How Would We Feel About Landon Collins Potentially Wearing Sean Taylor's 21?
As we have learned, Landon Collins is a huge Sean Taylor fan. I wrote a little about it here. But in the last day or so, we’ve learned the scope of it. And then today, Dan Snyder gave Landon Collins a present- a game worn, signed Sean Taylor jersey. One of two that Dan Snyder/the Redskins owned, he gave to Collins. A very nice gesture, no denying it.
But also…I don’t know…isn’t this all a bit weird? Like…me and PFT were talking about this, and it’s hard to put exactly into words but this whole thing just feels weird. It’s classic Dan Snyder trying to be best friends with a star athlete and pandering to him. And the thing is, I never really care about small things like who wears jersey numbers and stuff like that, but Sean Taylor is way different. I don’t know why his number wasn’t already retired to begin with so this conversation wouldn’t even have to happen, but here we are. We’re talking about Landon Collins and if he “deserves” to wear Sean’s number. Collins is a good player. But I don’t know, should he actually wear Sean Taylor’s #21? I say no. Nobody should ever wear that number in DC again. It’s awesome how much Collins respects and idolizes Sean, but to wear his number on the field as a Redskin…doesn’t that just seems a bit off?
If Sean’s family is fine with it, who am I to argue? I’m just a fan with an opinion. And I just think Sean should be the last player to wear #21 for the Skins and Dan Snyder should back the fuck off.