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Exclusive | Lawrence Taylor reuniting with Bill Belichick on Omaha’s ‘ManningCast’ Monday

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Exclusive | Lawrence Taylor reuniting with Bill Belichick on Omaha’s ‘ManningCast’ Monday

The “ManningCast” on Monday night will give some old quarterbacks nightmarish flashbacks.

Lawrence Taylor will be joining his former defensive coordinator Bill Belichick with Peyton and Eli Manning on Omaha Productions’ ESPN2 simulcast of Giants vs. Steelers on Monday, The Post has learned.

The appearance will be during the first half, where Belichick is a regular fixture on the program throughout the season.

Belichick joined Ray Perkins’ Giants staff in 1980 as special teams coordinator and linebackers coach.

New York Giants Harry Carson (53), Lawrence Taylor (56), and defensive coach Bill Belichick victorious with water bucket during game vs San Francisco 49ers, East Rutherford, NJ 1/4/1987 Sports Illustrated via Getty Images

Bill Parcells became the team’s defensive coordinator in 1981, the same year Taylor was drafted.

With Parcells eventually getting promoted to head coach and Belichick to defensive coordinator, the trio combined to wreak havoc on opposing offenses en route to two Super Bowl championships (1985-86 and 1990-91 seasons) for Big Blue.

To this day, Belichick gushes about Taylor any time his name is brought up.

Bill Belichick on the “ManningCast.” YouTube
Bill Belichick is on Omaha Productions’ ‘ManningCast’ during the first half each time the brothers host a ‘Monday Night Football’ simulcast this season. Omaha Productions

Last year, when asked about the comparisons between L.T. and Micah Parsons, Belichick shut that idea down and gave Taylor as high a compliment as he’s capable of.

“I think comparing players like that, it’s not really — I would just say, I wouldn’t put anybody ahead of Lawrence Taylor, period,” Belichick said.

“Now, maybe I’m prejudiced, but I mean, I saw that guy every day for over a decade and he tilted the field for a decade.

Lawrence Taylor and Bill Belichick are all smiles at LT’s 56th birthday party in 2023. William Hauser

“So, until somebody does that — and there’s a lot of great players and I’m not taking anything away from anybody else, there’s a lot of great players that have been in this league, that are in this league.

“But personally, I’m not putting anybody ahead of Lawrence Taylor. Not yet.”

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