Redskins trade for Jason Taylor (updated)

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Gtripp, I was referring to the people that posted after your recent post and were like: see signing JT was a mistake....we knew this would happen...the FO sucks for doing this....etc., etc. And you're right, there are prob ppl that complain about trading picks away who were in favor of the JT trade. Like I said, to me the naysayers of this trade (then) seem to be glad they were right and this trade failed.

You must be talking about me.
On 7/21/08 I did vote against this trade and at the time I posted, "Another old guy. Taylor has been dancing on TV for the last several months and might not be in the best shape of his life. Injury is a concern.

Then yesterday on 1/29/09 I quoted that old post and I said, "I was not that far off."

That is all I said.
I did not say anything about the trade or your boy Vinny or the FO.
Some of you guys that are slurping on Vinny need to take the good with the bad and not get your panties in a knot.
You in particular should never try and get in someones head by guessing what someone meant, like when you said, "Like I said, to me the naysayers of this trade (then) seem to be glad they were right and this trade failed."
You can never know what someone is thinking and you should not start to try.
While I was against the trade, I was very upset the trade did not go well and with the outcome of this season. Don't ever question my loyalty to my team. I do not like Vinny, but I never want a trade to fail or a season to go bad just to prove a stupid point. I always want my Redskins to win the SB.

This is still America? Don't tell people what to say or think. If some folks here are disappointed with the FO, let them be disappointed.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Thanks for pointing this out Matty. People just love to complain. I swear this sounds like a Lions board rather than a team that went 8-8 with a rookie HC. I'm sick of all this negativity, it's like people that thought signing JT was a bad idea are getting high of the fact that they were right.

I was ok with this signing, and unfortunately for the team it didn't work out due to JT's injury. It's a shame that he didn't produce as he did for Miami last season.

I don't think people are getting high about being right. It's just that the FO does some of the stupidest shit I've ever seen. For every good move they make, like bringing Fletcher they make 2 bad ones....and the bad ones are so bad that it's almost comical.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Hindsight sure is a bitch, funny that 92% of people approved of the trade when it happened.

Well I was not one of them. This was an awful trade and IMO it should've costed Vinny his job. Parcells is no idiot and when he saw that Taylor wasn't training for the upcoming season, and was off in Hollywood on Dancing w/ The Stars he knew Taylor wasn't putting football first....so he got rid of him.

[Paintrain]

I was WAY wrong on this one. I thought that JT was going to be a stud coming off the end against right tackles. He was slow, got stood up way too much and wasn't a factor at all. He didn't seem like he enjoyed one minute of being a Redskin. I'm sure this will go down in the blunderous lore of the Deion Sanders era.

[SmootSmack]

What is this one year you're talking about? Taylor came to the Redskins with a 2 year deal carried over from the Dolphins

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

What is this one year you're talking about? Taylor came to the Redskins with a 2 year deal carried over from the Dolphins

Maybe he means that when all is said and done we're likely to have just gotten one year out of Taylor... and a very lousy year at that (?)

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by The Goat

Maybe he means that when all is said and done we're likely to have just gotten one year out of Taylor... and a very lousy year at that (?)

Yeah I know, but I don't know if he knows. Or if he really believes that we signed him for a one-year deal.

I hope Taylor comes back. He has a very limited injury history, and he showed his talent last year when healthy. I think we can get a good year out of him. We still need a run-stopper. Really liking Tyson Jackson these days, but not at #13

[Gmanc711]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Yeah I know, but I don't know if he knows. Or if he really believes that we signed him for a one-year deal.

I hope Taylor comes back. He has a very limited injury history, and he showed his talent last year when healthy. I think we can get a good year out of him. We still need a run-stopper. Really liking Tyson Jackson these days, but not at #13

I agree. I mean I was all for the trade when it happened, at the time I thought we could be good enough and with a legit pass rusher we could go over the edge. I still think Taylor can play, and would like to see him here for a healthy season (cap willing)...

[SBXVII]

Amazingly I didn't post. LOL. I went to see what I said so I could wipe the egg off my face considering I was for the trade and felt having Carter, Taylor, and James would make us 110 % better. As people have said "Hind sight is 20/20."

[redsk1]

I thought the trade was a good one as long as he stays here 2 years. The fact is he played thru a pretty serious injury, then surgery. Hopefully he'll be here next season and we see the real JT.

[MTK]

If you laid out a list of the good vs. bad moves I think people would be surprised to see there isn't as many bad moves as you may think. They're just more glaring and people tend to focus in on the bad moves.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

If you laid out a list of the good vs. bad moves I think people would be surprised to see there isn't as many bad moves as you may think. They're just more glaring and people tend to focus in on the bad moves.

Thats very true and at the time we picked up JT it seemed that just about everyone and thats including the TV experts thought it was a good move. Things happen and do we really know if he ran out of gas or his injuries cause him to slow down.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Thats very true and at the time we picked up JT it seemed that just about everyone and thats including the TV experts thought it was a good move. Things happen and do we really know if he ran out of gas or his injuries cause him to slow down.

Well I think given the fact that the calf injury he had could have cost him his leg, I would say that it was injuries. I guess only next year will tell us whether or not he's running out of gas.