for another year of tributes by the NFL and the drunk white fans to the late Sean Taylor, who spit in an opponent's face on the field and shot bullets at people off it, but who has been virtually canonized since his death.
Sean Taylor on Washington Redskins' minds as training camp opens
There are tangible reminders of Sean Taylor at Redskins Park.
The wooden plaque near new head coach Jim Zorn's office, for example. Or the Pro Bowl safety's locker room stall, still arranged precisely as it was the day he died.
And then there are the reminders no one can touch or see, the vivid memories of Taylor that allowed him to make his way into his former teammates' thoughts Sunday, when the Washington Redskins opened their first training camp without him.
"You know how it is when you lose somebody - it's just personal experiences," said safety Reed Doughty, who moved into Taylor's spot in the starting lineup last season. "It might be a drill that we're doing that Sean used to do so perfectly and I can't quite get right. Or . . . he might get that extra rep in when everybody's tired."
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Sean Taylor on Washington Redskins' minds as training camp opens
There are tangible reminders of Sean Taylor at Redskins Park.
The wooden plaque near new head coach Jim Zorn's office, for example. Or the Pro Bowl safety's locker room stall, still arranged precisely as it was the day he died.
And then there are the reminders no one can touch or see, the vivid memories of Taylor that allowed him to make his way into his former teammates' thoughts Sunday, when the Washington Redskins opened their first training camp without him.
"You know how it is when you lose somebody - it's just personal experiences," said safety Reed Doughty, who moved into Taylor's spot in the starting lineup last season. "It might be a drill that we're doing that Sean used to do so perfectly and I can't quite get right. Or . . . he might get that extra rep in when everybody's tired."
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