Gary Phillip Reasons (born February 18, 1962 in Crowley, Texas) is a former American football linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League, winning Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV as a member of the team.
Reasons was also a part of two key plays during his career. The first came during a snowy 1989 regular-season game against the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium. On fourth-and-goal from the Giants 1-yard line, John Elwa...
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Gary Phillip Reasons (born February 18, 1962 in Crowley, Texas) is a former American football linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League, winning Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV as a member of the team.
Reasons was also a part of two key plays during his career. The first came during a snowy 1989 regular-season game against the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium. On fourth-and-goal from the Giants 1-yard line, John Elway handed off to Bobby Humphrey, who went airborne trying to break the plane of the goal line. But Reasons also went airborne; his hit sent Humphrey spinning backward like a helicopter. The Giants, propelled by an incredible catch-and-carry by speedy David Meggett on a third-and-26 play, went on to win that game and the NFC East that season before falling to the Los Angeles Rams in the infamous Flipper Anderson game at Giants Stadium.
The second came during the playoffs of the 1990-1991 season. During the NFC Championship Game versus the San...
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