Status of Jason Taylor's knee (updated: hyperextended knee)

[JWsleep]

Sprained foot, wasn't it? Anyway, he didn't think it was too serious--we'll see.

[skinsfan_nn]

Originally Posted by wilsowilso

How is Jansen not being injured good news. He looks bad.

Come on dude, whats wrong with you? So you want one of our starters hurt?

The guy is coming off a major season ending injury, he's always started slow in the pre-season anyway.

Give the guy a chance he has a low ankle sprain, I certainly hope that Jon can pick it up and have a good season and he is our starting right tackle, we do happen to need him to step up. It's not like anyone stood out on the o-line as stellar last night by any means.

I certainly don't won't to see ANY of our guys getting hurt, that in itself is good news!

[wilsowilso]

Originally Posted by skinsfan_nn

Come on dude, whats wrong with you? So you want one of our starters hurt?

The guy is coming off a major season ending injury, he's always started slow in the pre-season anyway.

Give the guy a chance he has a low ankle sprain, I certainly hope that Jon can pick it up and have a good season and he is our starting right tackle, we do happen to need him to step up. It's not like anyone stood out on the o-line as stellar last night by any means.

I certainly don't won't to see ANY of our guys getting hurt, that in itself is good news!

My point is I think sometimes coaches have trouble coming to terms the fact that a once very good player is hurting the team. In this case I think that Joe Bugel can't make the switch because of his intense loyalty to Jansen. I'm not really wishing anything bad on Jansen. Maybe he will prove me wrong, but I feel like he is just completely washed up. Obviously none of the backups has taken his job, but I would rather have a young player develop as a starter. What's the difference anyways when the starter is giving his best impersonation of a matador.

[skinsfan_nn]

Originally Posted by wilsowilso

My point is I think sometimes coaches have trouble coming to terms the fact that a once very good player is hurting the team. In this case I think that Joe Bugel can't make the switch because of his intense loyalty to Jansen. I'm not really wishing anything bad on Jansen. Maybe he will prove me wrong, but I feel like he is just completely washed up. Obviously none of the backups has taken his job, but I would rather have a young player develop as a starter. What's the difference anyways when the starter is giving his best impersonation of a matador.

We can only hope that Jon gets back up to speed. Buges would not keep him in there if he weren't the best player available now on the roster, and he is known as a slow starter. Give him a chance, he's coming off major repairs.

We witnessed last year Heyer and Wade filling in those aren't better options than a healthy up to speed Jansen, which I do hope we see this season.

[Big30]

they are saying 10 to 14 days for a sprain hopefully he learned a few things about limbering up from dancing with the stars

[vaoutlaws2006]

Originally Posted by Big30

they are saying 10 to 14 days for a sprain hopefully he learned a few things about limbering up from dancing with the stars

10 to 14 days is way better than what i anticipated......thats good news though.

[TheSmurfs22]

PHEW!!!! Glad to hear Taylor could be back soon.

[Ruhskins]

man this is good news. while i would hope he'd be ready for the opener, it may be better to have him back for those games we have to play on the road. i know the giants game is on the road, but it is just the opener.

[Skinny Tee]

Even if he is out for the opener and a couple weeks beyond that we would make out. We should let him rest until he's 100% because I don't think he will be effective if he's any less.

We should be glad that we have available this season and rest him until he's ready.

[Ruhskins]

I'm sure this will all depend on how we do in the first couple of games...which given our schedule it may not look good (I hope I'm wrong)

[Skinny Tee]

Why are they not announcing the results of the MRI. I heard that he is fine and this 10-14 days business, but I haven't heard them say what kind of sprain and whether or not there is a tear.

Everything I read so far just says that he is fine and will need 10-14 days to get better. From the looks of the injury he should have at least some damage that would show up on an MRI.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Skinny Tee

Why are they not announcing the results of the MRI. I heard that he is fine and this 10-14 days business, but I haven't heard them say what kind of sprain and whether or not there is a tear.

Everything I read so far just says that he is fine and will need 10-14 days to get better. From the looks of the injury he should have at least some damage that would show up on an MRI.

What exactly is it you want them to say?

[Skinny Tee]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

What exactly is it you want them to say?

I like to hear a grade type of sprain or maybe there is a tear in a ligament but it isn't ruptured.

This guy has to have damage that they are not disclosing.

[MTK]

10-14 days indicates if there is any damage it's not significant. It's probably a grade 1 if that makes you happy.

[MTK]

X-rays taken during the game were negative and an MRI exam yesterday did not reveal damage, Zorn said, so Taylor, 33, could return in as quickly as 10 days. Washington is expected to exercise caution with Taylor, who is beginning his 12th season, which could put his streak of 130 straight regular season starts in jeopardy. The Redskins acquired Taylor, who last missed a game in 1999, on the first day of training camp after defensive ends Phillip Daniels and Alex Buzbee suffered season-ending injuries.

washingtonpost.com