Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives. As such, it is news to us that the Washington Football Team have announced that they will be retiring the number 21 of the late Sean Taylor this Sunday.
Taylor was the fifth overall pick in 2004, and would become the team’s starting Free Safety. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 2006 and posthumously in 2007, when he was having his best season in football. He was killed during a robbery at his home in November 27, 2007.
Taylor will be the third man to have his number retired, following Sammy Baugh (#33) and Bobby Mitchell (#49).
While we are happy about this announcement, the timing is curious, as the team is under investigation for a toxic work environment. More attention has been paid to this with the leaking of Jon Gruden’s emails to Bruce Allen, which contained sexist, homophobic and racist comments. Nevertheless, the Washington Football Team did say that this has been in the works for some time.
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