Taylor Jacobs starting Sunday

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Originally Posted by joecrisp

That could be a big detriment to him, holding him back on the depth chart, while others with "louder" personalities jockey for the attention of coaches, and lobby through the media for more playing time and more looks from the quarterback on gameday. As the saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. It could also be that, consciously or unconsiously, the coaches and quarterbacks interpret Taylor's lack of bravado as a lack of self-confidence. Why would they have any confidence in someone who apparently has little or no confidence in himself?

With Patten out of the picture this weekend, this is Taylor's opportunity to let his playmaking abilities speak for themselves. The question is, how loudly will they speak?

First off, you're a pretty damn good writer.

Second, I disagree that wide receivers need that Jordan-esque instinct to be successful. Art Monk?

He was literally a fly on the wall but he was one of the great ones.

Barry Sanders? He was another just amazing athlete who was a consumnate professional through the end but he simply didn't ruffle any feathers.

As Ken Beatrice always used to say, there is a distinction between cockiness and athletic confidence. Athletes who are cocky (TO, Randy Moss, etc.) have no place on the Redskins as far as I'm concerned; whereas we want the type of players who have confidence in their athletic abilities.