A feud that has been brewing for years between former NFL players Boomer Esiason and Lawrence Taylor got a little more heated recently after Esiason appeared in a Showtime documentary, L.T. The Life &Times, on Taylor and said that he believed the ex-Giant great was coddled by head coach Bill Parcells during his playing days, when he lived a crazy off-the-field lifestyle.
The comments on the documentary upset Taylor, an NFL Hall of Famer, to say the least.
"What the hell you got Boomer Esiason on something that - a piece you do of me? We can't stand each other, he don't know a f--k about me. What the hell's he doing on it?" Taylor told Sid Rosenberg of 640 WMEN radio, according to NBC Sports.
The jabs between the two are just the latest in what has been a longstanding feud as Taylor has always begrudged Esiason for criticizing him and his lifestyle during his playing days. Esiason, who appears on The Boomer and Carton Morning Show on WFAN in New York City and serves as a football analyst for CBS Sports on Sundays, appeared in the production on Taylor because he's also an ex-football player and Showtime is a CBS affiliate, while his history with Taylor is well documented.
Esiason, who was an NFL quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals, was reiterating a stance on Taylor that he's openly said to people before.
Taylor, a former linebacker, didn't care for his involvement in the piece.
"First of all, Boomer's a d--khead," Taylor said per NBC Sports. "Hey, listen. I remember when he was there running the streets, screwing all kind of hoes. Don't give me that holier than thou sh-t. I don't wanna hear that sh-t. He gets off on it. He's still talking about me. I ain't talking about him."
Esiason's outlook on Taylor first surfaced about a decade ago in an appearance on 60 Minutes that profiled L.T., according to NBC Sports. Esiason has remained critical of Taylor throughout the years.
"This is not the NFL that I played in," Esiason said on The NFL Today during one particular criticism. "[Taylor] talks about how he circumvented the NFL's drug testing policy by using other players' urine. That is an affront...The fact that he shouldn't [have] even been playing because he would have failed the drug test in the first place. I have a 12-year-old at home. He wants to ask me about what is crack cocaine?"
Over a 13-year career with the Giants that spanned from 1981-93, Taylor played in 184 games and recorded 132.5 sacks, nine interceptions, 134 yards and two touchdowns. Taylor made it to the Pro Bowl 10 times in his career and won two Super Bowls while also earning the Most Valuable Player award in 1986. His production could possibly explain why he was given so much leeway from Parcells.
Esiason played in the NFL for 14 years from1984-97, and appeared in 187 games while racking up a 57% completion percentage while going 2,969-for-5,205 for 37,920 yards with 247 touchdowns and 184 interceptions. He's a four-time Pro Bowler and won the MVP award in 1988.
While both guys had promising careers on the field, the two can't seem to get along off of it and it seems like the feud between both parties that sparks up every couple of years may never be completely tossed aside.
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