As a lifelong diehard Redskin fan, I don't quite know how to deal with this.

For those who don't follow sports, a man broke into Sean Taylor's home in Miami two nights ago and shot him. The bullet entered his leg, but it also severed that critical artery. He lost so much blood that they were saying he may have brain damage. After surgery he was still in a coma, doctors were hopeful that he would pull through when he responded to commands to squeeze a nurse's hand.

He passed away last night. He left behind his fiance, an infant daughter, devastated loved ones, and a heartbroken fan nation.

From the bottom of my heart I bid farewell to Sean Taylor. You have thousands of brothers who are mourning for you right now, man. We love you. Rest in peace.

This is crazy. I was shocked to find out he had died, mainly due to the positive reports being given on ESPN last night.

I read that on Yahoo.

I had a sick feeling all yesterday. Even after the positive reports later in the evening, the fact that he still hadn't regained consciousness was very concerning.

I thought to myself, "go to bed, tommorrow you'll get good news in the morning".

Well... I woke up to a phone call from my cousin telling me the bad news. It hit me like a punch to the gut. Such a tragedy...

Alas, 24 is too young to die. As it turns out in the real world, not everywhere is safe.

Man whats with the NFL... Vick, Pac Man Jones now this.

R.i.p.

I live inside the DC beltway, and have been a lifelong Skins fan. Sean Taylor was my favorite (current)Redskin. A lot of people don't really know how insanely talented he was.

On the field, he was a heat-seeking missile. He was so exciting to watch play because he would get to the ball in a split second, then fly through the air horizontally and smash the living daylights out of the other guy.

I really want to believe that he was just some innocent victim, but I really don't think that he was. He's a University of Miami guy ("The U" breeds thugs) and has had drug and handgun charges previously. I just can't shake the feeling that something shady was going on.

I don't think Taylor was involved in any of that, at least recently. He's been making such an effort to change who he is since the birth of his child and his pro-bowl appearance. He really made an attempt to distance himself with his troubled past. I think this may be a case of the past catching up with him.

In bad situations, hope stems from the belief that we can make changes for the better. So what, then, is the moral to Sean Taylor's story? That making changes in your life may still not save you?

Such a terrible, terrible tragedy.

Kind of an existential message you get out of it, Warlord.

Its still hard to believe that the Redskins will no longer have #21 lurking in the secondary.

A photo of Chief Z (Washington's biggest football fan) at the Sean Taylor vigil tonight:





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I met Chief Z at a thing the team I work for threw for him. I kept on trying to engage him in actual conversation, but he rebuffed me. It was crazy to meet someone so near to so many peoples' hearts.

I really believe that Chief Z was not putting on an act at Sean Taylor's vigil.

The best thing that can happen out of this is that:

A) Football fans and people in general understand how messed up this situation is, and join the people in their mourning, and

B) People realize that Washington Redskin fans are top-notch. The media turns a blind eye to us, but we are among the best fans in the world.

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80497d57

I found an interesting conversation talking about this unbelievable tragedy involving Sean Taylor. I think some people will be interested in some of the things they're talking about...

Yeah I've seen it, I spent every waking moment yesterday from 7 a.m. (when I heard of his death) until I passed out 3 a.m. this morning just absolutely glued to my computer screen looking up everything to do with Sean Taylor.

I don't know enough to say that Sean Taylor cut that "embillical cord" and ceased the affiliation with the "bad crowd". I know enough to say that he was no longer physically involved in any of that crap. As soon as he went to the pro-bowl he wanted to be a better professional, and as soon as his daughter was born he wanted to be a better person. But they have a point, that affiliation can still ruin you. I don't know if Sean Taylor was able to say, "You guys are bad people, I don't ever want to see you again." I think it was more like, "You know what, man... I don't want to be involved. So you do your thing, then maybe tommorrow we'll go chill." It may be far-fetched to say he separated himself from his friends, but I think it's more accurate to say he separated himself from bad actions.

Maybe Taylor should have disconnected from his "bad crowd" friends. But then again, it's not really so easy to make labels like that. I mean when you've had a friend for a long time, you can't just throw it away. You'd say to yourself, "well... everyone in this world has faults, but he's got my back".

It certainly is an interesting debate.

Yeah. Just like most things in life, I'm sure this wasn't a black and white, good and bad case.

How many times have you tried to do something new, but reverted back to your old way, even just for a little while?

That's a good point about his friends. Who's to say who is "bad". We probably won't ever know what happened.

the police are saying that they find no evidence indicating anything other than a random crime. I think they're still investigating, but I can't help be feel that the previous break-in had some connection.

Here's the article here:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071128/SPORTS01/111280062/1023

Well it looks like it really was a case of his past catching up with him, and I was wrong... he did withdraw himself from the "bad crowd". He did everything he could to change, which makes his death even more of a tragedy.

Here's the article:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/11/29/rolle.taylor.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

Apparently, this is quite a strange case.

Listen to these facts:

-His fiance is the daughter of the chief of police
-He had all the storm shutters closed in the house
-Despite having just been broken into the past week, he had no security or alarm system in place.

Makes ya wonder.

R.I.P.
Sean Taylor

When will the violence ever end?

Tru dat. Tru dat.

Pour one out yo 40 for ma dog.

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