[GoSkins!]

It seems like maybe the skin's wanted to make sure he was around to make sure he was healed up and had his strength back to 100% after last year. 8.5 mil is a lot of coin to risk a player not being back to 100% after an injury.

Also, and maybe more importantly, I believe Blanch is being pressured to change the scheme around Haynesworth (and to a lesser extent Hall) to add more pressure on the opposing QB's. Blanch didn't like Taylor's freelancing and he couldn't have both him and Haynesworth doing it, so he choose Haynesworth to be "that guy". In that case he needed Taylor around to learn the new LB/DE position nuances during the offseason workouts. Taylor wouldn't, therefore his effectiveness in the system was to much of a risk for his salary.