Geno Smith and IK Enemkpali Broke the 1st Rule of NFL Fight Club

August 14, 2015   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

The story goes like this: One practice, Bill Parcells, while coaching the Giants, got into an argument with the best linebacker of all time, Lawrence Taylor. It was heated. Then more heated. Then, it got physical.
Eventually, and incredibly, the two men ended up on the ground, scuffling and wrestling, until the fight was broken up. This happened in front of the entire team. Players watched incredulously. Taylor was 6'3" and 240 pounds of steel. Parcells, well, wasn't. Imagine seeing that. Imagine if that happened now, in the Twitter world.
Both Parcells and Taylor are in the Hall of Fame, and years later, Parcells can chuckle about the fight. What was most important about it was the two men followed the cardinal rule of football fights: Put them behind you, don't let them fester, don't let them destroy the relationship. They would repair the damage, even have more fights, but the fights never drained their closeness and desire to be unified.
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