Sean Taylor - RIP UPDATED

A sad tale, any way it turns out.

RIP.

 

And you're assuming the police would release that kind of information to the public?

Might have. I honestly don't know. But his lawyer is the one doing most of the talking, as well as teammates, family members, etc. Wouldn't surprise me at all if they didn't have the facts straight.

 

Point. As I said, I was assuming, which is nearly always the wrong thing to do.

 

Have the police made any statements yet?

Usually they say something. Their silence is deafening.

 

Busting through the door gives the intruder the element of surprise. Someone knocks down a door and the first move is to back out of the way, as to not to get hit. Then the intruder has enough time to get off a couple of shots.

 

This is from the Post story:

Police aren't saying any of this. So let's keep that in perspective. It's all coming from those NOT INVOLVED in the investigation. It could be true, but it might be b.s.

 

Sad, sad day for the NFL, Redskins and particularly the Taylor family. I feel bad for his daughter. I'm anxious to see what comes of it because, at this point, everything seems so fishy.

 

I can't tell anyone what to post on this thread, but I think people should focus more on what a tragedy this is instead of theories on what happened on Sunday night. Does it really matter? It won't bring him back. Leave it to the police to do their job and find out who was responsible. Some of the things I've read on here have made me sick, including the comment last night "this should get good," in reference to developments in the investigation. Granted that was when Taylor lifted his finger and those around him were "cautiously optimistic" that he'd survive (so the person who wrote that gets a pass). Still, was there anything "good" that could have come from this even if more "juicy details" were uncovered?

This is on par with Len Bias and Reggie Lewis. Taylor was coming into his own and by all accounts was a completely changed person from the one in 2005 who made headlines for the wrong reasons. In the past year, teammates said he turned into a quiet, humble leader who let his play do the talking and focused on raising his daughter.

On the field, there's no doubt in my mind that he would he would have been regarded as better than Ronnie Lott, had he played a full career. Around the league, wideouts like Plaxico Burress said there wasn't a defender in the NFL more feared than him. Check out some of the clips of Taylor on youtube -- the 2003 Miami win over Florida State in a downpour was probably the most dominating performance by a safety I've seen. I think he had something like two picks, one for a td, a fumble recovery and two touchdown saving tackles.

Yet, while Sportscenter delivered around the clock coverage of TO's apparent suicide last year, this story has received little coverage. Sure ESPN First Take opened with it, but quickly moved on to Tony Romo's latest celebrity girlfriend -- Jessica Simpson. How can Dana Jacobsen look so excited when talking about Hollywood nonsense when tragic events are happening at the same time? It's just another example of how the entertainment-obsessed media loves to hype up storylines that don't matter while more important stories get little to no play.

 

UR,

What would you expect his teammates to say? I am not saying he is a saint or sinner but there is no way teammates will portray him as anything less than reformed.

 

Hoo boy.

1.) This is on par with Len Bias and Reggie Lewis? They were shot to death? Not. even. close. to on par.

2.) You want us to focus on the tragedy, yet all you do is gush about what a player he was. You criticize ESPN for leading the First Take or whatever with gossipy stuff instead of the really important stories, yet in the grand scheme here, is it important to gush over what a player Taylor was? or to note that he left behind an infant daughter?

3.) You tell us to quit talking about theories and to let the police do their job, yet you criticize ESPN for not having wall-to-wall coverage five hours after he died. Well, wall-to-wall coverage would be exactly what you supposedly don't want. There are precious few facts here thus far, just speculation. To spend hours covering it would be feeding the beast.

Don't worry though. You'll get wall-to-wall coverage soon, and you'll probably criticize it.

 

Just a zoo out here. Waiting for a possible gibbs and snyder pc this afternoon... For those looking to plan.

 

They were saying things like that before the shooting.