Taylor (Jacobs) to Start in 2005?

Where's everyone crying for Mike Doss like after the draft! WE DONT WANT A FLORIDA RECEIVER!

He could be the steal of that draft, I can hardly wait to see him starting. Carlos Rodgers also said he was the toughest opponent he ever played in college.

Saying he's had injury problems is a little unfair considering the freak internal injury he had his rookie year.

I'm excited to see what Taylor Jacobs can do for us in a starting role. I'm still bettin' on Moss, Jacobs, and Patton starting with Thrash coming in on a few downs. Like the posse, I'm not looking at any of these guys as being a number one or three....as long as they catch the ball and move the chains - that will be a plus for us!

Then again...I think we have loaded up enough at fullback so we won't have to pass the ball! :-)

Where's everyone crying for Mike Doss like after the draft! WE DONT WANT A FLORIDA RECEIVER!

He could be the steal of that draft, I can hardly wait to see him starting. Carlos Rodgers also said he was the toughest opponent he ever played in college.

As of today, Doss looks like the better pick. But, hopefully TJ will pick it up.

I didn't realize Rogers said those things about TJ....thanks.

Never heard anyone questioning his toughness in college? He never had a football injury before the NFL.

Taylor Jacobs sprained his knee on the opening drive of the 2002 Georgia contest, as a result he sat out TWO games - Vanderbilt and South Carolina.
That was a football related injury.

Taylor Jacobs being picked in the second round may have as a surprise to some, but here is a pre-draft evaluation of the the WR's in Jacobs class from NFLexperts.com (http://nfldraft.scout.com/2/70783.html)

It says,
"The expectations for Jacobs may not be that great; there could be as many as four underclassmen drafted before his name is called with the slight possibility of one upperclassmen, Lee Evans, being taken for him. In the end it could all work in Jacobs favor as he may slip through the cracks into the second frame (round) next April then turn into a "diamond in the rough" or a "bargain" and "value" pick that immediately starts at the next level, has a productive rookie campaign then goes on to a very solid career in the NFL. All photos in this story courtesy of Getty Images.

needless to say he has not had a good NFL career yet.

I can not find the pre-draft report I read years ago that mentioned Taylor Jacobs was a below average run blocker and called into question his toughness. I guess because it was several years ago.

Speaking of Doss anyone else find it funny that he hasn't received half the attention that Taylor has, and he actually DID fire shots!

Do you think it's because Taylor is just the higher profile guy coming from Miami and such, or is this the media getting a kick out of shining the hot spotlight on the Redskins, or maybe a combo of the two?

Who knows? It might just seem that way because we have more "stock" into our team than what we do with a player from another team.

I think you're both right. I think the skins are going to get more national media attention than the colts (east coast bias), and I think we are spending a lot more time on this than non-skins fans. I'll bet colts fan boards were blowing up too when Doss's arrest first came out. It also doesn't hurt that ST has mastered being able to keep himself in the spotlight (whether intentional or not). It's pure sports-writer gold to have a guy break the law while he's the only one sitting out of team workouts and ignoring his coach for apparently no reason. I wouldn't be surprised to see a Pasta article ripping ST in the next week or so.

Pasta may rip on ST, but he'll definitely spin it all back on the Redskins. I wonder what he'll say about Doss and the Colts though.

Pasta may rip on ST, but he'll definitely spin it all back on the Redskins. I wonder what he'll say about Doss and the Colts though.

Probably that Peyton Manning spoke to Doss and blessed him and all charges have been dropped after Peyton assured the DA that Doss wouldn't do it again.........and somehow the Colts will be a better and stronger team for it.