Pocket$ $traight
05-07-2007, 10:32 PM
Might we have won games like Atlanta, or Minnesota, or Tennessee without his blown coverages though?
He certainly has a nose for the ball, and made a heads up play in the Dallas game. He's just too aggressive on the whole.
What coverage did he blow against Minnesota? I remember Rogers looking like an idiot.
GMScud
05-07-2007, 10:36 PM
There is no way his athleticism has diminished. The average male hits his physical peak around 27 years old. Taylor just turned 24 last month. He led the team in tackles last year I believe, with 111. The D-line was a joke and LBs stunk, we dropped numerous INTs, and never had any consistency in the secondary, with a rotation of guys like Mike Rumph, Archuletta, Kenny Wright, Vernon Fox, Troy Vincent etc etc. Actually, there are I think 4 guys who played regularly in our secondary last year who are no longer on the team. There is a reason for that. I personally think ST is primed for a big season where he emerges as an elite defensive player in the league, not just a good safety in the NFC.
Slinginsammy06
05-07-2007, 10:36 PM
He's gonna be hungry next year he's gonna be hitting people left and right and snatching balls out of the sky like he did in 04 and 05
skinsfan_nn
05-07-2007, 10:38 PM
If it weren't for Sean Taylors play last year we are a 3-13 team or worse!
He single handedly won us the Dallas game with heads up thinking picking up that blocked FG and getting us the opportunity to kick the winner.
In the Carolina game he had a key 4th qtr stop near the end of the game and an INT in the endzone to save the game.
Without him we don't win them two games, and probably a lot more intances where if we had a lesser FS in there we would have been killed by a lot more in the games we lost.
He was a Pro Bowl first alternate, got his chance to go to the Pro Bowl and as Madden would say "BAM" he layed Brian Moorman the F out.
No way that Sean has regressed, in fact he is just gonna get better.
I don't agree with that, if we didn't give three games away on a golden platter ....we could have been 8-8 and in the playoffs. Woulda, Shoulda, Didn't!
And that GREAT Dallas WIN I'm giving that game ball to Troy Vincent, if he didn't block the kick there would not have been a ball to run back in the first place.
Pocket$ $traight
05-07-2007, 10:42 PM
And that GREAT Dallas WIN I'm giving that game ball to Troy Vincent, if he didn't block the kick there would not have been a ball to run back in the first place.[/quote]
Vincent didn't run the ball into field goal range though...
GMScud
05-07-2007, 10:44 PM
Face it folks, he's a baaaaaad man and a freak athlete.
YouTube - Sean Taylor From College To Da PROS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLtuRfE6R-A)
GTripp0012
05-07-2007, 10:46 PM
What coverage did he blow against Minnesota? I remember Rogers looking like an idiot.I thought the entire secondary was awful that game. I don't remember specific plays, but I definately remember shaking my head at ST multiple times that game.
Slinginsammy06
05-07-2007, 10:48 PM
I also remember Marcus washington being so high up in the air on that field goal that if troy hadn't blocked it he deffinetly would have.
GTripp0012
05-07-2007, 10:50 PM
Vincent didn't run the ball into field goal range though...And Taylor didn't facemask himself.
I mean, great play all around. Great play by Vincent. Heads up play by Taylor. But the play on a whole...just a crazy wonderful fluctuation of dumb luck.
skinsfan_nn
05-07-2007, 10:51 PM
And that GREAT Dallas WIN I'm giving that game ball to Troy Vincent, if he didn't block the kick there would not have been a ball to run back in the first place.
Vincent didn't run the ball into field goal range though...[/quote]
Well let me put it like this, if Troy didn't block. ST has no ball.
And he didn't run into FG range, a weak 15 yard penalty got the team in range........but I'll gladly take it.