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'Skins falter in bid to win for comrade
Redskins, fans remember Sean Taylor during game
Date published: 12/3/2007 By Steve DeShazo BY STEVE DeSHAZO LANDOVER, Md.--What was already arguably the most difficult week in the 75-year history of the Washington Redskins concluded with even more frustration. Yesterday's confounding 17-16 loss to the Buffalo Bills pales in comparison to the heartbreak the organization suffered when Pro Bowl safety Sean Taylor was shot and killed.. But the players who spent their emotions publicly throughout a trying week desperately wanted to earn a victory as a tribute to their late teammate--while improving their playoff hopes as well. It didn't turn out that way--"not if you're going to write a storybook ending, that's for sure," center Casey Rabach said in a grim locker room. The Redskins led all the way--until coach Joe Gibbs drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for calling two consecutive time-outs in an attempt to freeze Bills kicker Rian Lindell. Lindell's challenging 51-yard attempt in a cold rain became a routine 36-yarder, which he calmly converted with four seconds remaining to send Washington (5-7) to its fourth straight loss. "I made a decision at the end that very likely cost us the game," said Gibbs, who claimed an official told him the move was not illegal. "That's on me. I told the team that, and I want to tell everyone that." It spoiled a day of tribute to Taylor, an immensely popular player who was shot during an apparent burglary attempt at his home in Miami early Monday and died less than 24 hours later. Four men have been charged in Taylor's death. "Death is a part of life," cornerback Shawn Springs said. "We missed him, but he would have wanted us to go out and play hard." Before the game, the team showed a four-minute video tribute to Taylor, known as one of the NFL's hardest hitters, and distributed white towels bearing his jersey number, 21. Inside FedEx Field, fans--many wearing Taylor replica jerseys--held up handmade signs that read: "Our loss is monumental" and "Heaven has a hell of a safety." Taylor's locker was sealed with plexiglass. And both teams wore No. 21 decals on their helmets, as did all NFL teams this weekend, and the Redskins sported similar patches on the front of their jerseys.
Date published: 12/3/2007
GOUSA 4 u
(posted by
RIP21
, Dec. 3, 2007 2:51 pm)
Im pretty sure they are not worried about there games right now and Gibbs prob wasnt even thinkin right. THEY JUS LOST SEAN. No one at all is worried about there games Im pretty sure. They need and we need to focus on the team and family at this time..
I was sitting at home and even I knew
(posted by
GOUSA
, Dec. 3, 2007 4:33 am)
that you can't call two timeouts in a row! Look, if Gibbs, Mr. Football, doesn't know a simple rule, what does that say about the rest of his coaching abilities. Seriously, if this latest foolishness on top of every other oddity of the season had happened to any other coach for the Skins, would that guy still be around? What's worse, he picked his successor. Gee, what could go wrong with that.
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