Despite being just 5 feet, 9 inches and 185 pounds, he was a big. This article is part of The Code, an editorial partnership between Esquire and Ford F-150. A ninth-round draft pick of the Houston Oilers, Tasker came to the Bills in 1986 and established himself as a star on special teams. That was one of those "Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore" moments. When I went to my first Pro Bowl, the two guys who were double teaming me were Ronnie Lott and Daryl Green. Whenever I came up with a creative release, I knew the other team was working on creative ways to stop me. There were a lot of different techniques that were used. Sometimes, they'd have two guys who'd funnel me towards a third guy who was trying to earhole me. That's when I knew I had finally arrived. But after I started making plays, gaining notoriety, going to the Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl, I'd get two starting NFL corners on me. It was their role on the team to take up those spots. They were guys who didn't play regular defense. When I first started in my career, I would go out and have maybe the third cornerback and the backup strong safety on me. It's really like trying to be creative while you're in a fight. Should I go with the same move? A completely different move? You get into an area that depends on instinct and creativity, and the whole time you have these two guys who are trying to beat you senseless. You know that scene where there are two poison cups and he's trying to explain why you need to pick a specific one? I'd start thinking about what they are going to be thinking after I beat them twice. ![]() Then it's a little bit like The Princess Bride. They'd anticipate that I was going to do that move again, but then I'd give them a wrinkle to that move that would allow me to fool them again. If it did, I'd know that those guys wouldn't let me do it again, so I'd have to have a move that would look kind of like the first one. You develop a fake out, a shifty move like the receivers have for one-on-one coverage, but you have to find something that will work against two guys.ĭuring the course of the game, you'll punt anywhere from four to seven times. If you do, even the goalpost is moving as fast as you are. The basic thing is that you cannot get knocked off your feet. ![]() You start out by having a repertoire of release moves for trying to get up the field against the double team. "You're trying to beat two guys in what amounts to a running street fight at a sprint."
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