Taylor is #2 on SI.com's list of the Top 10 Defenders Under the age of 25

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Well, contrary to popular belief, safeties don't play in a vacuum. What do I mean? In an article in the Times Gregg Williams came out and said that Sean had trouble last year because he had no chemistry with anyone who played safety next to him last year. He also felt like he had to be the difference maker on the D and it was his job to make plays and keep bad things from happening. As he found out, it's impossible for a safety to carry a defense and he ended up looking bad quite a few times. However, I'm willing to give Sean a pass on last season because the whole D was bad and I said all along that I think he was trying to cover for everyone else. I'm glad he dropped the weight and is going back to his natural position at free safety. Let the guy be a ball hawk, don't put him in the box, let him roam around 20 yards deep and make plays on balls in the air the way he did his rookie year when he shut Randy Moss up.

Once again, I attribute much of his perceived struggles last season to a defense that didn't produce, so he tried to put it on his shoulders. He was trying to bail everyone out and paid for it.