 Taylor held out of training camp before the 1990 season , demanding a new contract with a salary of $ 2 million per year . Talks dragged into September with neither side budging , and as the season approached Taylor received fines at the rate of $ 2 @,@ 500 dollars a day . He signed a three @-@ year $ 5 million contract ( making him the highest paid defensive player in the league ) just four days before the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles . Despite sitting out training camp and the preseason , Taylor recorded three sacks and a forced fumble against the Eagles . He finished with 10 @.@ 5 sacks and earned his 10th Pro Bowl in as many years , although the season marked the first time in Taylor 's career that he was not selected to the All @-@ Pro team . The Giants started out 10 – 0 and finished with a 13 – 3 record . In the playoffs , the Giants defeated the Bears 31 – 3 , and faced the rival 49ers in the NFC Championship Game . They won 15 – 13 , after Taylor recovered a key fumble late in the game to set up Matt Bahr 's game @-@ winning field goal . In Super Bowl XXV , they played the Buffalo Bills and won one of the more entertaining Super Bowls in history , 20 @-@ 19 , after Buffalo 's Scott Norwood missed a potential game @-@ winning field goal as time expired . 
