A Brief Jason Taylor Update

Jason Taylor just stopped to update the remaining media members on his current situation, after Coach Zorn mentioned the likelihood of a Monday procedure on his calf. Here is just about the full text of his quote before departing. To be honest, I don’t even know what the gameplan is right now. I’m going to [...]

Wednesday, September 24: Movie Night With Jason Taylor (and a Short Review of The Express)

Usually, when someone in a movie theater full of high school kids says “Turn your cell phone ringers off,” it’s viewed by the audience as at best a polite suggestion, and at worst as some sort of ridiculous joke. But no cell phones interrupted last night’s advance screening of The Express: The Ernie Davis Story. [...]

Zorn Press Conference: Killing A Mood

The mood heading into Coach Zorn’s press conference today was fairly light-hearted, as you’d expect. It’s the day after a win, the second straight. It’s a light day of work for the players, which also makes things easier on the media. And even the weather here in Ashburn is gorgeous. Which made the first bit [...]

Tuesday, September 9: Shopping With the Stars

Last night, the Jason Taylor Foundation, in partnership with the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation, hosted their “Cool Gear For The School Year” shopping program at Old Navy in Leesburg. The event provides 60 area kids with a $300 shopping trip to Old Navy, where they’re accompanied by local athletes, cheerleaders, and media. Taylor started the [...]

Redskins Birthday Extravaganza

Not one, not two, but three birthdays on the team today: 26 is 27. 55 is 34. And Larry Michael is a year older than he was last year. Happy birthday to all three of them.

Dancing With The Muppets

Jason Taylor has been fielding questions about Dancing With The Stars since he got here. It’s the main reason a lot of people — especially women, apparently — recognize him, and it’s elevated him to a higher level of celebrity. So when I heard that another TV show he’d guested on aired today, I wanted [...]

Day 3 – Start with a picture

Down in the locker room this morning, I noticed something that I thought was kinda cool: The jersey’s not there yet — apparently not until 8:00 or so — but if you look at the nameplate, you can see that Taylor picked up number 55 from fourth year LB Rian Wallace. It’s what I heard [...]

My Riveting Jason Taylor Experience

So Zack, exec. director of communications, and Michael, assistant director of communications, were getting ready to go pick up Jason Taylor from the airport.  And by getting ready, I mean getting ready — suits, ties, that stuff.  Then they look at me and say, “Hey, you want to come blog about it?”