Sean Taylor

Obviously everybody knows about Sean Taylor's death this past week from complications due to a gunshot wound in the leg that severed his femoral artery. But it seems like his death means more to the football fans out there than other deaths in sports like baseball and hockey. Take nothing away from the deaths of other athletes but for a huge college and pro football fan like myself, it just seems a little weird without Taylor on the field for the rest of my football viewing days. Big football fans remember his brash and aggressive, hard-hitting style that embodied the real swag of "The U". he was Miami football and he brought along with it his style and his way.

He had some skeletons in his closet because he was obviously a target because of his checkered past and his new found wealth. Sometimes you can leave a life of bad decisions behind but that life will somehow catch up to you whether you like it or not. He had problems that came back to haunt in burglary and now his passing.

The big sports entertainment sites are all talking about how Taylor was coming of age because of his daughter and his new maturity. No matter how much one can change, the person they used to be will always be a part of them, whether its recurrent or whether its just thought about.

He left behind his little daughter, numerous family and friends but also the fans. The people that remember his short but explosive career at Miami and in Washington. In many years, he will be remembered as someone who was cut down in his prime but hopefully many of the younger generations of football fans will be able to hear, "I remember years ago when Sean Taylor..."