Retire #21

[Stacks42]

Does anyone know what the steps are to have a players number retired? Is there a public outcry that should be made? I just want to ensure that some douche (ie Deion Sanders) never gets to adorn #21 for the washington redskins

[BigSKINBauer]

I could never see anyone wear that jersey number ever again. So why not retire it.

[chrisl4064]

Originally Posted by BigSKINBauer

I could never see anyone wear that jersey number ever again. So why not retire it.

interesting you said that, i had just changed my signature....

[BleedBurgundy]

Couldn't agree more. #21 is Sean Taylor's. Always will be.

[RMSkins]

I agree. Hopefully the Redskins do the right thing and retire Sean Taylor's #21 jersey.

[skins268]

Retire #21 and put him in the ring of honor asap,like next year so nobody gets a chance to forget the memories that he gave us!

[MidfieldGeneral]

Why not do it at the Bears game?

[Old School]

Well, the only number the Skins have officially retired is 33. While Taylor was a good player, I can think of many guys ahead of him in line to get the official retirement (44, 28, 9, 81 etc, etc etc)

[TampaDude]

The Redskins could just make #21 "unavailable" pending any formal retirement ceremony...although I doubt any other player would want to wear it.

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by Old School

While Taylor was a good player, I can think of many guys ahead of him in line to get the official retirement (44, 28, 9, 81 etc, etc etc)

I think the point is, Taylor didn't have the chance to ascend to the level of the guys you mentioned(although, he was well on his way).

Also, all of the guys you mentioned are old men, or at least will be at some point. Sean Taylor will never have that opportunity...

[Old School]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

I think the point is, Taylor didn't have the chance to ascend to the level of the guys you mentioned(although, he was well on his way).

Also, all of the guys you mentioned are old men, or at least will be at some point. Sean Taylor will never have that opportunity...

Wasn't there a member of the over the hill gang that got hit by a car and killed on the dc beltway?

[SouperMeister]

We've had a lot of good players wear #21 in the past:

Mike Nelms, Terry Allen, Deion Sanders, and Fred Smoot, but none of them captured our imagination the way Sean Taylor did. I would be fine with at least unofficially retiring #21, the way we have unofficially retired #9, #44, and perhaps one or two others. The only officially retired Redskins jersey is Sammy Baugh's #33.

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by Old School

Well, the only number the Skins have officially retired is 33. While Taylor was a good player, I can think of many guys ahead of him in line to get the official retirement (44, 28, 9, 81 etc, etc etc)

I think this is a much different situation. This is a player that was robbed of his opportunity to truly establish himself as one of the all time great players in the NFL. He didn't get to have a long career for fans to remember. He had a few short years and then was taken from us, way before his time. For that reason, it is right to retire his jersey so that we can at least make sure that no one forgets him for both the great player that he was and the hall of famer that he could have been.

[SouperMeister]

We've had a lot of good players wear #21 in the past:

Mike Nelms, Terry Allen, Deion Sanders, and Fred Smoot, but none of them captured our imagination the way Sean Taylor did. I would be fine with at least unofficially retiring #21, the way we have unofficially retired #9, #28, #44, #81 and perhaps one or two others. The only officially retired Redskins jersey is Sammy Baugh's #33.

[BrunellMVP?]

i could see a player wanting to wear it as a tribute...

as for retiring the number, not likely to happen...we don't retire numbers (as has been mentioned- they are just not assigned).