Jason Taylor - No. 55 In Your Program ... (Updated)

Double Nickels...sounds scary

oh yeah...and

FIRST

3rd (or 4th)

Everyone is cooked...

uh oh! do we have a Mr. Nickels on our team now? could be a scary thing. IF he keeps 55, we're gonna have to come up with a name for him and Andre because they have double numbers LOL

I'll keep updating this entry as the Jasons call from the practice field...note the official beginning of football this morning.

Someone likes the symmetry of numbers.

Over under for Taylor/Carter is 25 Sacks. I'm going over.

I would think that the pressure coming off the ends will create more opportunities for the fellas in the middle as well. could be a good year for the Defese (yet again)

It feels great to talk football again. I can not wait until the season starts.

55 Double-Mint 99

Lot of age on the left side. Springs, Marcus, Taylor. Along with Griffin and Fletcher it's do or die time.

Griff is a great player but hasn't been consistant since 05. He has flashes of that since then but this should be his year. If it's not he might be at the end of his career as far as playing at a high level. Overall he is still a great player though. I guess we will see what he has left.

I like the trade, but I'm not quite ready to drink the Kool-Aid. I'll go under on 25 sacks.

uh oh! do we have a Mr. Nickels on our team now? could be a scary thing. IF he keeps 55, we're gonna have to come up with a name for him and Andre because they have double numbers LOL

Posted by: Tamika | July 22, 2008 8:52 AM

Duh, that would be the Doubleteam Twins

I like the trade, but I'm not quite ready to drink the Kool-Aid. I'll go under on 25 sacks.

Posted by: etrod | July 22, 2008 9:02 AM

Fair enough. It is quite upsetting to get into it then be hit with a season like 06. I feel like 25 isn't that far out of the question though. If they skins play up to any kind of potential 12 and 13 sacks shouldn't be a problem or even 11 and 14.

uh oh! do we have a Mr. Nickels on our team now? could be a scary thing. IF he keeps 55, we're gonna have to come up with a name for him and Andre because they have double numbers LOL

Posted by: Tamika | July 22, 2008 8:52 AM

Duh, that would be the Doubleteam Twins

Posted by: Hombre Secreto | July 22, 2008 9:05 AM

Duh! why didn't i think of that.

With the added Speed/Flexibility of Taylor I like our options of changing the defensive packages while keeping the same squad on the field. It reminds me of what someone mentioned with the option of having 2 receiving TE's. You can line a bunch of guys up anywhere, yet audible into another formation with the same guys. Imagine you think your going up against a 4-3 and then Taylor stands up and goes to essentially a LB position and its essentially 3-4, so the other QB has to change the blocking and stuff, then Taylor and Washington move into a down stance and its a 5-2, or, you bring up a SS/FS in the box put Taylor down again and its a 4-6. So long as the corners stay solid thats a lot looks for a QB to suddenly deal with while the same group of guys is out there.

Just don't ride a motorcycle on 495 and open up a really bad sports bar in the hood of PG.

Duh, that would be the Doubleteam Twins

Posted by: Hombre Secreto | July 22, 2008 9:05 AM

Sounds more like a pair of teen crime fighters on a really bad after-school special. Every time a teen buys meth, it makes their braces tingle.

Wow - the spelling and grammar need some work.

I don't know about a nickname, but every time Taylor gets a sack we could say he "dropped a dime" on them.

does that play?

All this talk of 25 sacks and multiple packages is making me giddy. Now please stop. If there's one thing I've learned the last few years, it's that harsh reality sucks and we tend to get more than our share. There's definitely potential for all of these things to happen but I'm not ready to call in the Pro Bowl jersey orders just yet. I'm definitely excited but trying to keep it tempered for now. Sorry for pi$$ing in the Kool-Aid...

Congrats London-Fletcher-Baker-Butcher- Cobbler on the new addition.

Hitting begins today. Let's just hope we don't need to trade more draft picks by the end of the day.

I hear ya, CC - but Carter & Taylor can both break down a double team, so it's kinda sick. I saw someone on the team's reaction was that Taylor could take them to the superbowl - and for a player to say that, that's intense.

I think 25 sacks for the D this year will be no problem. Everything is going to open up this year.

Zorn is on his first year and eager to prove himself. He will let the players play. I love Joe Gibbs but in this day and age, the conservative approach does not work.

I cant remember the number of times where I was able to know in advance which play they would run. I think Zorn will be able to mix things up early on in the season. It will take opposing teams a couple of weeks to find out their tendencies and adjust.

I think with the pressure off the Skins, because people arent expecting much from them, they will be loser and just have fun with it.

I am going over

I got a nickname for them: Havoc and Chaos

I hope a few people can make it out to Ashburn today...to duct tape Redcoat to a telephone pole and make him shout "Hail to the Redskins" at passing cars.

Now THAT would make a great Redskins Unrestricted.

Wait nevermind

I don't know about a nickname, but every time Taylor gets a sack we could say he "dropped a dime" on them.

does that play?

Posted by: Dik | July 22, 2008 9:16 AM

I love it.

Havoc and Disarray

Double Pillage

Carter looks extra ripped up this year. When you see the guns it invokes memories of last year when he arm hooked the tackle flipped him and got a safty.

I agree with Smack. Some one needs to tape RC. LOL

Congratulations to the Fletcher family on their new addition

I am looking for synonyms for the word Sack:

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry: sack
Part of Speech: verb
Synonyms: depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, spoliate, strip

D-line ... not just 9 to 5 ... its 99 to 55.

I got nothing (other than well wishes for the little Fletch off the old block).

Ends Meet.

J. Taylor and Carter

Beauty and the Beast

I am looking for synonyms for the word Sack:

Posted by: | July 22, 2008 9:37 AM

rabach luggage

J. Taylor and Carter

Beauty and the Beast

Posted by: | July 22, 2008 9:38 AM

LMAO!

Dirty dirty boy.

Really good stuff there in tha last few posts! Plenty of catch phrases to shout at Bootz when Romo goes down!!! hahahahahah

J. Taylor and Carter

Sleek and Destroy

http://store.redskins.com/productinfo.asp?item=1680&deptcode1=626
Order your Taylor Jersey today, okay we don't know his number but get him with no 1

By the way, is anyone else bothered by the fact that Zorn and a couple other people are calling the Daniels injury a "tragedy"? Really? Tragic? Unfortunate, inconvenient, even depressing. But how can the one team that had their best player murdered less than a year ago use the word 'tragic' so carelessly?

Posted by: brownwood26 | July 22, 2008 7:42 AM

I remember thinking that when I heard Zorn talk. I completely agree with your assesment......

"Double Trouble"

Jason Tango Taylor.

For those who don't know, the AMAZING Dik Shuttle's wifey to bee (Sept 27) is a CowPatties fan.

.. and she's cuban.

yes I'll probably get stabbed sometime

In Zorn's defese, he was not here last year when all that went on. I would imagine that someone has mentioned it to him since then.

Tragic is kind of a voodoo word considering what happened.

Hit refresh. Players pulled from the field...fans told to go to their cars...Hail to the Redskins warnings...literally...

It Takes Two to Tango?
Zorn's use of "tragic" made me catch my breath, too, in the same way as "maroon and black" did. I think you're going to have to get used to this quirk in his speech. It's his "up here." Les Carpenter, who has known him for a long time, and I discussed this after "maroon and black" and his wardrobe choice for his introductory presser. He just isn't wired to give second thought to those sorts of things.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/don_banks/07/21/redskins/index.html

The Pillars of Pillage

Sleek and Destroy
Beauty and the Beast

AMAZING !!!! Both are great nicknames for Taylor & Carter

By the way,,,,gimme under on the 25 sack totals.

I don't mine the Maroon and Black thing, or this stupid thing on the new WR's not knowing the nicknames of our old great WR groups. Honestly, there is only one or two "nicknames" worth remembering from Skins history for non-diehard fans, that's the Hogs and the over the hill gang.

Still, I feel real bad for Daniels. That's no way to end a long and productive career. Tragic only in the modern American sense ... like the guy who saves his whole life to retire without worries ... then dies from a heart attack after his retirement party.

So, JLaC has hated on the GM, a coach who won 3 superbowls, and is mad the skins didn't take his advice in a 'I told you so' way without saying it. All in 3 days so far. That is way higher than last year. Keep up the good work..........

How about: Ouch and Don't Hurt Me

Ummm, I was just there, front row...and they were NOT in full pads.

They were in the spandex type shorts...not contact during the 11 on 11...

WTF? What practice were you at?

Duh, that would be the Doubleteam Twins

Posted by: Hombre Secreto | July 22, 2008 9:05 AM

Sounds more like a pair of teen crime fighters on a really bad after-school special. Every time a teen buys meth, it makes their braces tingle.

Posted by: | July 22, 2008 9:12 AM

I was thinking about the last thing Romo, McNabb and LBM see before they're on their backs--a white, minty smile behind a gold mask.

But that was a nice point, maybe stealing a tagline from chewing gum's not so fearsome after all. Catchy still, but not the "Steel Curtain."

That's what Jasno said on his call, but it can be difficult to hear....I'll doublecheck with him, squire.

Don Banks is making facts up. He is using old stats for the redskins and new ones for the other three teams. Carter did not have 6 sacks last year.

Um, hail?

Could we please hear from the snowcam on this?

How about Big Red?

How about: Ouch and Don't Hurt Me

Posted by: Alex35332 | July 22, 2008 10:00 AM

LMAO! Oh that is a good one right there.

I am writing my best friend from college a forecaster for the USAF.

At your service...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/webcams/snowcam.htm

Please note that the snow/hail cam is in Arlington, not Ashburn....

Double Nickels on the Dime, hallelujah...

http://www.jeremy-siegel.com/Mojo_Rising/minutemen/pictures/double_nickels.jpg

Beasts of Burden

Just lost directv...
Jasno sez the dudes had on upper and lower pads and helmets, not just shorts and shells.
I'm adding a new post now....so beep beep in five...

Clear skies, muggy, 80% chance of mulch.

I like Pillage and Plunder. Somehow, that just sounds like Redskins kicking the Boys' @$$.

going a little old school here but how about the Bash Brothers?

Can someone get a picture of Carter and Taylor flexing so we can get a t-shirt of them that just reads The Gun Show?

beep beep

That's what Jasno said on his call, but it can be difficult to hear....I'll doublecheck with him, squire.

Posted by: Cindy | July 22, 2008 10:08 AM

No biggie, they has shoulder pads on, but weird hybrid spandex mini football pants thingys with no pad....so contact was very light....not full pads/full contact.

Can't wait to hear the first CRACKKKK! Sellers takes on Landry....

BTW...Fred Davis BROKE Landry's ankles on a double move....then 3 minutes later Fred Davis did a spin move and left Marcus Washington in the dust for a TD....This guy and Cooley will be SCARY!

Over under for Taylor/Carter is 25 Sacks. I'm going over.

Posted by: | July 22, 2008 8:53 AM

Have you seen a Redskins game in the last 5 years? I'll be ecstatic if THE TEAM gets 25 sacks!

In all seriousness, I have a feeling that Taylor is going to open things up for other guys, but won't necessarily post big numbers himself. I think Carter gets about 12-15 sacks this year and the DTs are freed up to make plays. But with Carter getting the attention, I think he gets about 8-10 sacks this year.

Shock & Awe? Double Trouble?

They'll be making QBs see double even before the concussions. Doublevision coming at cha!!!!!!

how many yards for a "prodecural" penalty?

I am so excited that the redskins picked up Jason Taylor from the Dolphins and I hope he will be as great of an asset to the team as the late Sean Taylor, an unforgettable player on the team. Check out this video from COmcast SPortsNet on Jason's thoughts on his upcoming season...

Taylor + Carter = Double Trouble

You tell Taylor I said that he is only worthy of the number 55 if he plays like the "Hangman" Chris Hanburger.

I hope he wears that number with pride. Those of us who have been around for awhile got stories about that number.

Go Skins!