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Panthers Whip Redskins 47-3; Jason Taylor Leaves With Knee Injury

Aug 24, 2008 – 12:29 AM
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Nothing good came from the Redskins trip south to Charlotte to face the Carolina Panthers. Not only did they get spanked 47-3 ... but they saw Jason Taylor leave with a knee injury.

In the second quarter, Taylor had his leg bend awkwardly and he screamed in pain. Coach Jim Zorn said that X-rays showed no serious damage and an MRI is scheduled tomorrow.

The feeling right now is that it is a sprain ... but it could cause Taylor to miss time.

That was just the injury to the insult of the Redskins play on the field. The Panthers outscored Washington 31-0 in that second quarter alone. Carolina scored TDs on five straight possessions at one point and finished with 228 rushing yards. Rookie Jonathan Stewart ran for 100 yards while starter D'Angelo Williams gained 101.

Let's not look at the other side of the ball. Jason Campbell led the Skins offense on eight series. Five ended in three-and-outs ... he threw for just 39 yards ... he was sacked four times ... and he had one of his patented Jason Campbell fumbles. The offensive line looked like garbage and nothing seemed to work.

(I just wanted to note that offensive line coach Joe Bugel worked this game -- just a day after burying his 35-yr old daughter. His daughter, Holly, died after a long battle with bone cancer this week.)

Usually, the third game of the preseason is where you play your starters a bit more and you are looking like a regular season team. If that is the case, Washington is in for an ugly year.

I know this is a team with a young quarterback and younger guys all over the place, but this was a playoff team last year. What should scare Redskins fans (it scares me) that this got completely out of control so quickly that it was almost comical. One really, really big knock on Jim Zorn is that he hasn't called a play before in his coaching career ... and he's doing that and trying to be a head coach. Many feel he is taking on too much.

If this was supposed to be a dress rehearsal, then maybe he is.
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