Taylor press conference at 1:15pm

Gibbs talked about what a beast he was and how when they went to see Miami players work out Portis wanted Taylor.

Talor was mature and had a nice edge when asked about him missing that rookie things. He said.."I'm not answering that. If you wanted the answer BEFORE you wrote stories you should have come and got it from the horse's mouth." lol

He wants to be the best he can be and the Redskins can make him.

Solid kid I think.

That's great to hear, Sammy - THANKS!!!! Nice to put all the premature criticism to bed. Can't wait to see him in action as a REDSKIN!!!!

I absolutley LOVED his edge. Some guys on other sites were reading inot that as a bad thing. But I dont think it is at all. Tell those reporters to stop writing that garbage and scaring the crap out of all us fans, unless they ask you first.

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That's great news!!

i like how he said that he was watching taylors film from highschool when he was an all star half back, and how since portis wanted him to be a skin so bad he might just draft taylor and start him at hb, lol.

I had faith the Taylor situation would work itself out, but I have to admit I was concerned.

Now it's time to get down to business and see what this kid can do on the field!

It's funny. I can't say I was ever concerned but I was sure he would hold out for a week or so because it's like that's what I've come to expect from our top draft picks. But it didn't alarm me. The fact that he got in so early was, to me, an unexpected surprise

At first I thought I was going to be my typically cynical self and say that we got screwed in this deal. I heard reports that we had given as much as $17 million as a signing bonus. I thought to myself....Terrance Newman was chosen one pick higher than Taylor last year, corners get paid a lot more than safeties, and we gave him a signing bonus worth $3 million more?

Then I read that we gave him a $7 million signing bonus with a roster bonus and other incentives that could give him slightly over $13 million (with a total contract value of $18 million), and I thought that was a pretty damn good deal. Plus, it got done before camp started!

Someone has got their sh-t wired tight!

I get the distinct impression that while Gibbs has bought into some of Snyders business practices (i.e. trading picks for young veteran players), Danny has actually stepped back, and Gibbs is really running the show now. He demands respect from everyone, and it's a beautiful thing! :thumb:

I get the distinct impression that while Gibbs has bought into some of Snyders business practices (i.e. trading picks for young veteran players), Danny has actually stepped back, and Gibbs is really running the show now. He demands respect from everyone, and it's a beautiful thing! :thumb:

COMMON MISCONCEPTION - at least it seems to be prevalent on this site. The idea that Gibbs might pick up the practice of trading picks for players from SNYDER is all backwards. In the 5 years before Gibbs' arrival, Snyder had 32 picks (started with 35 - net loss of 1/2 per year). And he had 5 first rounders in 5 years. Now go back to the Gibbs years. The team had 132 of 144 picks in 12 years (lost 1 per year). But they only had FOUR first rounders in 12 years, and were famous for trading high picks for vets. Just thought it might be of interest to some that were not here for the 80's Skins.

COMMON MISCONCEPTION - at least it seems to be prevalent on this site. The idea that Gibbs might pick up the practice of trading picks for players from SNYDER is all backwards. In the 5 years before Gibbs' arrival, Snyder had 32 picks (started with 35 - net loss of 1/2 per year). And he had 5 first rounders in 5 years. Now go back to the Gibbs years. The team had 132 of 144 picks in 12 years (lost 1 per year). But they only had FOUR first rounders in 12 years, and were famous for trading high picks for vets. Just thought it might be of interest to some that were not here for the 80's Skins.


Very true. Good point Hoskin.