Going Commando Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Sean played the game pure. Just so much wildness and ferocity and passion. I've never seen a player with more heart. If you've ever seen a peewee or high school game where there is just some big talented kid out there on a different level just hitting everyone so hard and reveling in the pure joy of the game, that's the closest you'll come to Sean. He seemed invincible. We always had the baddest man on the field with him. I wonder if football will ever see a player like him again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphs56 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Man, I'm really going to miss Santana Moss. He's an all-time great Skin. He's going to have a send off like Portis did. He'll be a fixture in Redskins history moving forward ---------- Post added November-28th-2012 at 02:27 AM ---------- You can tell Dan Snyder was very fond of Sean. He's very fond of his big players. Reports are he had thanksgiving dinner in Texas with RG III and his family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stat2883 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Love Tana. He's probably my favorite Skin behind RG3 right now. He's a real dude. Hope he retires a Skin. these were my thoughts too - no matter the highs or lows, I'll always have love for Moss. Miss ya 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyclarkforhall Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 It really is shocking how much emotion this still generates. Sean was here just four years, wasn't a media guy, was distant and frustrated that season (we had let Ryan Clark go that summer... a guy who was a big part of his development), yet all of us Skins fans felt such emptiness from his loss. For me, I think looking at the impact it had on his teammates (esp. Portis and Moss) told me a lot about the Sean we rarely got to see. We saw the energy and ability on the field, but those guys who really knew him saw things off the game day field that left a hole in their hearts. As for fans from other cities thinking we overrate ST, we were a bad football team that lost every primetime game we played... I don't think they ever got to see how great he was from game to game, week to week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 My mom (nurse) had to explain the artery/blood loss thing to me like 5 times, and it's not like I don't understand that stuff. (She's a realist, said nothing can be done now, just get those ****ers. She almost never curses.) I just couldn't believe he was gone, that quickly. We know you're here in spirit, Sean. You'd be kicking every ass there is to get RGIII back on the field. Hail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.T.real,lights,out Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Great video and great job by ESPN....still very sad till this day and i think a lot of us feel the same way as Tana does. Ive never been impacted by someone death that i have never even met before. It's very had to describe to people or explain why i/we feel the way we do. Sucks that he's gone and cant believe its been 5 years.....miss u ST. On a side not from the video...first time i have seen a recent vid of Tana...he looks really really good....and he's playing that way right now also....HAIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek1973 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Damn it man, I couldn't watch the entire thing without tearing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetThePointsSoar Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Still tearing up. To say he is missed is a ridiculous understatement. I don't want to hijack the thread, and I know I've seen countless arguments back & forth on here, but IMO there will NEVER be a time in my mind that it would be OK to see another 21 in the B&G. This one is too unique and cuts too deep, #21 should be the second jersey retired simply on principle alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiswadeness Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Wow! Just wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAfan47 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Really nice vid... Thanks for sharing that. Miss you Meast!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetThePointsSoar Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Does anyone have the link to the 12/2 tribute @ the Bills game? I can only find low quality cell phone vids of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md20j Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Sean Taylor was my favorite Redskin of all time. RG3 may be there one day, but the way Sean was coming into his own as a man... it was like we were all there as family watching it. I was genuinely proud. And in the middle of that -- in the MIDDLE of that -- he's gone. Just like that. Just gone. I still cry about it sometimes, not gonna lie. Santana Moss is my 8 year-old son's favorite Redskin. Has been for about 3 years. My son has a #10 jersey, but the poster on his wall is #89. Honestly: I love that guy, too. I sincerely hope the 'Skins keep him here as long as he wants to play, because Moss LOVES playing for the Redskins. I couldn't stand seeing him in another uniform. I hope the Redskins understand the value he has to the fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoRUSupposed2Be Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 One of the greatest safety that I've witnessed to play the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolHandLuke Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Comparing Troy Polamalu to Sean Taylor in any way, shape, or form is absurd!!! Polamalu is Brandon Banks, compared to Sean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kindred Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 goddamn onions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins4ever28 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Is it just me or do you guys constantly run into non-'Skins fans who think we all overrate his ability? It's not that people think he wasn't good, but at the time of this tragedy he was really only barely scratching the surface of his prime years. He only barely started getting the kind of attention other safeties of his era like Reed and Troy get.I always saw Sean as having a combination of the best parts of Reed & Troy. He could lay the biggest hits, yet cover the entire deep zone of the field. Who can forget that day against Green Bay where he had 3 INTs on Favre, but had his hands on a few more that were very near INTs as well. I know in the big picture this is much bigger than football, but because this happened so early in his career I think it sucks that most non-'Skins fans won't ever realize how special a player he was going to end up being had this tragedy not happened. The year Sean died was his third year in the NFL I believe. In this year, he led the league in interceptions and he had only played 1/4 of the games. Even after his death, he still led the league in interceptions up until week 15 of the NFL when finally, someone took over his top spot. Thats crazy. The kicker is, he was also 2nd on the team in tackles before he got injured and obviously was the most feared man in the NFC. I live in Steelers country, and they love Polamalu and are always talking about how great he is. BUT, the one thing that almost every real STeeler/football fan around here will tell me once they find out Im a Redskins fan is this: "Man, Sean Taylor would have been in the Hall of Fame, its so sad what happened to him." So I know that they recognized how great he was. At 24 years old, he could have been the greatest ever to play the position had he survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampSkinsFan Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Thanks for posting the video great job by ESPN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RakThatPunk Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Wow, amazing piece. RIP 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWCREDSKINS Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 It's just a complete tragedy, this guy could've been an all time great and he was growing up which makes it even harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleTinyUnbornBaby Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Extremely moving to hear and see those players speaking so highly of Sean and how his death impacted them. Had me teary eyed for a bit. I'll never forget the day he died, I cried for about 3 hours over it. Sean was a special player and person and he is and will be missed for years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetThePointsSoar Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Does anyone have the link to the 12/2 tribute @ the Bills game? I can only find low quality cell phone vids of it... Anyone? Really hoping to track it down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BnG4ever326 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 The fact that if Sean was still here on earth with us, there would be NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER that he would be in the conversation of the best safeties in the NFL. Period. I was driving to work that morning when his passing came across the radio. I started banging my hand against the steering wheel and was cussing like a sailor. Then I suddenly stopped all of that, calmed myself down and said "Thy Will be done". I then let it go and accepted what happened. Continued prayers going out to Sean's family and especially to his daughter Jackie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubisyohankovic Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 This is an amazing compilation, ending with Sean walking through the tunnel when he got hurt (his last time on the field). Fun to watch, but so heartbreaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wholee Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 This was deep. RIP #21 Sean Taylor MEAST (man-beast) HTTR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncskinsfan71 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I found myself throwing the deuce/one up to the sky. I did the same thing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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