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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Just got this gchatted to me from my buddy The Cooler. Not good news, hope he’s alright:
LaVar Arrington, a former member of the Washington Redskins and New York Giants, has been seriously hurt in a motorcycle crash Monday afternoon.
Prince George’s County Fire tells WTOP that Arrington is in serious condition after the crash near Route 50 and the Capital Beltway.
Channel 9 reports Arrington was taken to Prince George’s Hospital Center.
Arrington was drafted by the Redskins out of Penn State in 2000. He was cut by the New York Giants this year after suffering a season-ending foot injury.
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.
Gots to give big props to my man Caron Butler and also to Eddie Jordan today as both are headed out to Vegas. Caron found out yesterday that he'll be joining Gilbert in Vegas for the All-Star game and Eddie Jordan gets the honor of being the East's coach do to the Wizards having the best record in the Eastern Conference.
Caron's been having a pretty great year:
Butler " is averaging career highs in several categories including scoring (20.6 points per game), rebounding (eight per game), assists (3.9 per game) and shooting percentage (47.8).
Like I said, pretty great. The thing I love about Caron though is the toughness and effort he brings every game. Him and Stevenson have been invaluable this year and they've brought an intangible that the Wizards haven't had before (certainly not when Jefferies was starting for us last year). And despite the fact that I still don't get Eddie's rotations (and frankly I don't think he does either), what he's done this year, in leading us to the best record in the East and supervising Gilbert's rise to stardom and Caron making it to an all-star level, the guy deserves everything coming his way.
With Jamison out Caron better keep ballin' and Eddie keep coaching, otherwise we could be in a little bit of trouble. It'll be nice to have Songalia back though. Its kinda cool having a really good team in Washington for a chance. Almost makes up for how much the Redskins sucked this year. Almost.
UPDATED: I missed this in my first read of Ivan Carter's piece on Caron making the team but anytime a NBA star name-checks cheers its got to be mentioned:
"It's really special to be a part of that elite group. It's like 'Cheers.' You want to go where everyone knows your name, where you are recognized as a star. It's a great feeling."
Couldn't have put it better myself.
Another question answered in a WaPo chat. This time Jason La Canfora tells me (I'm 1900 L St) its unlikely Adam Archuleta, if he comes back next year, will play any OLB.