[vincesanity82]

Regardless of how the Washington Redskins finish, their 2007 season will forever be associated with tragedy. With fallen teammate Sean Taylor on their minds, the Redskins attempt to shift their focus back to football and avoid a fourth straight loss Sunday when they host the Buffalo Bills in their first game since the Pro Bowl safety died as result of a gunshot wound Tuesday. I say the Redskins win this game even though they are grieving the loss of taylor.

[Lefty Noob]

Wow, so hard to determine how a team's going to perform after something like this? Have they even been practicing? I think the Bills will win over a flat Washington team with more imporant things on their minds.

[bears9]

Emontail game for the Skins, I think they will be too distaracted to win. Bills 21-10

[ThePundit]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Wow, so hard to determine how a team's going to perform after something like this? Have they even been practicing? I think the Bills will win over a flat Washington team with more imporant things on their minds.

Good question. From today's Washington Post:

Buoyed by an inspirational speech from Sean Taylor's father and a visit with some of their teammate's family members and girlfriend, the Washington Redskins returned to work yesterday at Redskins Park.

Pedro Taylor had asked owner Daniel Snyder if he could address the team in the wake of his son's death, and Snyder sent his private plane to Miami to pick up the family members. Taylor urged the 5-6 team to fight as hard as possible to reach the postseason...........................

"Nothing was normal about today," said Fletcher, one of the team leaders. "Nothing was really normal. We had the meetings, but it wasn't the normal type of meeting, so to speak. Practice wasn't the same feeling. We tried to make it feel the same as best possible but . . . I know I found myself thinking about Sean, and imagining him out on the football field playing free safety for us."

Gibbs took the team onto the field for walk-throughs and practice, getting them back into their usual routine. "You get a chance to do something you're supposed to be doing again -- playing football, and coaching it, too," Gibbs said. "So I think practice was the best of what happened today as far as getting our minds off things."

After practice a media throng awaited the players, who then showered and headed home around 5 p.m., their first sad day back at work behind them.

"It's definitely hard when you've had the morning we had, and the week that we've had," Evans said, "Losing Sean, it's always going to be a hard thing, and it's something you have to take one day at a time. But he'll never be forgotten, and he'll always be missed."

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