What it’s like to learn from those moments. And because we’re part of the same generation, we aren’t so far removed from our youth that we’ve forgotten what it’s like to make poor decisions that aren’t representative of our character. While he was standoffish with the media, we felt we knew him. Our generation has a certain appreciation for Sean Taylor - for better and for worse -because we know people similar to him. That’s why his tragic death - he was shot and killed at the age of 24 during a burglary attempt of his suburban Miami home - 10 years ago to the day, is so painful to this generation. But Taylor, bone-crushing Taylor, was theirs.
Darrell Green was the great who spanned generations in his 20-year career with the team. No longer would they have to enviously listen to their parents tell stories of Riggins and Theismann. For Washington football fans of that generation, Taylor finally gave them a star who was theirs. Taylor is a tie that binds the oldest of millennials with those whose earliest memories of football may very well include Taylor damn near bisecting opposing players, just as he did Frampton. It was the distillation of a man who, to a generation of Washington and Miami fans, became a hero. It was signature Taylor: a stark representation of his “don’t start none, won’t be none” ethos.
It was a game-changing play in the form of a ferocious hit.
Taylor later crushed Frampton’s hubris - along with Frampton’s body - during a fourth-quarter punt return: a great block that helped set up a score in a blowout victory and sent a message. But he learned this lesson the hard way in October 2007.Ī grainy video shows Frampton, then rookie safety with the Lions, jawing with Taylor prior to a Week 5 game between Detroit and Washington. Maybe Eric Frampton didn’t do his research maybe the adrenaline overwhelmed him. Everyone who went after Sean Taylor on the football field paid the price.
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