By: adamsilver

July 20, 2008
DAVIE, FL (PhinsCENTRAL) -- As reported earlier today here on PhinsCENTRAL, the Washington Redskins were dealt a blow this morning when their starting defensive end, Phillip Daniels, suffered a severe anterior cruciate knee ligament injury during the first day of training camp.

As reported by ESPN.com's John Clayton, the Redskins immediately engaged in talks with the Miami Dolphins regarding the acquisition of defensive end Jason Taylor.

Now, just a few hours after those talks began, the two sides have completed a trade for the annual Pro Bowler with the Redskins sending the Dolphins a second-round pick in 2009 and a sixth-rounder in 2010.

Taylor told the Redskins he did not need to renegotiate and was willing to play for the final two years of his contract. He is scheduled to make $8.1 million this season, a perfect fit for the Redskins who had just about $9 million in cap room.

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By: adamsilver

Brett Favre is being spoken about ad nauseam over the past two weeks, but today’s developments call for more insight on the possibilities of seeing a No. 4 jersey in aqua and orange. (Especially seeing as this story isn’t going away any time soon.) In this edition of The Silver Lining I will, well, talk about the silver lining of the Miami Dolphins signing/trading for Favre.

While I was the first to dismiss this possibility a week ago, a report from ESPN’s Chris Mortensen early this afternoon got my attention. Mort, on ESPNEWS, reported what we all now know--that Favre wants to play football again and is ready to do it away from the Green Bay Packers. In his report, Mort mentioned the three most likely destinations for Favre as the Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears…and Miami Dolphins?

It doesn’t take a genius to realize his rationale: the Vikings and Bears are division rivals who are arguably a strong QB away from a Super Bowl and the Dolphins have no true starting QB and an aging veteran of their own who is on his way out. Both players earn high veteran salaries making a trade likely, especially if they promise to play for more than one season.

The negatives are as obvious as the rationale. (1) Favre is old. (2) The Dolphins are trying to rebuild, and Favre is a short-term fix at best. (3) There are three QBs on the roster. (4) They’re not very good and Favre would be miserable playing for a loser.

And while all of those statements are true and factual, there are a number of positives to having Favre on the Dolphins.


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By: Daywalker

June 23,2008
In Part VI of my look at the Dolphins roster, we take a look at the WRs going into training camp:

1. Ernest Wilford: Wilford played collegiately at Virginia Tech. The most notable moment of his collegiate career came in 2001 when the Hokies were playing the Miami Hurricanes. With Tech down by the score 26-24, the Hokies were going for a 2pt. conversion to tie up the game and hopefully send it into OT. QB Grant Noel lobs a pass to Wilford in the endzone and he appeared to have caught the ball to continue play, but only seconds later the ball was seen rolling away from the play. Wilford's drop of the pass sent the Hurricanes to the Rose Bowl, where they won the BCS Championship.
Wilford was originally drafted in the 4th rd. by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2004 NFL Draft. After spending his first 4 season in Jacksonville, he signed with Miami in February of 2008. Ernest has recorded 141 rec., 1994 yds., and 14 TDs. He has a 14.1 yds./rec. average. Wilford recorded 6 tkls. during his first 2 yrs. in Jacksonville. He has also lost one fumbe in his career. Of note is that of his 141 recs., 108 were for 1st downs. With 5 yrs of experience, Wilford is the elder statesman of the receiving corps.

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