Will Taylor help the 'Skins get back in the hunt?

Swamp · 07-23-2008, 10:45

Hopefully Taylor will bring more heat to the Skins defense this year..they could use it. The NFC East is going to be tough!!!

The fact that the Washington Redskins were able to bring in Jason Taylor now is a huge advantage. Leadership and camaraderie are built in the first weeks of training camp before preseason games begin and some semblance of a game-week routine develops. Taylor can move out of a bad situation in Miami and start adapting to a new system and building chemistry with his new teammates, giving him a chance to maximize his impact both on and off the field. This is not how things usually work on the personnel side, and both teams got lucky with the timing.

Taylor will be a three-down player, will have to be accounted for on every snap, and will make the entire defense better. Offensive coordinators will be forced to slide protection toward Taylor, which will give DEs Andre Carter, Demetric Evans and Chris Wilson and DT Cornelius Griffin plenty of one-on-one matchups in third-down, sub-passing situations. Defensive coordinator Greg Blache also will be allowed a lot more versatility within his pressure packages.

rubberneck · 07-23-2008, 11:15

Taylor won't make them any worse but they were more than one player away from going deep into the playoffs and that hasn't changed.

**Jack Moroney (RIP)** · 07-23-2008, 11:38

Perhaps he can hold dance classes at half time with the cheer leaders

That might increase the draw to the stadium, increase revenue and allow more bucks for recruiting.

**Roguish Lawyer** · 07-23-2008, 12:33

The Redskins will always suck as long as Snyder keeps toying with the roster.

Ret10Echo · 07-23-2008, 13:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Moroney

Perhaps he can hold dance classes at half time with the cheer leaders

That might increase the draw to the stadium, increase revenue and allow more bucks for recruiting.

Maryland can use the revenue...

cjwils3 · 07-23-2008, 13:09

IMO, the Cowboys are still a lock to win the NFC East, assuming that Romo has another great season. The wildcard hunt will be a tossup though. The Giants are going to be very competitive again, though it should be interesting to see how they will fare against the Skins' new and improved defense. As for Philadelphia, I don't see them being very good at all.