Oh well. Whatever. Nevermind.
As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Sean Taylor passed away early this morning in a hospital in Miami. Not much to say really. My heartfelt condolences to his girlfriend, his one-year-old daughter, and the rest of his family. He will be missed. Wore his jersey to work today.
Still all sorts of rumors/news flying around about Sean. Hearing he went through 6 hours of surgery and is now in a coma. Apparently the bullet passed near, or might have hit, his femoral artery and he lost alot of blood. Best place for updates by far is WaPo Skins beat writer Jason LaConfora’s Redskins Insider.
Jesus Christ, forget about yesterday’s pathetic loss, breaking news is that Redskins star safety Sean Taylor was shot at his home in Miami by an intruder last night. Details are sketchy but he was apparently shot in the groin and reports are that he is in “extremely critical condition” and “fighting for his life“. Thoughts go out to Sean and his family. More as news comes in.
My good friend The Mexican sent me this video this morning. I could not be more ready for the NFL to start. In honor of the Skins opening training camp today I give you Sean Taylor destroying the punter in last year’s Pro Bowl. Be sure to listen to the end, when you hear the Japanese TV commentary. Redskins win the Super Bowl, you heard it here first.
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Despite the fact that he clearly shouldn't have been there, Sean Taylor made his presence known at the Pro Bowl with his hit on the punter guy from the Bills being the only noteworthy highlight of the whole game. If only Taylor had made plays like this during the regular season. Best part is when Moorman tries to go out and congratulate Taylor on the play; come on buddy, he knowns he almost killed you, no need to give him props for it.
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How is Sean Taylor possibly going to the Pro Bowl? Don't get me wrong, I love the guy and before the year started I though he was on the verge of breaking into that upper echelon with Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu (Roy Williams sucks people) but this year Taylor regressed. He was awful at times and the Redskins secondary as a whole were pretty bad. I guess its gotten to the point where his reputation has far surpassed his current level of play. Thats probably a good thing because I expect him to improve next year (please God, otherwise it could another long year) and having already been to one Pro Bowl his name will now be in the mix, lessening the possibility of a slight. Having said that, no way the guy deserved to go this year.