ASHBURN — When Phil Taylor Sr. tore his left quad during the Redskins preseason game against the Bengals, one of the best storylines of the offseason came to an abrupt end.
Taylor, who grew up a Redskins fan, had willed himself out of near-retirement and back from multiple knee injuries and. He had far more left in the tank than even he or the Redskins had guessed, and Taylor had established himself as the team’s would-be starting nose tackle for this fall.
With Taylor out for the year, however, the Redskins need to find another starter at a position that has given them headaches recently.