Taylor is in the Pro Bowl!!!

[That Guy]

last year was much better. i guess its nice to have someone there, but he only saved one game this year (dallas), and last year he saved at least two (eagles, bucs).

he really didn't seem to play so hot this year.

[BrunellMVP?]

Originally Posted by Red Robert

Washington Redskins

Glad to see he gets in. Nice to see something positive in these dark times.

doesn't deserve it. he needed to have a humbling off season, get hungry...i don't really blame him fully for his struggles, but he needs to know that his performance is not acceptable- and not up to par with any of the elite safeties in the league.

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by BrunellMVP?

doesn't deserve it. he needed to have a humbling off season, get hungry...i don't really blame him fully for his struggles, but he needs to know that his performance is not acceptable- and not up to par with any of the elite safeties in the league.

He had the MOST tackels on the entire team. Maybe his play wasn't the best it's been, but he still deserves this!

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Congratulations Sean!! He deserved it more last year but I'll take it now.

[jamf]

Bob Sanders is a good safety, but its easy to play safety when your team has a 20 point lead and dwight freeney.

[SkinEmAll]

Originally Posted by jamf

Bob Sanders is a good safety, but its easy to play safety when your team has a 20 point lead and dwight freeney.

thats a good point. I dont know how someone can say sanders is better. yeah the guy makes their defense better when hes on the field, but do recievers fear him? I dont think so.

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by Red Robert

Washington Redskins

Glad to see he gets in. Nice to see something positive in these dark times.

YAY! I'm so happy for him. All of the other O players are now like "Oh F*CK".. ST is coming....

LOL...

[Hog1]

ST is a game changer. He is a fairly rare thing today. In the mold of a Ronnie Lott. A safety that hits like a line backer.............an ass kickin' line backer. He is feared by those that travel our middle. You can see time and again in the play of the opposing recievers.
It is a statement about our 2006 D that he led the team in tackles.......a BAD statement. He was asked to do to many things on this team, to do them all well. He is PURE FOOTBALL. I wish I enjoyed what I do, as much as he does. He deserves to go. Congrats ST

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Hog1

ST is a game changer. He is a fairly rare thing today. In the mold of a Ronnie Lott. A safety that hits like a line backer.............an ass kickin' line backer. He is feared by those that travel our middle. You can see time and again in the play of the opposing recievers.
It is a statement about our 2006 D that he led the team in tackles.......a BAD statement. He was asked to do to many things on this team, to do them all well. He is PURE FOOTBALL. I wish I enjoyed what I do, as much as he does. He deserves to go. Congrats ST

ST could become the most dominant safety since Ronnie Lott. ST does sometimes change the outcome of games. ST does make opponents fear going across the middle and has an impact even when he isn't making tackles.

That said, ST got beat for a lot of plays. Stallworth killed him on a double-move for a long TD, Steven Jackson made him look silly on a long TD run in which Taylor was stumbling and bumbling and didn't even touch him. Taylor whiffed on Rams TE Dominique Byrd's first catch in the NFL and got beat for a TD. Moreover, ST only had ONE INT this season. I'm happy he's going, but I am not sure his play (or any other Redskins defender's) merited a Pro Bowl nod.

I'm not sure why people get all upset about the ST debate. I think everyone agrees that he has the potential to be the best safety in the league, wouldn't trade him for any other safety, and is happy he is going to Hawaii. I think everyone could also agree that, for whatever reason, his 2006 season was not exactly top-notch.

[Hog1]

I would agree, not his best year

[celts32]

I don't like the message that this pro bowl recognition could give ST. I would not want him to start thinking he had a good season. No Redskin deserves the Pro bowl this year.

[hamslam]

Wassup TMAN! hey where is the "Sign Peter John Ramos this offseason" thread??!!! Party John in the secondary, are you kidding me!!! Talk about poor sight lines!

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Maybe NOW is the time to start working on an extension for him.

[MTK]

So what's the argument against Samuels if we want to discuss nobody on this team deserving a Pro Bowl nod??

How about Cooley, I think we could argue that he "deserved" a nod more than Witten.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

So what's the argument against Samuels if we want to discuss nobody on this team deserving a Pro Bowl nod??

How about Cooley, I think we could argue that he "deserved" a nod more than Witten.

Cooley and Samuels definately "deserved" to go for two reasons: (1) objectively, they had damn good season; and (2) they had better seasons than almost all others at their respective positions.