I Feel Like I Just Lost A Brother

[Taylor#1]

I feel like i just lost a brother,he was a great man,father,and a redskin.i feel so bad for his daughter and his family,my prayers go out to them.the skins should retire his number.this is the saddest day in redskins history.I cried for him,i have cried since my grandfather died 7 years ago.

RIP MY BROTHER
#21 SEAN TAYLOR
SEAN WILL BE A REDSKINS 4EVER

[BossMayne80]

I feel the same way.I've been holding back tears all day man this is just crazy

R.I.P. Sean

[DC SKINS 27]

I feel the same way man.

I feel terrible...

[JJredskins00]

ME TOO. And let me tell you something. I'm SICK of all these other teams fans and friend of mine who are telling me things like, big deal, would he care if you died? You've never even met him, etc. Basically people trying to make me feel stupid for caring so much. Only diehard fans truly understand the emotional connections we make to our players, especially star players. Yes it might seem a little obsessive to the outsider, but you have to be a true fan to feel this connection. I mean, we live and die by how our team does week to week, and frankly, players like him helped shape how our lives play out 16 weeks out of the year. It's really sad, and I'm going to miss #21 being on my TV on Sundays. The best to his family, friends, and the team.

[Ellis]

When I saw that cowboyzone.com changed their colors to burgundy... I lost it.
Most humbling thing i've seen today...

Rest in Peace, Brother Taylor.

[Taylor#1]

wow what a classful thing to do,my family feels the same.i live and die for the skins in the good and bad times.i have a candle just for sean

[The Wanderer]

I feel the same. I actually got into a fight at school because some kid told me to "Go cry about Sean Taylor". Its a sick world when people joke around with situations like this.

[fdarugar]

Its odd...I don't know ST but I feel like I have lost a friend. The feeling today is unreal.

[Taylor#1]

but we can never forget about sean

[XSean21TaylorX]

i cried, i lost a brother,

[Taylor#1]

i know we will get though this but i know i will never forget about sean,one of the greatest skins ever!!!!!!

[WSHRedskins3ATLBraves3]

Its odd...I don't know ST but I feel like I have lost a friend. The feeling today is unreal.

Me too.


but we can never forget about sean

No way man. He'll live on forever!

[21Knock_U_Out]

I cant stand to see his face, I cant stop cring.I really feel I lost a brother.

[CenterSnap]

Thats what ive been feeling like all day. we will all miss sean

[AllAboutSkins08]

ME TOO. And let me tell you something. I'm SICK of all these other teams fans and friend of mine who are telling me things like, big deal, would he care if you died? You've never even met him, etc. Basically people trying to make me feel stupid for caring so much. Only diehard fans truly understand the emotional connections we make to our players, especially star players. Yes it might seem a little obsessive to the outsider, but you have to be a true fan to feel this connection. I mean, we live and die by how our team does week to week, and frankly, players like him helped shape how our lives play out 16 weeks out of the year. It's really sad, and I'm going to miss #21 being on my TV on Sundays. The best to his family, friends, and the team.

i was looking for an appropriate thread to make this exact same comment. i'm really thankful for ES cause i honestly don't feel like i can talk to anyone else about this and have them understand how i feel. it's great to have a place like this where we can all come together and be here for each other through times like this. i love my friends and family, but i know they wouldn't understand why i care so much and why i feel so sad.

[ECU-ALUM]

i cried, i lost a brother,

I have lost a brother too...when my brother died I'll never forget my parents at his funneral (who had been divorced for almost 8 years) just holding onto each other like they were watching the world come to an end.

I'll never forget the image...ever.

[Eddie21w]

It is so strange to be this emotional for a person that i have never met. The closest i have ever been to Sean is standing on the edge of the seats before a game taking pictures. I have been so upset and i have cried all day long off and on due to the loss of one of my brothers, Sean Taylor. I send out all of my thoughts and prayers to his family and friends as well as the rest of the redskins and all of us fans. We will all pull through this and prevail as REDSKINS, the biggest family in the world.

Eddie:cry::cry:

[DemSkinz]

I feel the same. I actually got into a fight at school because some kid told me to "Go cry about Sean Taylor". Its a sick world when people joke around with situations like this.

I know what you're saying man I was pissed off at the guys that were making jokes of thw whole thing such as saying "I bet Moorman did it." Idiots...

[Taylor#1]

as fans can help each other to get though this.

[DCskins12]

ME TOO. And let me tell you something. I'm SICK of all these other teams fans and friend of mine who are telling me things like, big deal, would he care if you died? You've never even met him, etc. Basically people trying to make me feel stupid for caring so much. Only diehard fans truly understand the emotional connections we make to our players, especially star players. Yes it might seem a little obsessive to the outsider, but you have to be a true fan to feel this connection. I mean, we live and die by how our team does week to week, and frankly, players like him helped shape how our lives play out 16 weeks out of the year. It's really sad, and I'm going to miss #21 being on my TV on Sundays. The best to his family, friends, and the team.


What you just said summed up my thoughts exactly

People are like how can you be affected?

You never met him?!

Its just something there I just cant explain! Sean is so important to me and I am praying for his family.

[Redskins>Cowboys]

I am so thankful for everyone here on extremeskins. As with so many Redskin fans today, I have been in total shock. Last night, I went to bed praying harder, and longer, than I have in a long time. Strangely enough, I fell asleep with a certain sense of peace, and above all, optimism that his physical responses to the doctors were a sign that he would pull through.

This morning when I first opened my eyes, before I even slipped out of bed, the first thing I said to my girlfriend was "I have to go check on Sean." I went to redskins.com and when I saw "Sean Taylor Has Passed Away", I lost it.... haven't been this devastated in a long time. Pulled myself together long enough to make it through the day, and then I get home and watch the slideshow tribute of Sean. Again, I have lost friends and family in my life, and I just can't believe Sean's death is doing this to me.

He had turned his life around, he had his priorities in order, and well on his way to doing things no other human has done, or could ever do on a football field....and he was going to do it all for us....Redskin fans.... for years to come. Not to mention the fact that each and every one of the players he played alongside would run through brick walls for him. He was their leader, he was their friend, and he would've done everything in his power to make everyone around him better. Now he's gone?? I know tragic things are a part of life, and I can accept that. But for what ever reason right now, I can't make any sense of the death of Sean Taylor.

But I do thank all of you for being here, spilling out your thoughts and emotions about Sean, too. Like someone else said earlier, many people just do not understand the pain that the entire Redskin family is feeling right now. Several people asked me "what happened with that Redskin player" or "Have you heard the news?"... you know, just nonchalantly and in a "just-in-passing" way. I guess it's good that not everyone is a Redskin fan, and that not everybody is in the state I have been today. But all of you have been the one thing that has helped comfort me today and I truly thank each and every one of you. We all are family and we all hurt together.

God bless you, Sean. Your memory WILL live forever in all of us.

[CM916]

i was looking for an appropriate thread to make this exact same comment. i'm really thankful for ES cause i honestly don't feel like i can talk to anyone else about this and have them understand how i feel. it's great to have a place like this where we can all come together and be here for each other through times like this. i love my friends and family, but i know they wouldn't understand why i care so much and why i feel so sad.

I've been on here most of the day, if you don't have Skins fans all around you, things could get really ugly. When I said I was going to the game this week, someone actually said "why? they suck!". He's lucky to have teeth. You would think that after last year, with me flying a flag and wearing my jersey every Sunday, and keeping my hat on all week no matter how bad we were, my own friends would get it.

The Redskins organization is simply different. I root for some other teams in different sports and different leagues but only the Redskins make me feel like I'm really part of the team. I showed up in Tampa airport last Friday wearing my Portis jersey and you wouldn't beleive how many total strangers wanted to talk to me and shake my hand. I don't get that anywhere else.:logo:

[gca61087]

i used that exact phrase when someone offered their condolences to me today.

and i meant it full-heartedley.

[dinamo]

I will never forget Sean Taylor. I believe he would have been the greatest safety ever.

[Taylor#1]

everybody in my family knows am a hugh fan and i only had one call and that's was my sister,she knew i was really upset about sean,she said she was really sad too,but she had to call me to console me and i cried.she said she say my myspace and she started to cry cause it was so sweet.well if anyone need to talk i have yahoo messager i will give u it and we can talk about sean.

[Fede]

I cannot say anything that someone else hasn't already said, but I feel like I am in the same boat. I want to know why I feel like crying for someone who I have never met. The Eagles game I went to now has another place in my heart because it was the last time I got to see a great man on the football field. I always defended Sean from detractors who called him a thug, and I feel like he was that little brother who sometimes got into trouble, but you knew would turn it around. I feel the personal connection, even though we never met, and I too feel like I lost a member of my own family today. We lost a great player, a great person, a great father, and a great teammate. May he Rest In Paradise, and may whoever have mercy on his soul.

[redskin faithful]

I think its safe to say that we all feel the same way. I'm speechless. Rest in paradise Sean.

[Taylor#1]

i want to thank all of you guys,this is really helping me,but it still hurts.

[desioreo87]

It hadn't sunk in all day but now its hitting me. there is a psychological theory about how people handle grief. The first is denial (which im sure everyone has experienced), the second is anger and i know for damn sure we have all experienced that, the third is bargaining or compromise (im not sure what i would ahve done to get sean taylor back but i would do a lot of things to have him back in our lives and his families' lives), the fourth is depression and i know we are all going through that right now.

and the fifth is acceptance and I know some of us have moved into this stage and accepted that tragedies happen in life but it doesn't change the fact that ST was a man among men. He was a great player which we all know but he also was a great person. Through the years we have heard about his problems but we have also heard from his teammates that he was the nicest guy. The saddest part about this was that he had turned a corner in his life with his new daughter and he was having his best year as a player.

We can take solace that he will always be missed and he will always be honored. None of us will ever forget ST for who he was for his family and this organization.

I layed out the 5 stages of greif for you guys so you could possibly understand your feelings and know that with time we all remember ST, not with the sorrow and anger we feel today, but with the joy and happiness he brought in too many peoples lives as a father, brother, son, and boyfriend as well as when he strapped on that number 21 and went out and banged some heads.

HEres to you Sean, We will always love you.

[ihatenumber8]

im with you. Im still trying to wrap my head around this incident. It hurts, and you just wanna think of how hard it is on his girlfriend and baby as well as the rest of his family and of course his redskin family.

[Reic]

I feel the same way too, this has hit me hard.

[Taylor#1]

thank you for saying that

[Taylor#1]

i am better today,but it still really hurts

[Taylor#1]

Taylor,taylor,taylor,that's What I Want To Hear At Fed Ex On Sunday I Live In The Boise Idaho Area So I Can't See It Live But I Will For Sure Watching It On Tv And Saying It.