Redskins Roundup

Like many other people who live in DC, I love the Redskins and I can't wait for this season to start. This weekend, Redskins training camp started in Ashburn, VA and after such an emotional season last year I am eager to see what the 2008 Redskins under Coach Zorn are shaping up to look like. The really big news out of day 1 was Phillip Daniels season ending ACL tear and the subsequent pickup of Pro Bowler Jason Taylor from Miami to fill in the gaps on the D-Line. This wasn't much of a surprise to me, I thought for sure we were going to make a play for Taylor during the draft and one of our teams glaring needs is a decent DE that can pass rush ( I was so surprised that we didn't go after a DE with our 1 or 2nd pick on draft day). As much as I love Phillip Daniels for his veteran leadership, Taylor with his 11 sacks last season and pro-bowl caliber career is an immediate upgrade to the line. I also see Taylor's big time presence to the D freeing up Andre Carter from the double team as well as setting up some of our secondary to make some big plays. while we traded away a 2009 2nd round pick and a 2010 6th round pick, I really think we got the best deal possible given the unexpected injury to Daniels and don't think this will be another Redskins retirement package like Deion, Bruce Smith or TJ Duckett.