hogfat Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 AROUND THE LEAGUE Taylor tragedy leaves many questions Posted on Fri, Nov. 30, 2007 Digg del.icio.us AIM reprint print email By Greg Cote gcote@MiamiHerald.com If there is a ''better place,'' we can hope Sean Taylor has found it. Whatever ''rest in peace'' means, we can hope his soul has found that place, too. Back here on earth, though, there is no peace surrounding the death this week of the Washington Redskins star safety and former Miami Hurricane -- at least not the kind of peace that answers bring. Instead there is only the dark, hovering question: What if it wasn't random at all? What if Taylor was targeted? Miami-Dade Police Director Robert Parker said there is no reason to think anything but a random burglary led to the shooting and tragic death of Taylor at age 24. But Cardinals cornerback Antrel Rolle, Taylor's lifelong buddy and former UM teammate, told reporters in Arizona he believes the player was an intentional victim of former friends-turned-enemies. Neither possibility may be ignored. You wonder, though. Who knew Taylor and his situation better? A police official? Or a friend who'd known Sean since both were 6? Too much has been made of the national coverage of Taylor's death, because media loves writing about media. Has it been ''fair''? Should reports of his death have mentioned his waving a handgun two years ago at guys he thought had stolen from him and being sentenced to community service? We should know by now that modern journalism writes a hell of a rough eulogy sometimes, seeing an otherwise perfect face and feeling compelled to mention the wart. The thing is, it hardly matters. No media coverage, glowing or harsh, can do anything to ease the suffering of Taylor's loved ones or make it worse. What matters now isn't how Taylor's death is being reported but rather what led to it. Because what Rolle said is chilling -- essentially that one of the NFL's bright young stars was hunted down by someone he knew. ''This was not the first incident,'' Rolle told The Associated Press. ``They've been targeting him for three years now.'' Rolle spoke of former friends of a negative influence whom Taylor had let slide in recent years as he devoted himself to his girlfriend and new baby -- to a new life. ''He lived pretty much scared every day when he was down in Miami because those people were targeting him,'' Rolle said. ``Sean had a large group of friends he no longer hung out with. [There was] a lot of jealousy, a lot of angry people.'' Against this backdrop Taylor's father, Pedro, addressed the Redskins on Wednesday and exhorted them to make a playoff run in his son's memory. You wonder how a team in mourning will react. We may find out Sunday. Meantime, what a wild season this has been for the NFL. The Spygate scandal involving Bill Belichick seemed like such a big deal, once. So did the various travails of Pacman Jones and Michael Vick. Countering that was the Patriots' run toward perfection. But then somebody fatally shot Sean Taylor, and we don't know who, or why. And hardly anything else about this season seems to matter right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris0894 Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 im sry to say, but i do believe he was a target....i have to get this off my chest. 1st his truck was shot up in the off-season...(media made it clear he was in miami) then he gets injured and is scheduled to miss 2-3 weeks. The following weekend after he gets injured his place gets broke into (he's not there because he was in dallas) and a knife is left on his bed, (a warning that he lucked out and they will be back?) so the following week he goes home rather then travel with the team to protect his family. They come back to try again and he was there...he sensed it and thats why he had the blade in his room. I don't mean to offend anyone but i've been thinking deeply about this and this is what i've came up with for all the articles i've read. Please if there is something that conflicts with this that i may have missed let me know. (for some reason i dont know why...i feel bad for thinking this may be true) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris0894 Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 i'm sry everyone....its just hitting me so hard i dont know what to think.... soooo, im gonna try this route and hope it helps... B et I m L oving L andry S core a pick 6 this weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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