ring back and is using Twitter to do it.
The ring is being auctioned off by LT's son T.J. after he was given the ring as a gift many years ago. Taylor was completely unaware of this happening before news broke earlier this week. 
Umenyiora sent out the following tweet this morning, stating the the details of his plan to get the ring back to the Giants' legend. 
The only problem— Umenyiora began the day with roughly 37,600 followers. 
He quickly changed his request realizing it was nearly inconceivable to reach that high of a number before the auction closes this evening at 10 p.m. 
On the surface, this is an admirable and classy move by Umenyiora. He'd be clearly paying his respects to the Giants icon if he could return the Super Bowl ring.
But think about the premise here—does the defensive end really need to gain more followers in order to buy back t...

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