Sean Taylor - What if...

to the two combatants take a break from the argument

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PSUfan - Perhaps his family has jobs and they can't spend every waking moment in DC. He's playing pro ball, not supporting his support structure.

And how would that make him any different from EVERY OTHER player in the NFL? I'm not saying they should "spend every waking moment in DC," but he certainly has greater means to have his family visit him than the normal, everyday Joe who relocates for a job or goes off to school.

Again, why is it that we got stuck with the most emotionally fragile player in the NFL (if his adjustment to DC was so hard and if it's true that he's just really missing home......where he's been for months now)? It's not like there has never been a rookie in the NFL that's had to leave his home to start a life for himself. Yet here we are, trying to figure out why Taylor is seemingly the only guy in the NFL that can't make it to OTA's because why? Really, why? Plenty of guys aren't there because of injury (Arrington, Barrow), or legitimate excused personal reasons (Tupa), or holding out for a better contract (TO), or because they are going to be traded or released anyway (Gardner). So who in the NFL isn't there because they just want to spend more time at home? That's right, our guy. It's just rediculous. Here we are speculating that he's not there because he's "burned out" in his second year? Is that some kind of a joke? Other than Eric Crouch, I can't recall a player getting "burned out" so fast.

Thank God you're not the coach, PSU. Sorry, I missed your first post somehow. I can't believe you actually would keep Taylor out of the starting lineup for something this insignificant. If you follow that logic, you'd be sitting Javon Walker, Donovan Darius, and countless other players around the league who have held out for various reasons. And you'd end up losing games. Hell, you'd even have to sit Santana Moss. After all, he was under contract for one more year while he was sitting out waiting for his new contract, missing these voluntary practices.

If you do it to Taylor you have to do it to everyone else.

Think about sitting someone like Terrell Owens, who is calling out his QB in the media. But don't sit Sean Taylor for missing a series of practices that are taking place FIVE MONTHS before the season begins.

Once he shows up this will all be forgotten. It still really irks me that S.T can be such an immature wussy! "I'm home sick. I don't like the spot light." :vomit-smi Give me a freeking break!!!

Like I said before, this the NFL, not HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, to win at this level you have to play the best players you have!!! You talk about a "TEAM" wouldnt you be hurting your team if you put incompentent players on the field while you bench the best player just to teach him a lesson? Sooner or later the players will turn on you!!!

Like I said before, this the NFL, not HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, to win at this level you have to play the best players you have!!! You talk about a "TEAM" wouldnt you be hurting your team if you put incompentent players on the field while you bench the best player just to teach him a lesson? Sooner or later the players will turn on you!!!

Generally speaking, you do have to put the best players on the field. However, disciplinary measures (i.e. benching a player) are a necessary evil when a player "acts out." Gibbs benched Taylor for missing a practice in the game against the Packers even though he was certainly our best safety. I think it would be "high school football" to allow a player to miss mandatory practices/camps and not punish him by benching him for a game or two.

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Chill out everyone lest the mods "bench" you for inappropriate behavior. Save it for the Cowgirls.

Generally speaking, you do have to put the best players on the field. However, disciplinary measures (i.e. benching a player) are a necessary evil when a player "acts out." Gibbs benched Taylor for missing a practice in the game against the Packers even though he was certainly our best safety. I think it would be "high school football" to allow a player to miss mandatory practices/camps and not punish him by benching him for a game or two.
You are right Gibbs did bench Taylor for the Green Bay game, but also wasnt that for his DUI along with missing a practice? Also is that not more important than Taylor missing voulentary workouts? Untill Taylor missed mandatory practices/camps you can not bench him.

I agree with your statment too, it would be "high shcool football" to allow a player miss mandatory events and still play him. And it would be "high school football" to bench a player for missing voulentary off-season workouts. But as of this season so far Taylor has yet to miss mandatory anything. When/if he does then yes take the approprate measures against him, but not until he does.

Taylor was benched for missing the practice and supposedly, it had nothing to do with the DUI.

I agree that you shouldn't necessarily bench Taylor for missing voluntary workouts. It would be a TOTALLY different story, in my mind at least, if he missed any camps.

Taylor was benched for missing the practice and supposedly, it had nothing to do with the DUI.

I agree that you shouldn't necessarily bench Taylor for missing voluntary workouts. It would be a TOTALLY different story, in my mind at least, if he missed any camps.

100% agreed. Mandatory means mandatory and voluntary means voluntary, no matter how many people show up for "voluntary" practices.