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TenandSix:Unacceptable · 11-27-2007, 03:30 PM

I hope we, as a community, can turn the saddest day in my Redskins memory into something that we can grow from. The fact that a young black man aged 15-24 is more likely to die from homicide than any other cause is the real horror. And it's been that way for as long as I can remember. It is a problem that must be solved, now. Sean's death just brings this crisis into many of our lives in a truly profound way for the first time.

I will always cherish Sean's legacy as a football player. I used to watch his highlight videos for days. You'd think that you would tire of watching the same plays over and over, but you didn't. It's part of what made Sean so special. He seemed to draw from a deeper well of passion--and fury-- than the other guys. It is, after all, the controlled violence and the strategy that makes football the most riveting and popular game in America. Sean was a master of the more violent aspects of the game from the beginning. There seemed to be a purity in the way he expressed his ferocity on the field. The saddest thing is that he was just beginning to control his own violence. By all accounts he was finally embracing the strategy of football, and perhaps life, and the results were paying dividends for the Redskins as a team. Now, we will never know if Sean Taylor would have reached his full potential. All we know is that he won't. It's a truly sad thing and that's why I began to cry today- with all of the other people who loved Sean, or simply loved to watch him,- when I heard the news.

Make no mistake, it is the world outside of football that led to the murder of the most promising and enigmatic player in our midst. I think it's time that we, as a country, and as a community, take action. Much like the environment, education, health care and the larger issues that plague us today, how long will we sit back and wait before we say, "Enough"?

11-27-2007, 03:30 PM	#194
TenandSix:Unacceptable Special Teams Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 331	Re: Sean Taylor has died... I hope we, as a community, can turn the saddest day in my Redskins memory into something that we can grow from. The fact that a young black man aged 15-24 is more likely to die from homicide than any other cause is the real horror. And it's been that way for as long as I can remember. It is a problem that must be solved, now. Sean's death just brings this crisis into many of our lives in a truly profound way for the first time. I will always cherish Sean's legacy as a football player. I used to watch his highlight videos for days. You'd think that you would tire of watching the same plays over and over, but you didn't. It's part of what made Sean so special. He seemed to draw from a deeper well of passion--and fury-- than the other guys. It is, after all, the controlled violence and the strategy that makes football the most riveting and popular game in America. Sean was a master of the more violent aspects of the game from the beginning. There seemed to be a purity in the way he expressed his ferocity on the field. The saddest thing is that he was just beginning to control his own violence. By all accounts he was finally embracing the strategy of football, and perhaps life, and the results were paying dividends for the Redskins as a team. Now, we will never know if Sean Taylor would have reached his full potential. All we know is that he won't. It's a truly sad thing and that's why I began to cry today- with all of the other people who loved Sean, or simply loved to watch him,- when I heard the news. Make no mistake, it is the world outside of football that led to the murder of the most promising and enigmatic player in our midst. I think it's time that we, as a country, and as a community, take action. Much like the environment, education, health care and the larger issues that plague us today, how long will we sit back and wait before we say, "Enough"?