Five years ago this Tuesday on November 27, 2007, bruising Washington Redskins free safety Sean Taylor succumbed to a gunshot wound that penetrated his femoral artery during a botched burglary inside his lavish home in Palmetto Bay, Florida. The 6-foot-2, 212 pound Taylor, who Washington selected out of the University of Miami with the fifth pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, reported that his place of residence was ransacked a mere eight days before being slain by the same posse of lowlife thugs. While yellow journalists and badass Internet gossipers speculated that the former Hurricane was targeted due to his … Continue reading →