TAYLOR AWAKES FROM COMA AFTER GUN WOUND SURGERY: FOX SPORTS reports that Sean Taylor has emerged from his coma and is responding to doctors:

The Redskins safety was shot early Monday morning in an attack at his south Florida home. A bullet to Taylor’s leg hit a femoral artery and caused massive blood loss.Taylor had fallen into a coma during surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami for the gunshot wound. The NFL Network further reported that Taylor flatlined twice during the emergency proceedures.

Doctors are concerned that the blood loss could have affected blood flow to Taylor’s brain, causing permanent damage.

But a source now says Taylor has awoken from his coma, and the injured player gripped a doctor’s hand when he was asked to do so.

The FOX source said, “Anything can happen at any time, but the phrase now being throw around is cautious optimism. Before, the guy was slowly passing away. Now, he’s slowly getting stronger.”