Jul 20th 2008 6:56PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Dolphins, RedskinsJason Taylor wanted to play for a team that was in the playoffs last year, not in last place. Bill Parcells wanted to shape his roster in Miami with young, inexpensive players. Dan Snyder wanted to add a big-name star in Washington.

All three men got their wish today, as the Miami Dolphins traded Taylor to the Washington Redskins for a 2009 second-round pick and a 2010 sixth-round pick.

Taylor will become a starting defensive end for the Redskins, who just lost starting defensive end Phillip Daniels to a torn ACL. Snyder, the Redskins’ owner, never hesitates to add expensive veterans, and Daniels probably hadn’t been carted off the practice field yet when Snyder called the Dolphins to inquire what it would take to acquire Taylor.

And Parcells probably told him a second-round pick wasn’t quite enough, so Snyder threw in that 2010 sixth-rounder, and the deal was done. And now Taylor, who has played his entire 11-year career with the Dolphins, is a Redskin.