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PSUSkinsFan21 · 07-21-2008, 09:23 AM

In response to a few complaints I've seen on here:

1. I know this is really jarring to some people's mindsets, but draft picks really aren't guaranteed to work out....not even in the second round. (See Taylor Jacobs)

2. I don't know what dancing with the stars has to do with any of this. Are we really going to criticize a guy for doing something that didn't require him to miss any time with his team? It's the off-season......he's free to do whatever the F- he wants. It's not like the guy was sitting at home playing Madden all spring (or perhaps you'd be happier with that?). It's up to every individual player to keep themselves in shape during the offseason and I've seen absolutely zero indication that Taylor is in any way out of shape.

People are saying ridiculous things like "what kind of leader goes off dancing....he should be helping his 1-15 team to get better." When dancing with the stars was being filmed there wasn't any team organized training or team organized events that Taylor was somehow skipping out on. If he had been working out at the Dolphins facility at the time, there probably wouldn't have even been anyone else there.

3. Can we please look at this from a (perish the thought) football perspective. Any argument that Taylor doesn't represent a significant upgrade over anything we've had at DE for the last 10 years is completely unsupportable. Is someone going to tell me that the ESPN overhype (not sure where that comes from) is responsible for his 100+ sacks? Did ESPN somehow give Taylor 11 sacks last year? Give me a break.

4. Bruce Smith? Really, you want to go there? Ok, lets look at some facts. Bruce Smith came here in his 16th year in the league. Taylor is coming in his 12th. In Bruce Smith's 12th, 13th and 14th years he had 13.5, 14, and 10 sacks respectivley. Oh, and when he came here in his 16th year, he gave us 10 sacks (followed by 5, 9, and 5). And Smith was given an huge new contract......Taylor is playing under his old contract. This is NOT Bruce Smith all over again. In fact, the two situations have almost nothing in common.

07-21-2008, 09:23 AM	#119
PSUSkinsFan21 The Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Philadelphia, PA Age: 48 Posts: 1,340	Re: Redskins trade for Jason Taylor (updated) In response to a few complaints I've seen on here: 1. I know this is really jarring to some people's mindsets, but draft picks really aren't guaranteed to work out....not even in the second round. (See Taylor Jacobs) 2. I don't know what dancing with the stars has to do with any of this. Are we really going to criticize a guy for doing something that didn't require him to miss any time with his team? It's the off-season......he's free to do whatever the F- he wants. It's not like the guy was sitting at home playing Madden all spring (or perhaps you'd be happier with that?). It's up to every individual player to keep themselves in shape during the offseason and I've seen absolutely zero indication that Taylor is in any way out of shape. People are saying ridiculous things like "what kind of leader goes off dancing....he should be helping his 1-15 team to get better." When dancing with the stars was being filmed there wasn't any team organized training or team organized events that Taylor was somehow skipping out on. If he had been working out at the Dolphins facility at the time, there probably wouldn't have even been anyone else there. 3. Can we please look at this from a (perish the thought) football perspective. Any argument that Taylor doesn't represent a significant upgrade over anything we've had at DE for the last 10 years is completely unsupportable. Is someone going to tell me that the ESPN overhype (not sure where that comes from) is responsible for his 100+ sacks? Did ESPN somehow give Taylor 11 sacks last year? Give me a break. 4. Bruce Smith? Really, you want to go there? Ok, lets look at some facts. Bruce Smith came here in his 16th year in the league. Taylor is coming in his 12th. In Bruce Smith's 12th, 13th and 14th years he had 13.5, 14, and 10 sacks respectivley. Oh, and when he came here in his 16th year, he gave us 10 sacks (followed by 5, 9, and 5). And Smith was given an huge new contract......Taylor is playing under his old contract. This is NOT Bruce Smith all over again. In fact, the two situations have almost nothing in common. __________________ "Hail to the Redskins!" and "Fight on State!"