VIDEO: Remembering When Sean Taylor Destroyed Punter Brian Moorman in the Freaking Pro Bowl

The late Sean Taylor was well on his way to being one of the NFL's most electric, hard-hitting safeties in its illustrious history. Right before he tragically passed away at 24 years old in 2007, Taylor made his first two Pro Bowl appearances in consecutive seasons. In 2006, the then-22-year-old delivered one of the greatest hit-stick tackles in Pro Bowl history, and it's still unreal to watch today.

Some context: The AFC led the NFC by one touchdown in the closing minutes of the third quarter, and they'd just failed to convert on third down from around midfield. Bills punter Brian Moorman and the AFC's special teams unit came onto the field, but little did we know they were about to pull off a fake punt.

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It's one thing to attempt this during a Pro Bowl, and it makes it even worse that the AFC tried this with a one-score lead. Obviously it caught the NFC off guard, but not Taylor. Moorman scambled to his right after hauling in the long snap, and it looked like he was about to barely pick up first down yardage. That is, until Taylor entered the picture.

Just as Moorman was approaching the first-down marker, Taylor flew in from off the screen to lower the boom on the lanky punter in exhibition play. Who would have thought that a special teams tackle on a trick play would be the greatest Pro Bowl highlight of all time?

At 6-3 and 225 pounds, Taylor had a lethal presence in the secondary. When he would close in to make a tackle, his pursuit of the ball-carrier was second to none.