What is your favorite thing and the thing you will always remember about Sean Taylor?

[acidsmurfman]

his first game ever in a skins uniform the HOF game in Canton. he had one INT in the endzone to save a TD, and then got another INT on like the broncos 5 and ran it in for a TD.

[mooby]

There are so many plays that I remember from him, but the big ones have been pointed out in this thread so I'm gonna name one that I remember from him. In 2005 when we were playing the Chiefs, I think it was Priest Holmes that had the ball, n Holmes got turned around and Sean Taylor hit him in the back and the ball popped out like he'd just gotten hit by a freight train, and one of the Chiefs o-linemen caught it.

There were just so many incredible plays made by him that it was hard to just pick one. Every time he got the ball in his hands I knew it was a huge play that could swing the momentum of the game to us. If he had played a few more years at his natural free safety position there is no doubt in my mind that he would've been remembered as one of the best ever to play the game.

[70Chip]

My favorite was the hit on Crayton in Sept. 2005. I thought that play was as big as either of Santana's TDs in terms of stopping Dallas and preserving the comeback.

[DFI]

I gotta say it was all the hits. He was such a tough hard hitting player. I also loved the fact that he never seemed to forget that he had a gift, he never got over the awe of being an NFL player and he never seemed to act like he had it coming or people owed him anything. You have to love that.

[12thMan]

I like the photo of him on the Warpath front page. The way the paint under his eyes would be all worn off by game's end. He never wore the stuff that could peel off and on, he wore the real shit. And like Quake said, he never wore gloves or too much padding around his arms and such. Just raw - let's rock and roll, baby!

Taylor was a warrior.

[courtney07]

He was a HARD hitter, and the best safety to ever strap on a pair of cleats.. and he was only there for such a short time RIP Sean Taylor

[MonkFan4Life]

I have many. In the Broncos game 2 years ago, Tatum Bell ran up the middle and there was a pile up and Sean Taylor ran in there at full speed and then you saw him driving Bell back about 5 yards.
-Also when the Skins played the Cardinals in the playoff year and JJ Arrington curled up when he saw Taylor coming on that 4th and 1.

-Him shutting Randy Moss down in that Vikings game.

-The Terry Glenn Alligator arms play.

-In the Chargers game he met Antonio Gates when the ball got to him and stuck him driving him to the ground. Taylor sat on Gates and beat his chest afterwards.

-Most of all the Patrick Crayton hit. I mean talk about seeing the play and getting to the man with the ball. It wasn't so much that the ball popped out but the way that he hit Crayton, lifted him up and flipping over while driving him into the turf.

I'm going to miss seeing that guy play.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

The way he could swoop in a pick a fumble off a bounce (Eagles, Bucs, Cowboys) and take off without ever losing his speed or focus was an unbelievably remarkable athletic skill that I compare to the best moves of the likes of Barry Sanders, Michael Jordan, and Wayne Gretzky.

I loved the way he recovered fumbles while never breaking stride. That was amazing especially in the TB playoff game. I thought for sure that he was gonna fall down there.

[BringBackJoeT]

Originally Posted by NM Redskin

I'll always remember in the ring of horror game, after Moss's second TD. The cowboys were driving and I believe Bledose throws to Clayton for a 1st and Sean comes up and leaves a huge hit for an incomplete. The ball went flying from the recievers hands.

That should have been called a fumble.

[redskinsfanatic]

he was the best hitter in the league since ronnie lott.i never so anybody play safety the way he did,i mean the guy had no fear on the field.i hope the redskins retire number 21 at the last home game this season.seeing anybody else with that number just could never be the same.

[SmootSmack]

You know what I was just thinking of today was that hit Sean Taylor layed out against some Detroit Lion this year when Rock had that big kickoff return.

My first thought when I saw that was "Wow, what a hit!" But then I thought about how Taylor, undoubtedly a star on the team, had no issue with playing special teams and laying it all out there.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

You know what I was just thinking of today was that hit Sean Taylor layed out against some Detroit Lion this year when Rock had that big kickoff return.

My first thought when I saw that was "Wow, what a hit!" But then I thought about how Taylor, undoubtedly a star on the team, had no issue with playing special teams and laying it all out there.

My god he really laid that guy out too

Wicked shot

I'm really going to miss those shots, they were always shots that made you stand up and say wow

[MTK]

Originally Posted by redskinsfanatic

he was the best hitter in the league since ronnie lott.i never so anybody play safety the way he did,i mean the guy had no fear on the field.i hope the redskins retire number 21 at the last home game this season.seeing anybody else with that number just could never be the same.

Looking at some of his most memorable hits, I really think if Taylor was able to play a full career he would have gone down as the biggest hitter the league has seen, right up there with Lott, perhaps even better.

[ryannis15]

Always kept the opposing recievers' heads ringin! what else?

[Gtothearry]

For the past 4 years when Taylor was out of a game and we got burnt on a play. I would always think to myself "that wouldn't have happened if Sean was back there". I've thought that a lot of times in the last two games. He was a special player. The fumble return against the Bucs in the playoffs. Who else for the skins do you think could have been running full speed and picked the ball up on a bounce and ran it back? No one is the answer. His leaping ability and coverage range was unbelievable. I always knew on a deep pass there was a good chance something good would happen for the skins. Becuz 21 was always back there. A talent like his is extremely rare. The skins will never have another safety with his ability.

THANKS SEAN FOR THE GREAT MEMORIES! I'LL ALWAYS THINK OF WHAT COULD'VE BEEN IF YOU WERE PLAYING DEEP FOR THE SKINS.