iwasdoinit Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 Can we all at least agree that if Sean wasnt killed he would have been in the top 5 of this list?? I mean add another 8-10 years of bone jarring, eye popping assaults on guys to his already impressive resume and I dont see how he couldnt be top 5. I agree he shouldnt be on the list bc everyone on the list had a full career to be judged on. But pound for pound, regardless of how long he played, he is the hardest hitter Ive seen. My sentiments exactly. The list didn't stipulate any longevity provisions. I just gave my opinion. And I don't smoke...anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taiwan32 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 The only reason Lynch is on there before ST is because length of seasons played. But any time you have to gameplan around a certain player, you fear them... #21 was feared all across the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Hunter #21 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 1. Sean Taylor2. Who cares Exactly:applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destructis Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I would have thought Sam Huff would be on that list. Another of my favorites who probably doesn't deserve to be on the list, but used to like taking heads off was Pat Fisher. The little guy would hit anyone as hard as he could. I remember him taking Harold Carmichaels head off more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiggosMohawk Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 If you open it up to just feared 'hitters', Hines Ward has to be on the list then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianm23 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 No offense, but you guys need to get off the Sean Taylor high horse. He wasn't even a better safety than Ed Reed, but to compare him to guys like Lawrence Taylor? LOL Hands down, Lawrence Taylor is the most feared defensive player to ever put on a helmet. Maybe it was the cocaine, but the guy was a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney26 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 No offense, but you guys need to get off the Sean Taylor high horse. He wasn't even a better safety than Ed Reed, but to compare him to guys like Lawrence Taylor? LOLHands down, Lawrence Taylor is the most feared defensive player to ever put on a helmet. Maybe it was the cocaine, but the guy was a beast. This list is about most feared tacklers. Ed Reed could play for another 10 years and shouldnt be considered a better tackler than ST. Ed Reeds the better all around player though in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 This list is about most feared tacklers. Ed Reed could play for another 10 years and shouldnt be considered a better tackler than ST. Ed Reeds the better all around player though in my opinion. Ed Reed has had a better career and he started fast. But he also had a much longer career. He's probably a little better in zone coverage and he's got fantastic hands and he's a punt returner when he gets the ball. All of those things he had on Taylor (even though we'll never know). He's also a great special teamer but so was Sean. But those are the only aspects of the position that I think he was better than Sean at by year 4 of Sean's career. Also that's me trying to take the play of the rest of his phenomenal defense out of the equation, because Taylor never had a legitimate defensive line and pass rusher in front of him during his career and we didn't put the pieces of an elite secondary into place until the year he died. Those things Reed has had since he came into the league. The best pass rusher and scheme changer Taylor got was Lavar and he didn't do a whole lot those seasons. Other than that it was solid guys like Antonio Pierce and Marcus Washington and very competent Shawn Springs and that was it. Switch their teams and Taylor's interception numbers would dwarf Reed's. God it's frustrating and unproductive to think about but it would have been the most exciting and beautiful thing in sports to see what Taylor could do in our defense today--next to Landry, Hall, and Rogers, playing behind a frightening defensive line including Orakpo and Haynesworth, and a steady linebacker corps with Fletcher and McIntosh. There are too many guys to game plan for in that defense, it would have been unstoppable--one of the alltime great units. Of course if Sean was still alive, we might never have gone out and signed Hall or Haynesworth, Gibbs might have coached last year, and the whole team would look different. Since his career was so brief we have to go back to arguments on potential and what he did in his college years. Sean was the most complete and exciting safety prospect coming from college that I can remember. Probably in the last twenty years. His ceiling was higher than anyone else's by about a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE HURRICANE Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I would DEFINETELY put Sean Taylor on that list, and many of you agree and many of you disagree. I do know alot of you dont care either way what my opinion is but Ill tell you this. KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW I WOULD STILL TAKE ST FOR 4 YEARS OVER ANY ONE ON THAT LIST FOR 10 PLUS WITHOUT HESITATION HAIL SKINZ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBass Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW I WOULD STILL TAKE ST FOR 4 YEARS OVER ANY ONE ON THAT LIST FOR 10 PLUS WITHOUT HESITATION HAIL SKINZ! Ronnie Lott was the best safety ever to play the game so I don't think that I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McD5 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I would DEFINETELY put Sean Taylor on that list, and many of you agree and many of you disagree. I do know alot of you dont care either way what my opinion is but Ill tell you this. KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW I WOULD STILL TAKE ST FOR 4 YEARS OVER ANY ONE ON THAT LIST FOR 10 PLUS WITHOUT HESITATION HAIL SKINZ! Then you have serious problems. Probably an OSU fan too, I am assuming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPT_CHAOS47 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 My 5th grade teacher! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrifNick21 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 1. Sean Taylor2. Who cares Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 My personal all time favorite from another team and maybe just ever, was Steve A****er. He changed what the SS spot was specifically to handle Christian Okoya, when he was running through every single player in the league and nothing could stop them. Not to mention Marty also had Marcus Allen (the best short yardage back) and Bo Jackson around the same time and overlapping playing years. That is where Marty Ball came from. With those three on one roster, you can basically just run every single down and nothing could stop you. Except Steve A****er. Okoya quit, because of one hit from the guy and he was something like a 280 lbs RB with speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklight1216 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I would DEFINETELY put Sean Taylor on that list, and many of you agree and many of you disagree. I do know alot of you dont care either way what my opinion is but Ill tell you this. KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW I WOULD STILL TAKE ST FOR 4 YEARS OVER ANY ONE ON THAT LIST FOR 10 PLUS WITHOUT HESITATION HAIL SKINZ! That's interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Take the Moorman hit out and you could add 5 different ones. The Jerry Porter hit against Oakland was his hardest. If you watch it in slow motion the guys eyes poke out of his head like this guy..... oh, i know he could bring it. outside of the crayton hit to seal the dallas game, i think his best hit may have been the rudi johnson hit in '04. johnson on a stretch play to the left, w/ st rifling thru would be blockers and managing to hit him full speed in crowded space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE HURRICANE Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Alot of you will disagree with me and I may have serious problems, but in my opinion Sean Taylor was second to NO ONE. Im not taking away from these players and I think they are amazing football players, but I have never seen one player approach the game as if it were the last game he was ever going to play. I stand by my statement, Sean Taylor did not have the potential to be special, HE WAS SPECIAL, in even the short term that he was here. I also believe that even though we didnt win the super bowl in 2007, it was one of the greatest and worst seasons in WASHINGTON REDSKINS history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praise_gibbs Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 i don't know that the moorman hit really counts. yeah, it was a great hit and funny to watch, but it was a punter in the pro bowl. the only guy going full speed was taylor. Moorman was running full speed as well. However, he is a punter. His full speed is a lot like my girls' 3 year old daughter running. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrifNick21 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 oh, i know he could bring it. outside of the crayton hit to seal the dallas game, i think his best hit may have been the rudi johnson hit in '04. johnson on a stretch play to the left, w/ st rifling thru would be blockers and managing to hit him full speed in crowded space. Yep. And that hit against Pittsburgh on the sidelines his rookie season. I believe it was Verron Haynes he hit or maybe Willie Parker. WOW. Loved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrifNick21 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Moorman was running full speed as well. However, he is a punter. His full speed is a lot like my girls' 3 year old daughter running. :laugh: If my memory serves me correct, Moorman runs like a 4.4 - 4.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravnet Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Hines Ward should be on this list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Deion Sanders! :paranoid: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftCoast Skinz FAN Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Does anyone remember Chuck Cecil? He would knock heads off!!!!!! This SI cover is from 1993!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklight1216 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Hines Ward should be on this list. That would be the "Most cheap tacklers" list. With the new rule he might not be as effective at what he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 That would be the "Most cheap tacklers" list. With the new rule he might not be as effective at what he does. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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