11.27.2011 - Rest in Peace Sean Taylor

Gone but not forgotten. RIP #21

And it was cut short early. I’m not being a Homer here, but he had HoFer written all over him. Had he lived he probably would have been better than Ed Reed.

As a younger redskins fan (23 years old) Sean was a brightspot in a era filled with egos, underachiever, and money grubbers. I remember one game I was sitting close to the field behind the endzone, and the falcons were backed up close to the goal line. I could see Sean pacing the backfield and even I felt intimidated and could feel how much of a force he was. Every parent has that childhood idol who they tell their kids about. I always knew Sean would be that. I cant wait to tell my kids about how I saw one of the best players to ever play the sport. He was one of few players who could go toe to toe with the most dominant offensive players in the game (Moss and TO). Even when I watch games now i still think “if Sean were there that would have been a pick” or “Sean would have crushed that guy” Whenever I watch videos like these I still get teary eyed. RIP 21…. truly a redskins at heart

We could be down three scores and I’d keep watching in hopes of seeing Sean Taylor decapitate somebody. He was on another planet in terms of physical skills. I’m biased because I mostly watch Skins games, but he was the most consistently exciting defensive player I’ve ever seen.

the man was turning into another ronnie lott i hope those fucks rot in jail

people say that Taylor is pumped up, maybe a little overhyped, because of his death. Not that he wasn’t good, just that we kind of glorify him more because he died so young. All they have to do is watch something like this to see that’s not the case.
And anyone who wants to EVER compare Laron Landry to ST, even in the least, needs their head examined. Sure, Landry can hit. But he’s not in the same stratosphere as Taylor. Not only could Taylor ht, but he WRAPPED. I’m not sure I’ve EVER seen Landry actually wrap up a guy. (Actually, I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone on OUR TEAM wrap up a guy other than Fletcher)
With such a tragic story, you hate to make it about football at all, but you just can’t help but dream what our defense, our TEAM, would be like today with ST21. We haven’t had that kind of a difference maker since. Fuck.

Patrick Willis, Ndamukong Suh… no. Just no. I have never seen a player consistently hit as hard as Sean Taylor. Not even Mr. Suh. And unlike Mr. Suh, he brought the pain without breaking the rules. I firmly believe that at 24 years old Sean was en route to a HOF career. RIP, gone but never forgotten.

All of those plays in 55 games!

RIP Sean Taylor….Gone but NEVER forgotten!!

HAIL!

Goodell wouldve fined him on 99% of those plays. Seans a fuckin tank though.

RIP MEAST. I named my son Taylor for you.

…looking back, Taylor could have become the best to ever play at his position. Selfless enough to play on kick coverage, even though he was an every-down safety who played HARD. The man was a ballhawk, a cover safety, a run-stuffer, and a hard-hitter all in one package. I don’t think anyone, even Ed Reed, had the all-around abilities that Taylor possessed and had finally begun to fully utilize by the time of his passing.

RIP ST21. Heaven needed an All-Pro Safety.

It will be the 5th Anniversary, I hope the Skins have a home game that week and do something special. R.I.P. 21

 but ill always be a sean taylor fan. he was a beast. a very great footbal player and he will always be missed by all redskin fans. RIP sean

He was such a unique blend of size, weight, speed but with all the natural ability in the world. He had the hands and vision to be a ball hawk and the strength and power to be a big hitter. Given the opportunity to live the full life he deserved, he could have been as big a hitter/run defender as Troy Polamalu and as good a ball hawk as Ed Reed, put together. such a shame for football’s sake that he wasn’t given the chance to live out the life he deserved. I don’t think we’ll see another DB as good as he was/could have been for a long long time.

I remember the night before he died. We went to bed with hope that he would survive. The news said he woke up, implying that he was recovering or at least that is how I took it. We knew he would likely no longer play but that didn’t matter. He was our Sean Taylor.

Then we hear on 11-27-2007 he died. I felt robbed, I thought he was recovering, he was supposed to be recovering. Then i think about his daughter. See my daughter was born on 6-15-06. So when Sean died my daughter was nearly 1 1/2 years old. It tore me up thinking what if my daughter was without her father. I had gotten in a car accident on April 27 2007. Head on collision. Broke my sternum. My sternum got pushed into my aorta. Fortunately just enough to give me a hematoma and nothing more. So when Sean died it made me feel grateful that i had survived my accident, but it also made me feel for his daughter.

I just wanted to reflect on the day of and the day after his death. I did not expect to write about my life but alas that is what this day means to me.

Gone but not forgotten!!

I have always hated Miami, but the second the Skins drafted him, I was so excited to see him suit up. He was an unbelievable young man, and I will never forget the back-breaking hits he laid on people.

- “I’m torn between what was and what could be”