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[QUOTE=Lady Brave;401723]Just to counter the negative article regarding Sean, here's a very well written and heartfelt blog entry by Lindsay Czarniak sharing her experience in covering the Sean Taylor tragedy.

[B]"From Sean Taylor to Seattle" [/B]

I haven’t found it easy to write about covering the tragedy of Sean Taylor’s death because I didn’t know Sean as well as his teammates. And, honestly, there have been times over the past four weeks I’ve felt bad because the nature of my work forces me to ask people about Sean, and I know that it will conjure up emotions of a tragedy they are trying to overcome.

Right now, I am 35,000 feet about a snow-covered patchwork of ground on my way to Seattle for the Redskins playoff game. And because Sean's death has had such an impact, I want to share what I’ve seen this past month. Even if the Redskins' run ends Saturday night, this has been the most shocking, emotional story I have ever covered.

[URL="http://www.nbc4.com/quickkicks/index.html?dl=mainclick"]nbc4.com - Redskins Blog[/URL][/QUOTE]

Thanks for the link - beautifully done.

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Great read.

Re: Redskins Exploiting Sean's Death?
 

I guess there's nothing about the Seahawks worth writing about.

Some people are discomfited by talk of angels, spirits, the supernatural, etc. They seem to lack the tolerance to let other people believe what they want. So what if the Redskins believe Taylor is helping them? Why should that bother someone in Seattle? And in what way is it exploitative? This guy just wants everyone to take the same grim view of life and death that he does.

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I thought Collinsworth (who I despise) epitomized it perfectly. He said that the Skins believe that ST is playing with them on the field, and that it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, because he was their teammate and this is their belief. No other team in sports history that I know have has lost its best player mid-season. I'll trust the team to decide how to honor the memory of [U]their[/U] fallen teammate.

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[QUOTE=onlydarksets;402653]I thought Collinsworth (who I despise) epitomized it perfectly. He said that the Skins believe that ST is playing with them on the field, and that it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, because he was their teammate and this is their belief. No other team in sports history that I know have has lost its best player mid-season. I'll trust the team to decide how to honor the memory of [U]their[/U] fallen teammate.[/QUOTE]

well said.

Re: Redskins Exploiting Sean's Death?
 

[quote=onlydarksets;402653]I thought Collinsworth (who I despise) epitomized it perfectly. He said that the Skins believe that ST is playing with them on the field, and that it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, because he was their teammate and this is their belief. No other team in sports history that I know have has lost its best player mid-season. I'll trust the team to decide how to honor the memory of [U]their[/U] fallen teammate.[/quote]

Yeah he summed it up well. I've been saying it too, what the hell does it matter to anyone else?