DC Pro Sports Report for September 25, 2008

Jason Taylor had to have surgery to correct the clotting of blood in his leg Monday morning or the consequences could have been dire. It’s a rare condition, but it can lead to paralysis and even death. In the meantime, Taylor could miss just the Dallas game on Sunday or a whole lot of games. No one seems to know for sure, so the Redskins had better be preparing as if Jason Taylor has played his last game in a Redskins uniform.
Mike Wise writes that perennial malcontent WR Terrell Owens finally understands that he can’t get 20 passes thrown his way every week and if the team goes elsewhere while he’s being double-teamed, that’s smart offense. Maybe so. We’ll see if Owens still buys that if the Cowboys lose a game or two. Traditionally, Owens doens’t make too much of a fuss when the team is winning, but when the team loses, he becomes trouble and blames the loss on the failure of the offense to get him the ball.
Five basics to beating the Cowboys:

1. Fun the ball well;
2. Win the turnover battle;
3. Don’t screw up on special teams;
4. Throw the ball deep to attack Dallas’ suspect secondary;
5. Play press defense, particularly with CB Shawn Springs on Owens.