Redskins trade for Jason Taylor

[zackredsox]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3497625

 

Huge trade for the Skins, Parcells finally gave in.

[YanksHater213]

Little less for Brady to worry about... like it a lot.

[ARod2212]

Fine by me. Taylor is out of the AFC East. Should make Week 1 a little easier to deal with for the Jets.

[BudLight]

If Taylor retires after the 2008 season, as he as stated in the past, then this was a bad deal for the Skins IMO. Miami is rebuilding through the draft and took a big step yesterday in that direction. Taylor was not making many friends among the new regime in Miami and had worn out his welcome. An injury/missed time by Taylor this season puts the Skins back in the same situation, with no apparent backup, but now they will also be a few draft picks lighter.

[ORS]

More of the same from Dan Snyder. Give up on the future, with a young core to boot, and build up for a mediocre now. Who knows, maybe his "established" player love results in a good D this time around, but I'm skeptical. What they lacked last year was edge pressure, so this should help. I like their secondary, despite the loss of Taylor, and the LB core should be good. However, this isn't the move that puts them over the top, IMO. They probably went from a 8-9 win team to a 10, maybe 11, win team. Good enough to get out of the WC round, if they are lucky, but they won't contend with the powers of the NFC. Not yet, and now that their future drafts will again lack depth, not in the future either. I hate Snyder.

 

BL, the article does state that Taylor will finish out the remaining 2 years of his contract. I know, I know, taking an athlete at his word is never something you can have 100% confidence in, but I don't think they make the deal if he was still intent on hanging it up after this season.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

I guess this means you're not going to draft the Wahington D in Fantasy.

[ORS]

They certainly won't be a first choice, but I could see them being good in a platoon with another good defense where you played the matchups.