Sean Taylor statue drops this weekend.
Unfortunately while still under the ownership of Snyder and at the worst stadium in the league.
@creepycoug
Looking forward to @RoadDawg55 telling us how unremarkable the statue is
He gets a statue for getting shot?
Too soon?
Taylor’s jersey was retired last season. Taylor’s No. 21 jersey is the third in franchise history to be retired, following Sammy Baugh’s No. 33 and Bobby Mitchell’s No. 49. Other numbers are not in use but not retired.[/i]
What a fucked up franchise. Bobby Mitchell was the first Black player for the last team to integrate in the 60's no less. Marshall had to be forced into it. And Mitchell was traded
Marshall got his statue removed from RFK
As far as I can find this is the first player statue. Outside of 1972-1992 there isn't a lot to write home about anyway but that run had 5 Super Bowls and 3 wins and plenty of all time stars
Taylor played into his 4th year.
Whatever. But it appears it's because he got shot
I'm going with the Eastern wisdom of @RoadDawg55 here
Agree that he’s getting a statue because he died. Had he suffered a career ending injury instead this would not be happening.
The only 2 statue worthy people in the franchise’s history are Sammy Baugh and Joe Gibbs. You could maybe talk me into Darrel Green due to his longevity playing at a high level, but he was never the best CB in the league.
Sean’s a mythical figure now because of what he had shown prior to his tragic death. Memorializing and honoring him accordingly is the only way to keep his memory alive and pass on the legend to the next generations.
Pat Tillman is more statue worthy and even that is a stretch. Didn’t do that much on the field and now Arizona has Friendly Fire tunnel to celebrate being a loser franchise. It’s pure capitalization on death, let’s call it what it is.
Ok statue was apparently the wrong description. This is more like a memorial… using store mannequins.
https://twitter.com/kwmcnamee/status/1596912671454294016?s=46&t=epwOReiY6tC1h3QifcrFtg
https://twitter.com/sam4tr/status/1596911008911851520?s=46&t=epwOReiY6tC1h3QifcrFtg
https://twitter.com/troyhalibur/status/1596912819693551618?s=46&t=epwOReiY6tC1h3QifcrFtg
Apparently they moved his locker to the club level:
https://twitter.com/commanders/status/1596902825279512577?s=46&t=epwOReiY6tC1h3QifcrFtg
https://twitter.com/nfl/status/1642167364769701888?s=46&t=X2Ptfi1YG77g_kWiJ-qHWw
https://twitter.com/espnnfl/status/1642164180580007936?s=46&t=X2Ptfi1YG77g_kWiJ-qHWw
Guess I will break out one of his jerseys- the last two I ever got since I am now a “No jerseys for male adults” practitioner- for today.