Redskins Lose a Pair of Ends, Trade Market Swirls around Jason Taylor

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The Curly R: A Washington RedskinZ Blog found this 7/21/2008 on mvn.com [flag]
The good news this afternoon is that the first day of training camp has come and gone. The bad news: two pieces of the Redskins’ defensive line are done for the year. Veteran DE Phillip Daniels tore his left ACL on the first play of 7-on-7 drills, according to Jason La Canfora . La Canfora also reports that second year DE Alex Buzbee torn his Achilles tendon, and is also done for ... [link]

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Published 7/21/2008 by Ben Folsom (noreply@blogger.com) at The Curly R: A Washington RedskinZ Blog
... Greg at Hog Heaven notes that Jason Taylor was defensive MVP in 2006 but that his and the Dolphins' run stopping abilities declined in 2007, don't forget the Dolphins were 1-15 last year. If a defensive end's first signs of age are losing a step against the run then it could be risky business with two pass rushers in there on every down (Andre Carter being the other). Later Greg gives us an idea of ...

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