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The Associated Press: Redskins' Taylor may miss opener with knee sprain
Redskins' Taylor may miss opener with knee sprain By JOSEPH WHITE 20 hours ago ASHBURN, Va. (AP) It's touch and go whether Jason Taylor will play in the Washington Redskins' season opener against the New York Giants. Taylor sprained his right knee in the second quarter of Saturday night's 47-3 loss. An MRI performed Sunday morning allayed Redskins' fears of a more serious injury. "It looks ...
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Smoke Signals: Kicked Our asses all over the field Edition
MVN RSS — ... occurred —- poor tackling. I would not be too concerned if, like the offensive line, it was just a bad week. BUT, this is the second week in a row this defense completely failed to execute basic fundamental tackling. The defensive lien got owned and the Linebackers played poorly. Basic fundamentals fellas, basic fundamentals go along way. Onward to the news wire … As we reported yesterday, Jason Taylor’s MRI had good news, is just a sprain, however, he will likely miss 10-14 days, perhaps the season opener and snapping his 130 game consecutive streak. It is not certain yet, ...

Less Than Two Weeks Remain
Da' Bears Blog — ... keep Matt Toeaina over Dan Bazuin because I've seen Big Toe do it in the real games and (2) I think it is imperative that Caleb Hanie not be allowed to leave this organization. I just like the kid. The NFC East are battling some major injuries this summer. Cowboys lost a starting guard for a month, the champs lost arguably the best pass rusher in the league for the season, Philadelphia lost a starting receiver and Jason Taylor has begun a year of more sidelining than playing. We're days away from my season projections. Easily, the most ...

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