Redskins trade for Jason Taylor (updated)

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Originally Posted by hail_2_da_skins

Picking up Jason Taylor says nothing about Demetric Evans ability to play. When you lose two players for the season at the same position, you have to act quickly and fill those roster spots. It just so happen that a former All-Pro is available. It makes sense to me to upgrade at that position. I would say that Jason Taylor is an upgrade over a healthy Phillips McDaniel. Demetric Evans still has a big role on this team and will have plenty of opportunities to contribute. The combination of Taylor and Carter will allow the Redskins to get a push from both ends in their base defense, something they didn't get in the past few seasons. They always had to go to a pass rushing specialist in obvious passing situations.

Jason Taylor is unquestionably an upgrade of Daniels.

I think it's totally fallacious to defend the ability to give up a 2nd round pick for a 34 year old defensive player as "opportunity".

If we had done this trade in May, well before we knew about Daniels' and Buzbee's fates, would you have supported it? I think there would have been a lot more debate over whether it was smart or not if we didn't perceive a giant hole on the DL.

Either way, the situations are identical. Taylor is the LDE now, and we're down a second round pick.