Of course, current WFT president Jason Wright was pushed out in front of the rightfully angry mob to try to make amends, claiming that the plan had long been to retire Taylor's jersey during the team's Week 6 home game against the Kansas City Chiefs, but the team held off on announcing it until 72 hours beforehand because "we thought that saving the news for a game week reveal was the best way to focus the message on Sean and his legacy." Washington's by all appearances rushed jersey retirement didn't do much to honor the late Sean Taylor, and his family and friends deserve better. ![]() ![]() Look over here! We're going to honor Sean Taylor! No one pay attention to the mountains of manure piling up around one of the most valuable sports teams on the planet. From that moment, it felt unseemly that Snyder and whoever else is making major decisions there believed a shiny object, in this case the legions of fans and players who adored the hard-hitting Taylor, would distract everyone. The team announced Thursday that Taylor's jersey would be retired on Sunday, just three days later. To borrow a joke told often on Twitter, there's a reason so many of us think "WTF" first in nearly any mention of the franchise. On Sunday, Washington retired the number of beloved safety Sean Taylor, who at just 24 years old was killed in his home in 2007 by burglars who did not know the Pro Bowler and his family would be there.Īs with nearly everything WFT, the ceremony was bungled. This time we're talking about the craven use of the memory of a murdered star for WFT's own gain. No, this time we're not talking about the vile emails from former team president and general manager Bruce Allen to buddies Jon Gruden and Jeff Pash, or the investigation into the pernicious workplace environment for which the NFL won't release the findings. ![]() How else to explain what happened last week?
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