Grieving Redskin players will try to soldier on as best as they can

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) – Sean Taylor’s father urged the Washington Redskins to make a playoff push, while Miami police asked for the public’s help to solve the safety’s death in what they suspect was a random burglary.Miami-Dade police director Robert Parker said Wednesday there were no indications the slain 24-year-old was targeted or knew his assailant.”There’s nothing that indicates thus far that there’s some kind of involvement on the victim’s part,” said Parker, adding it was “more like a random event.”Police have no suspects in the fatal shooting.”We have no reason to think this was anything other than a burglary or a robbery involving an intruder,” Parker said.Police are still investigating, however, a possible link to a Nov. 17 break-in at Taylor’s home, in which police said someone pried open a front window, rifled through drawers and left a kitchen knife on a bed.Evidence at Taylor’s home indicates one or more intruders barged into the house early Monday in an attempted burglary, Parker said. After a confrontation inside the home, Taylor was shot once in the upper leg and died early Tuesday after losing a tremendous amount of blood.Taylor’s family has scheduled a funeral service for 11 a.m. Monday at Pharmed Arena at Florida International University in Miami. Redskins owner Dan Snyder is arranging for the entire football organization to attend.At Redskins Park on Wednesday, Taylor’s family and teammates came together to privately share tears and memories.”Many of these guys were wondering, ‘How in the world am I going to go out and do this on Sunday?”‘ said Brett Fuller, the team chaplain. “And when Mr. Taylor stood up and said go out and win these next five and make it to the playoffs, we felt a surge in the room, that he almost gave us permission to play well.”Fuller said Pedro Taylor’s 10-minute speech was followed by 10 minutes of “hugs and thank yous.”Sean Taylor’s brother, sister and uncle were also in attendance, in addition to his girlfriend, Jackie Garcia, who also addressed the team.”Both of them, they kind of echoed Sean’s passion for things,” coach Joe Gibbs said. “And the way he cared about things.”The team then began to attempt to focus on its preparations for Sunday’s home game against the Buffalo Bills. Players went to their game-planning meetings – which were shorter than normal – and later held a quieter-than-usual afternoon practice.