Redskins trade for Jason Taylor (updated)

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Originally Posted by memphisskin

Somehow he was effective enough to be NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2006. Somehow he is effective enough to be consistently ranked among the best at his position.

I see your point about the run defense maybe dropping off a notch. But the pass defense just got raised three or four notches, I'll take that trade off.

I think it makes our defense significantly better this year. Daniels wasn't very good at all against the run last year, and though Taylor isn't an improvement in that respect, he will bring plenty of additional pass rush that we wouldn't have had otherwise.

If we make the playoffs this year, I think the move will justify itself. If we don't make the playoffs, then it probably wasn't a good idea. There's no doubt we're a better team now than we were yesterday, but better doesn't mean we become favorites in the division or anything.