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The Commanders unveiled a new memorial to safety Sean Taylor who was killed in 2007. Outkick thinks it looks like “a display at Macy’s” and the team should be ashamed
That Sean Taylor "statue’
Outkick
The Commanders unveiled a new memorial to safety Sean Taylor who was killed in 2007. Outkick thinks it looks like “a display at Macy’s” and the team should be ashamed
Deadspin
Why didn’t they just make a normal statue, asks Deadspin. That would’ve been an easy win. Instead they made a half-baked “wiry mannequin”
The Spun
Putting soccer cleats on the “statue” outraged a lot of fans, too. Though The Sun says it was intentional
Sports Illustrated
And Taylor’s family thought the soccer cleats were spot on. His daughter Jackie called the memorial “beautiful” -- SI
Yahoo
But Yahoo still thinks they botched it. Yes, he wore soccer cleats but not even the kind on the statue. That’s an easy detail to get right and they missed it
Twitter
Pro-Football-Talk’s Michael David Smith is way underwhelmed. The team made a big deal about this memorial but it’s just his uniform. What a weak effort
SB Nation
This isn’t the first time the team has failed to respectfully honor Taylor, writes SB-Nation. Last year when a stadium road was renamed in his honor, the ceremony was done in front of a bunch of port-a-potties
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