Sean Taylor shot and critically injured

[fett]

Thanks. I could not for the life of me remember that.

[skorb]

Its funny that these Athletes finally make it, and still want to act the thug lifestyle, image. Darrent Williams is another that comes to mind. Tragic

hang on there, cause in the last two years he had changed and dramatically matured with the birth of his daughter. he had moved on from his bad choices from earlier in his career. if you read any of the articles in the Washington Post you'll learn this.

so don't be so quick to dismiss him as a continuing thug who reaped what he had sown. that is talking in ignorance.

I do agree that perhaps some of the dicks from his past that he may have crossed were jealous of him and the fact that he had left them behind and moved into a new home in a nice area with his own girl and kid. it may well be that some of these scumbags are the murderers.

but the facts will eventually come out.

[Shawn Lutz]

agree Skorb...post above yours is jus sterotyping. Yeah he had some minor run ins. He was feared on the field with his style of play, he was a different man off the field and yes...he was much better person the last couple of years.

Young people do stupid stuff sometimes....I know I made a few wrong choices and mistakes when I was in my early 20's, you live and learn and move on.

[horns666]

Tragic,

BTW, people never shoot to "wound" someone. The intent and capability to kill is there with death or injury as a result. It's still "Felonious Assault" even when they miss.

RIP

[blindmuddy]

Tragic,

BTW, people never shoot to "wound" someone.
RIP

EXACTLY

[jwoods986]

I heard that someone broke into his house a week or two ago and left a knife on his bed. So I'm with Ralph, there's more to this story, it's not just a random break-in.

[horns666]

Further invest will reveal the facts.

[Shawn Lutz]

I dont think the previous break-in is related other than the robbers probably returing for more shit. There was no one home when his house was broken into the first time and knife left on the bed. Perhaps the robber(s) returned for more loot? Maybe they thought the home was vacant again. Sean was not supposed to be there but was because of an injury. I think when he got up when he heard the ruckus and locked the bedroom door that caught them off guard.

[dg]

They weren't robbers. Nothing was taken either time. On the radio today, and in Michael Wilbon's column, it was mentioned that some of his friends had warned him to get out of South Fla.

[Joe_Steeler]

I am not a Skins fan, but that was freaking tragic.
Great player... bad company I guess. More talent loss, sad.

[skorb]

They weren't robbers. Nothing was taken either time. On the radio today, and in Michael Wilbon's column, it was mentioned that some of his friends had warned him to get out of South Fla.

I read that, and agree. the more I hear, this reeks of a revenge attack.

there's a good article in the Washington Times today also about the choices he made over the past couple weeks and why he didn't get his family the hell out of there (at least for a while) after the first break-in, and why he chose to keep a machete under his bed for defense, and didn't have the alarm on, and didn't have a bodyguard, etc. (article is entitled Tackling Life Head on Doesn't always Work, or something like that).

[Shawn Lutz]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071128/SPORTS01/111280062/1001

Random robbery?

[Ralph E.]

No way it was random.

Straight from the mouth of a childhood friend and fellow NFL player:

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Still in disbelief of his childhood friend's shooting death, Arizona Cardinals cornerback Antrel Rolle vowed Wednesday to make sure Sean Taylor is remembered.

He added he did not believe the killing was part of a burglary gone sour, and that Taylor had many enemies on the streets of Miami.

"This was not the first incident," Rolle said. "They've been targeting him for three years now."

Rolle said many former "friends" had it in for Taylor, who was trying to build a more stable life.

"He really didn't say too much," Rolle said, "but I know he lived his life pretty much scared every day of his life when he was down in Miami because those people were targeting him. At least, he's got peace now."

Rolle and Taylor, whose fathers were policemen in Homestead, Fla., started playing football together when they were 6 years old. They went on to become University of Miami teammates and NFL first-round draft picks. Both wore No. 21, Rolle for the Cardinals, Taylor for the Washington Redskins.

Rolle said he hadn't talked to Taylor in a while, and that the Redskin had withdrawn from the crowd he hung around with to build a new life with his girlfriend and young daughter.

"There was so much surrounding him," Rolle said. "Everyone was talking about him bad, so he just had to distance himself from everyone and live a life of his own. ... Within the last year, I've never seen anyone make such a dramatic change,"

Withdrawing from a bad crowd isn't easy, though, Rolle said.

"They say it was a burglary. It absolutely was not a burglary," he said. "Down South, where we're from, there were many people talking to Sean, a lot of jealousy, a lot of angry people.

"Sean, he had a large group of friends, and he no longer hung out with those friends, so you never know where this came from."

Rolle said his family rushed to the hospital to be with Taylor's family following the shooting.

"It really hasn't hit me yet," Rolle said, "the fact that I'm never going to see his face again, his ways, him performing on the field. My heart goes out to his girlfriend, his family, his little kid."

Rolle will leave immediately after Sunday's game against Cleveland on a flight to Miami, where he will attend Monday's memorial service. But Rolle wants fans to keep remembering Taylor as the player he was and the man he was becoming after some rough years.

"I'm going to keep his name alive," Rolle said. "Every time I make a play, I'm definitely going to mention him. I'm going to represent my 21 as his 21."

Rolle said he and Taylor became friends as 6-year-old teammates for the Homestead Hurricanes. Later, when they played against each other, Rolle was a running back and Taylor a linebacker.

"They'd call a sweep one way," Rolle said. "I would look at him on that side, and I would change the play myself and go the other way because I knew he would try to knock my head off."

Rolle was an All-American as a senior in 2004 and was picked eighth overall by the Cardinals. A year before, Taylor earned similar honors at Miami, then went to Washington as the fifth overall choice.

"I definitely will go out there and play and do everything I can do because I know how much he loved the game," Rolle said. "I don't think there was anyone who lived it or took it as seriously as he did. I just told myself I'm not going to let his name die. We started when we were 6 years old, and we're going to finish it together."

[Ralph E.]

My question would be, why not pick up and move the fuck out of Florida if you're scared living there for the last 3 years.

[j4vice]

Sean Taylor did not have a thug life style.

Miami has a bad rap and crime IS up. . .

His poor dad is a police man in the neighboring town.

The whole town is in shock.