Sean Taylor is gone, but for Washington Redskins fans, he never left

[mooby]

He was the best player the Skins had in those years by a country mile, and it was something I never saw coming. When he was drafted we all knew about the raw athletic talent, and while I think '06 was his worst year going into 2007 I was raving about how good we were gonna be since that was the year the media started getting into his image more, about how he had changed, became a family fan, finally started to realize his potential, everything had started to click where playmaking had just become instinctive (aka the Ed Reed level). It made me so hyped I went out and bought his jersey, breaking my no-current players rule just because I thought it was almost guaranteed he would be the best Redskin for the next 10 years.

And the start he had with Landry! No deep passes given up, the 2 pick game against Favre, the perfect compliment with Landry staying in the box and him roaming center field. Gibbs and the staff found the perfect compliment for each other, I truly thought we were set at both spots for the next decade.

Even when he got shot I thought "no biggie, he's in great shape and people get shot all the time and come back from it." Hit me like a sack of bricks when they announced his passing.

I feel bad for his family more than anything. Yeah his passing left a hole that the Skins haven't filled for a decade, but his family and friends were the ones that knew him and are deprived of his presence. His daughter is only gonna know her father through the tales passed down, or the YT videos. What a shame.

PS fuck those kids, even 10 years later. I still think they have little remorse for what they did.