No Trash Talk Today

Redskins safety Sean Taylor died this morning, unable to recover from the gunshot wound he sustained yesterday. Our condolences to his family and friends, the Redskins, and their fans.

Comments

[sean]

R.I.P.

[T]

Have to say I didn't think this was posssible. Even when I heard he was critical, I always have this feeling that athletes are invincible. No matter what he was still a young guy who had barely started his life.

[Mike]

I had a bad feeling this would happen when I heard about it. Very sad and my thoughts go out to his family/friends, the 'Skins, and their fans.

[GreggyD]

This is such an awful story. Sean Taylor was really blossoming into one of the better safeties in the league. He was known as a hard hitter, but was really becoming great overall. It is so sad to see his life taken away from him so early. I too have this feeling that athletes are invincible and when this happened I thought he would pull through especially when the reports came out that he had squeezed a nurse's hand. Apparently he never regained consciousness though. This is a sad day for not only the Redskins and their fanbase, but for the entire NFL and all of its fans. My heart goes out to his family, friends, the organization and the Skins fans as they try to cope with this horrific and terrible loss.

[Jay]

He slept with a machette under his bed...hmmm.

[The "U" Family]

Appreciate the class your website is showing in regards to the loss of Sean Taylor, as opposed to message boards that are strewn with asinine and insensitive comments left by people calling him a "thug" and saying how "he got what he deserved". I guess those people don't realize that Sean was someone's son, someone's cousin, someone's partner and most importantly someone's father. He was a young man turning his life around - he was only 24. When people - including the mainstream media, such as ESPN - talk about the troubles he had gotten into or the fines received by him in the NFL for overly aggressive play ... you wonder just exactly what their motive is or if they even have a conscious that a life was taken. People make mistakes, especially when they're 21 years of age or who have had their private property stolen from them .. they get caught in the heat of the moment, clearer heads don't always prevail in those situations. Sean was 21 when arrested for failing to take a breathalyzer .. he was acquitted. Sean was in trouble for brandishing a weapon at someone that he completely believed had stolen private property from him and got physical with him. Was that a wise decision? Probably not. But then again, as I stated earlier .. people get caught in the heat of the moment. Some react differently than others. It's sad that the media (and I'm part of it) choose to throw that aspect into it when talking of his murder. But I haven't heard a single media outlet (including the one I work for) talk of the good things Sean has done. Do some research on the 3 Kings Weekend, with Sean Taylor, Santana Moss, Clinton Portis - they also have Andre Johnson, Edgerrin James and Sinorice Moss involved. Read about how teammates from college and the NFL talk about how much Sean had changed once he was blessed with a baby daughter. People have to remember, Sean came into the league at 21 years of age and the trouble that he got into happened at an age that it most likely happens anyway. I can personally remember some of the knuckleheaded mistakes I made when I was 21, a senior in college. I don't mean to keep harping on the subject, it just makes me shake my head in disgust to read comments left and see professional television broadcasters like Michael Wilbon say how "The fact that I'm not surprised .. is the sad part" - or - how Skip Bayless can talk about how the murder could have been avoided and made it sound as if Sean had it coming. There's not enough bad in this world that can happen to people like Bayless, Wilbon and others that trash Sean.
Once again, thank you for showing your class in this matter 700 level. It says a lot about you and your character as a humans. Respect to you.

[Chris]

Rest in Peace Sean Taylor.