Jul 20th 2008 11:29PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Dolphins, Redskins, AFC East, NFC East
For Redskins fans, this started out as a great day. The Skins were the first team to open training camp today, marking the official end to the NFL offseason (if there really is one).
Then came some bad news: Starting DE Phillip Daniels tore his ACL on the first play of a 7-on-7 drill and will miss the season.
A few hours later, DE Alex Buzbee tore his Achilles tendon and will also miss the season. CB Fred Smoot twisted his ankle and will miss a week or two. Not exactly what Jim Zorn wanted in his first training camp.
Going back to the defensive ends, losing Daniels and Buzbee (not to mention not having Erasmus James healthy) meant that position was in very thin shape. Just as quickly, Washington traded for Jason Taylor.
The Skins gave up a 2nd round pick next year and a 6th round pick in 2010 which has fans thinking the team paid too big a price. After all, Taylor is 33, has just two years remaining on his contract and has hinted that he’ll only play one more season. Also, the team is saying they will move him to left end … which isn’t where he typically plays. So, yeah, that is a big price to rent a player.
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