Redskins trade for Taylor

The Washington Redskins lost defensive end Philip Daniels to a season-ending knee injury Sunday morning but less than half-a-day later the team was better than it was when the day started.

Washington traded a 2009 second rounder and a 2010 sixth round pick to Miami for disgruntled defensive end Jason Taylor. The six-time pro bowler, who spent the offseason Dancing with the Stars rather than Training with the Dolphins, had wanted to spend his last years playing for a contender.

In the tough NFC East it’s hard to see whether or not the Skins can compete with New York or Dallas for the division title. But at minimum, in a division where last place’s fourth-place team finished 8-8, Washington now has to be considered AT LEAST a wild card contender.