Eat My Sports: Sean Taylor

Posted on November 27, 2007
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This week is an abbreviated EMS, and I’ll make it short, but nothing about this situation is sweet. Sean Taylor, one of the premier safeties in the NFL, and the true anchor of the Washington Redskins’ defense, was shot in his Miami home on Monday morning, then later passed at an area hospital.

Taylor, the fifth overall pick by the Skins in the 2004 draft was entering his prime, and had reached a level of maturation that his coaches had come to admire, a far cry from his days as being labeled as one of the NFL’s bad boys.

No one played the game with more tenacity. He was fierce on the field and was the support structure for Washington’s defense. Anyone who has seen what his absence has meant this season knows that, but his permanent absence leaves a far greater hole.

Marking this as anything other than a tragedy would be labeling it wrong, you hate to see anyone go, but for someone to pass for nothing other than staying in his home adds a touch more of helplessness to the entire situation. We’ll leave the comment board open for your thoughts/memories of #21/#36. As for what annoys me most in sports this week, nothing gets at me more than this.

Written by Bryan Schools