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[giants1156]

sean taylor def back for washington was shot in the leg by a burglar at his home in florida

[vascudave]

sounds like he needs protectin, maybe m. vick style. ruff!

[OrangeCountyWeather06]

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sean taylor def back for washington was shot in the leg by a burglar at his home in florida

I heard he was attempting to rob a house.

[giants1156]

JUST HEARD ON THE RADIO SEAN TAYLOR HAS DIED.

[snowfreak188]

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JUST HEARD ON THE RADIO SEAN TAYLOR HAS DIED.

NOOOO!!! are you seroius? im gonna go see

[snowfreak188]

"It's basically accurate to say that your first impressions of a person can speak a great deal. In the case of Sean Taylor, though, that's not the case.

Initially, Taylor seemed aloof, distant and wholeheartedly unapproachable. He was basically famous, or infamous, for not trusting those who were new to him.

Once you penetrated some of that, though, Taylor's personality found a way to shine through.

Most Redskins fans got to know Taylor from afar. As evidenced by the 30 fans holding a prayer vigil outside Redskins Park on Monday evening, they hoped they get to know more of him in the future.

Unfortunately, Taylor passed away early Tuesday morning at a hospital in Miami. He was hospitalized after he was shot at his home in Miami early Monday morning.

In his fourth year in the NFL, the 24-year-old gifted athlete out of South Florida had begun to open up. Teammates said he had matured due to new family responsibilities.

He was engaged to be married and had a 1-year-old daughter born to his girlfriend in May 2006.

Coaches say his first Pro Bowl also changed him a great deal, making him more of a committed professional.

"I just take this job very seriously," Taylor said in a rare interview last training camp. "It's almost like you play a kid's game for a king's ransom.

"And if you don't take it serious enough, eventually one day you're going to say, 'Oh, I could have done this, I could have done that.'

"So I just say, 'I'm healthy right now, I'm going into my fourth year, and why not do the best that I can?' "

One personal anecdote: Whenever I travel with the Redskins for an away game, the first thing I do upon arriving at the team hotel is to put on a pair of sneakers and head out for a walk.

This year, Sean Taylor accompanied me on occasion. And on those walks he liked to talk about things other than football.

I found him to be a young man with a great deal of interests about life and the world around him.

That may not be something you discern when you first meet him. What I'm suggesting here is that there was s a side of his personality that was really refreshing and it was something other than Sean Taylor, Pro Bowl safety.

He had more than his share of trouble in the past, some of it his own doing. For all of that, Sean Taylor did seem to be a changed person this year.

That's how he should be remembered by Redskins fans."


thats just terrible he was a good ball player hopefully the Ahole who shot him gets it back but gets it longer and more painfull :(

[satellite_eyes]

That's a shame.  You obviously don't wish that on anybody.  I have to wonder though, it just seems like a high number of football players from U. of Miami have either gotten in a lot of trouble or have somehow attracted trouble.  I don't know.

[snowfreak188]

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That's a shame.  You obviously don't wish that on anybody.  I have to wonder though, it just seems like a high number of football players from U. of Miami have either gotten in a lot of trouble or have somehow attracted trouble.  I don't know.

well i dont wish that much i just jpe he gets his own punishment! i mean his house got broken into two times before this supposvly if he got on the plain to practice or the meeting this would have never happend to him but he was just trying to protect his house and family. he had a 1year old child also

[snowfreak188]

there gonna have on EZPN in about 10minutes or less

[vascudave]

i bet he's involved in something deeper than whats on the surface. he wasn't being robbed, this was payback. shot in the leg, a knife was left on the bed previously, phone lines cut, somethings going on here.  shame he passed.

[snowfreak188]

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i bet he's involved in something deeper than whats on the surface. he wasn't being robbed, this was payback. shot in the leg, a knife was left on the bed previously, phone lines cut, somethings going on here.  shame he passed.

W/O a doubt i mean thats scary to hear a knife left on his bed liek was it jsut sitting there like perfectly in the middle of the bed? the thing that got me is that this thing was planned phone lines cut? you know they are gonna be wroking hard on this case it was a well planned job whoever did it

[devilsfan0405]

He's dead.  The news came across this morning...

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-o...p&type=lgns

[jfar57]

It is a shame...but I do agree that there is something behind this deeper than just a robbery.  Shot in the groin first leads me to wonder if he wasn't sleeping with someone that he should not have been.

[terryjohnson16]

Whoever did that, is dead wrong.

[OrangeCountyWeather06]

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Whoever did that, is dead wrong.

Why you shoot anybody in the first place? Second, the daughter is right there when it happened.

[terryjohnson16]

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Why you shoot anybody in the first place? Second, the daughter is right there when it happened.

Re-phrase your comment. They said that someone tried to get in and rob him 8 days ago.

[rgwp96]

the guy was pretty much shot in the balls.  Put 2 and 2 together and Im sure we will find out this was revenge for him screwing around with another guys broad.

[snowfreak188]

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the guy was pretty much shot in the balls.  Put 2 and 2 together and Im sure we will find out this was revenge for him screwing around with another guys broad.

yea thats what me and OCW were talking about on aim lol

[vascudave]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/foot...ex.html?cnn=yes

[devilsfan0405]

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the guy was pretty much shot in the balls.  Put 2 and 2 together and Im sure we will find out this was revenge for him screwing around with another guys broad.

That's definitely possible but it's still no excuse to murder someone.  Man, why are people so damn angry these days?