Capt. Kaos Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Wikipedia "A Football Life" says Season 4 will be announced on 9/12/14. Take that for what it's worth Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexx1240 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I'll keep checking and as soon as I see something I'll post it here. Thanks, please do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGoonie55 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Awesome. It'll be hard to watch, but I'm very excited about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail4Life Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Starts in early September but not sure when the Sean Taylor episode is. I hope they have more insight into his life and ST as a player instead of just a re-do of all the other stuff that is already out there. Looking forward to it but I'm not going to be shedding any tears like some on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetMeSeeYourWarFace21 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Im not watching, its only going to piss me off and make me sad..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Hog Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 man tears will be shed. still miss the guy. Yep. I still think of ST frequently. I know celebrities pass on every year, Mr. Williams most recently, but Sean still really, really affects me. Such a loss. Him and MCA of the BBoys really, really hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Can't believe it was almost 7 years ago. Yeah this is going to be a tough one. Can't explain how awesome it was to have a guy that lined up every Saturday/Sunday that the opposition legitimately feared. It was palpable. You could taste it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I'll have my 21 jersey on, weeping along with the rest of y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Looking forward to it but I'm not going to be shedding any tears like some on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryMason Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 He'd still be in the dam league today.. Honestly I'm tired of playing the "what if" card, I just want to move on already. I think of what his family is still going though, most of the time when I see a deep route get completed in his former area and the opposing fans cheering wondering if they know full well what could or couldn't have happened if he was still in our secondary. But you wonder, if he was still around, would he have been a Redskin today? There have been many Redskins who were favorites early in their career only to see em finish elsewhere. His whole story just bogs the mind. He was the only jersey in my 25 years of being a skins fan I spent hard earned money on and then his tragic end. SMH Personally, at the time Sean died everyone said he would have been one of the all time greats, and at that time I agreed. But now, knowing what has happened to the rules of the league since his death, I don't think he would have been able to even play in this league. His style has been all but outlawed. It seems like every bone crushing hit draws a flag now, regardless of whether there was helmet to helmet or shoulder to helmet. Sure he had the range to play center field too, but what made him feared was him blasting you. It's almost as if when Sean died, hard hitting safetiess that punish opposing receivers died with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laxpunk2006 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Personally, at the time Sean died everyone said he would have been one of the all time greats, and at that time I agreed. But now, knowing what has happened to the rules of the league since his death, I don't think he would have been able to even play in this league. His style has been all but outlawed. It seems like every bone crushing hit draws a flag now, regardless of whether there was helmet to helmet or shoulder to helmet. Sure he had the range to play center field too, but what made him feared was him blasting you. It's almost as if when Sean died, hard hitting safetiess that punish opposing receivers died with him. He would have had to adjust his game but if you look at his final season he was already moving in that direction. He dropped from around 225-230 to 210-215 and was playing with more range. I remember the Green Bay game specifically he was baiting Favre into two interceptions and had another couple nearly picked off. It seemed he was transitioning from the "enforcer" role into more of a true center fielder. I think Blache referred to his position in the defense as the "angel." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Sean's form was flawless. He also hit running backs with fury, so I don't see how hitting a guy with your shoulder would be banned. It is true they have expanded defenseless receiver rules but people keep reflecting on ST like he was Mark Carrier or played dirty. He'd give you the business but his tackling and hitting were very clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Kev Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I've got mixed feelings. I both want to watch it and not want to watch it. If I do, it will definately be alone. Friends and family just don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Personally, at the time Sean died everyone said he would have been one of the all time greats, and at that time I agreed. But now, knowing what has happened to the rules of the league since his death, I don't think he would have been able to even play in this league. His style has been all but outlawed. It seems like every bone crushing hit draws a flag now, regardless of whether there was helmet to helmet or shoulder to helmet. Sure he had the range to play center field too, but what made him feared was him blasting you. It's almost as if when Sean died, hard hitting safetiess that punish opposing receivers died with him. Most of his hits were delivered to the torso area.It just looked absurdly vicious because of the power he hit with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryMason Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Most of his hits were delivered to the torso area.It just looked absurdly vicious because of the power he hit with My point is, the NFL has been calling clean hits as penalties when they just "look" violent...and I don't think Sean Taylor would have been able to play in today's league with the way they call games. It's flat our ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Hog Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 My point is, the NFL has been calling clean hits as penalties when they just "look" violent...and I don't think Sean Taylor would have been able to play in today's league with the way they call games. It's flat our ridiculous. Sean was so good, he would have adjusted and been the premier safety in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prototype Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Sean would take his shoulder straight into their chest. Probably the most textbook way you could jack someone up, if there ever was such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Sassy Molassy Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Maybe closer to November 27, seventh anniversary. Just guessing on that. That's the same guess I've been making. Just seems like it makes too much sense, NFL Network is giddy at the chance to have a bunch of grown men crying like babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asoccerplayer99 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 My point is, the NFL has been calling clean hits as penalties when they just "look" violent...and I don't think Sean Taylor would have been able to play in today's league with the way they call games. It's flat our ridiculous. This is one of the two main reasons I watch Redskins games only. Also, lets all man up a little bit here. We shouldn't be crying or sobbing because WE lost someone we liked watching on TV. Real feelings should go to his family, especially his daughter, who lost far more than all Redskins fans combined. It's not sad because Redskins fans lost their favorite player, it's sad because it was a senseless act of violence that ended in a murder and a baby who will never know her dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I don't know if we should go around telling people they can't have emotions. Not everything with the human spirit makes sense, nor is all emotional release proportional to some rationally designed idea. The night I heard the news I cried my eyes out. What I told people is that it is like what I might have felt had Michael Jordan been killed during his playing days. I still have a hard time watching the Elephant Man, a couple of sections of Brothers Karamazov make me tear up, and that is an actor in makeup and text on a page, respectively. I don't think we should be drawing lines about what's appropriate for someone, other than it should get better over time and maybe shouldn't make a show of it or do it every damn time (I think here of Brendan Fraser's 'sensitive' character in Bedazzled ha) It's strange because emotionally I'm damn near cold as ice with actual people (other than losing someone I care for.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
End2round2sanders Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Personally, at the time Sean died everyone said he would have been one of the all time greats, and at that time I agreed. But now, knowing what has happened to the rules of the league since his death, I don't think he would have been able to even play in this league. His style has been all but outlawed. It seems like every bone crushing hit draws a flag now, regardless of whether there was helmet to helmet or shoulder to helmet. Sure he had the range to play center field too, but what made him feared was him blasting you. It's almost as if when Sean died, hard hitting safetiess that punish opposing receivers died with him. I'd have to disagree with your take on his style. He wasn't known for being a dirty hitter. For the most part he was a fantastic form tackler. His hit on Tatum Bell in Denver in '05, Reggie Brown in Philly in '07, the Raider WR in '05 I forgot his name. The only time people called ST dirty was when he spit on Michael Pittman in the TB playoff game,other than that, I never heard people complain that he was a Meriweather type dirty hitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewCliche21 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 This is one of the two main reasons I watch Redskins games only. Also, lets all man up a little bit here. We shouldn't be crying or sobbing because WE lost someone we liked watching on TV. Real feelings should go to his family, especially his daughter, who lost far more than all Redskins fans combined. It's not sad because Redskins fans lost their favorite player, it's sad because it was a senseless act of violence that ended in a murder and a baby who will never know her dad. Because we can only either be sad for our loss OR sad for his family's loss. There's no way it can be both. You can define everyone's feelings towards Sean as just "someone we liked watching on TV." Am I getting this right? I hope that I'm not, because that's an extremely self-pretentious, contextually inappropriate, and idiotic things I've read. Please clarify, because you couldn't POSSIBLY have meant something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuwanda Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 My heart was lighting up when I read this headline. NFL Network will do a 1 hour documentary on Sean Taylor this fall (Sept). Couldn't be happier! http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/08/15/nfl-network-will-feature-the-redskins-sean-taylor-in-a-football-life-series/ Former Redskins safety Sean Taylor, who died in 2007 after being shot by intruders at his Miami area home, will be featured in NFL Network’s “A Football Life” documentary series this fall, a network spokesman confirmed. The hour-long program about Taylor is tentatively scheduled to air on Sept. 26; the network typically follows up such documentaries with additional programming, including further interviews and discussion. This is the third straight year the series will include a prominent former Redskins star. In 2012, the network aired a John Riggins documentary, and last year’s topics included former tight end Jerry Smith. The series, a production of NFL Films, “examines the untold stories of the most influential NFL icons with unprecedented access,” the network says in its promotional materials. “Each film tells the story of how their legacy is forever intertwined in the fabric of NFL history.” Fans began speculating about a Taylor documentary in recent days, after NFL Network started airing “A Football Life” promos that included famous footage of the safety leaping into the end zone. Taylor, of course, remains beloved in Washington, with fans frequently wearing his jersey and otherwise celebrating his career. The return of Ryan Clark this season has also meant more stories about Taylor, with Clark wearing Taylor’s No. 21 jersey during practice, as he has for years. “People in Pittsburgh knew about it, and if you hear a fan ask me why I had a different number on, people who were there, who were at camp a lot, would explain to them, ‘Well, Sean Taylor, he was his friend, he played for Washington,’ ” Clark told reporters during training camp. “And so it always made people talk about him, it always struck up conversation about the player he was, about the man he was becoming. And so that’s exciting. “Wearing it here is difficult,” Clark said. “There are some fans who never met Sean who say I shouldn’t wear it to practice. But I understand. That’s why they call them fans; they’re fanatics and they’re not always right in certain situations, so I don’t mind that. I just try to wear it and honor him. I know I’m not the player he was or the athlete he was, but he was my friend and I want people to remember him.” Clark also often wears towels that pay homage to Taylor’s name and number. “I’ve done it since he passed,” Clark said. “I know a lot of people may think it’s something new that I do now because I’m a part of the Redskins organization, but nah, this is for me. And this is an opportunity for me to remember a friend, an opportunity to get other people to remember a friend, and that’s why I do it. I’ve got about seven of these towels actually, different colors, and it’s part of me. I made a vow that as long as I was playing, he’d be playing somewhere, too.” Make sure you tune in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSKINS_08 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Good finally a date set. Can't wait to watch it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipwhich Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 There is already a thread on this... http://es.redskins.com/topic/380815-sean-taylor-a-football-life/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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