REMEMBER John Randle? He has been out of the game for a few seasons now, but Randle was one of the NFL's great defensive tackles of the last 25 years. More than that, he was an outrageous character - face-painting, trash-talking, Favre-chasing, certifiable.
Randle was Trevor Laws' favorite player.
"When I came up, I was a big John Randle fan," said Laws, the Eagles' top draft choice in 2008, a second-round defensive tackle out of Notre Dame.
"I just loved the way he played, loved his attitude for the game," he said. "Just a smaller d-tackle out there, making big plays. I always tried to be like him . . . I'm not a huge one, I know that. I'm not small, but there are definitely bigger guys out there."
The yelling? The trash-talking?
"There's no one that's like him," Laws said. "But I get hyped up out there. I have fun out on the field . . . I can't just tell you right now. You'd have to take a microphone out there on the field."
The face paint?
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Randle was Trevor Laws' favorite player.
"When I came up, I was a big John Randle fan," said Laws, the Eagles' top draft choice in 2008, a second-round defensive tackle out of Notre Dame.
"I just loved the way he played, loved his attitude for the game," he said. "Just a smaller d-tackle out there, making big plays. I always tried to be like him . . . I'm not a huge one, I know that. I'm not small, but there are definitely bigger guys out there."
The yelling? The trash-talking?
"There's no one that's like him," Laws said. "But I get hyped up out there. I have fun out on the field . . . I can't just tell you right now. You'd have to take a microphone out there on the field."
The face paint?
...click the link to read more
Original Story:
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagl....
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