The Redskins got bad news on Sunday, learning they’d lost DE Phillip Daniels, and went out to quickly rectify their subtraction with an addition. Insert: Jason Taylor, who not only dances, but has also grabbed a few sacks here and there.

“We’re fortunate there was a guy that caliber on the market when somebody got hurt,” Washington executive vice president Vinny Cerrato said. “Normally, in most years, there’s not a guy of that caliber on the market.”

It’s good news for the Redskins, who just bolstered an already solid defense. It’s bad news for the Dolphins, who were probably a three win team, and now are a one win team.

It’s the early odds on team’s chances to make the Super Bowl. What are your team’s chances? Just look below. My team, the Falcons, well, they’re pretty much as long a shot as there is, and at 100-1, I think that’s kind of unfair (this one should be somewhere in the thousands or millions). Pats at 7-2? Chargers at 7-1? I like that action. . .

Arizona Cardinals 50 - 1
Atlanta Falcons 100 - 1
Baltimore Ravens 75 - 1
Buffalo Bills 50 - 1
Carolina Panthers 40 - 1
Chicago Bears 35 - 1
Cincinnati Bengals 60 - 1
Cleveland Browns 25 - 1
Dallas Cowboys 6 - 1
Denver Broncos 50 - 1
Detroit Lions 80 - 1
Green Bay Packers 25 - 1
Houston Texans 60 - 1
Indianapolis Colts 7 - 1
Jacksonville Jaguars 12 - 1
Kansas City Chiefs 100 - 1
Miami Dolphins 100 - 1
Minnesota Vikings 18 - 1
New England Patriots 7 - 2
New Orleans Saints 25 - 1
New York Giants 15 - 1
New York Jets 35 - 1
Oakland Raiders 50 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles 20 - 1
Pittsburgh Steelers 15 - 1
Saint Louis Rams 75 - 1
San Diego Chargers 7 - 1
San Francisco 49ers 80 - 1
Seattle Seahawks 25 - 1
Tampa Bay Buccanneers 40 - 1
Tennessee Titans 40 - 1
Washington Redskins 50 - 1

There’s never enough Madden 09 previews, and with that said, I present you with yet another. As long as these things keep popping out, I’m going ot keep showing them.

I posted the original trailer, but this one seems to be the actual gameplay, which is so much more revealing than the closeups that come out at first. Enjoy.

Here’s a look at Madden 09, which features Brett Favre on the cover, which is probably bad for Brett. Before, Madden only ruined a person’s statistics. Now, it’s gonna mess up sonmeone’s fishing trip on a nice Saturday.

Jason Taylor is holding a press conference today, and it won’t bode well for the Dolphins. The star is expected to demand playing for a contender, and since Miami hasn’t been one in seven years, he likely won’t be in a Dolphins uniform next year.

“Do you think we have not spoken to them about the possibility of being traded?” Wichard said, according to the Palm Beach Post. “This is not a big-time story. He’s not doing this to announce he wants to be traded.”

I’m sure he’s not. But he will field some questions, and his answers will likely be something along the lines of, “Yeah, I really don’t want to play for Miami.” The Dolphins have no QB, no WR’s, their RB is coming off of knee surgery, one of their best defensive players, Zach Thomas, is no longer with them, and the other, Jason Taylor, appears out the door. I know everyone says the Falcons have the longest way to climb to get back towards the top, but at least we’ve got Roddy White, who did pretty well last year. Honestly, it’s more than Miami can say right now.

Joey Porter is known for jumping down people’s throats at the drop of a hat, and he’s very quick to call out the Pats, whom cheat like something that cheats a lot.

The star linebacker believes there should be an asterisk next to the Pats Superbowl victories.

“They [the Patriots] cheated, there should be an asterisk. They cheated and they got caught,” the All-Pro linebacker, who spent eight seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers before joining Miami in free agency last season, said in an interview on “NFL Live.”

“Why, if you have nothing to hide, would you destroy [the evidence]? That’s how I’ve looked at it from the beginning. Why destroy something that doesn’t have to be destroyed? Let everyone know what was on the tapes. Why would you destroy them so fast?”

This should lead to some sort of gang fight instigated by Porter come September.

According to Tony Sparano, new Dolphins head coach, Jason Taylor, the star defensive end and best player on his team, has decided to boycott the remainder of camps held this spring/summer.

“This is my reaction with the Jason Taylor situation, and I’m going to answer this question one time. I’m not going to answer another question about the Jason Taylor situation after I answer this,” Sparano began.

“Here’s what I know: What I know is that Jason Taylor — and I’m glad we’ve gotten the information; that’s important — I know that Jason is not going to be at any OTAs [organized team activities]. I know that Jason is not going to be at any minicamps, and I know that right now, that Jason is not going to be at training camp.

“That being said, we need to discuss the current players on our team right now that have been busting their butt for nine weeks here.”

My guess is he’s still pretty upset at the crushing defeat on Dancing with the Stars.

And if you’re upset over a loss, the best way to overcome this feeling of rejection and losing probably isn’t playing for the Miami Dolphins, given their recent seasons.

I don’t watch the show, but since one of the best defensive players in the NFL is on it, I s’pose it’s worth posting.

When you’re going through high school and college, you’ve always got that friend that’s the designated one to talk to the police. You know, the guy that doesn’t drink and doesn’t smoke and, in short, is sober. My friend looked the part. Ricky Williams doesn’t.

The former/kinda running back who’s been suspended more times than Pacman says he may have been able to help if he was aboard Cedric Benson’s boat the other weekend.

“I think if I had come down, things might have worked out a little bit differently,” Williams, who is entering the final year of his contract with the Dolphins, told the newspaper. “I find I have a calming influence on people I’m around.

“As a high-level athlete, it’s just something that’s ingrained in me. I always think that if I’m there, things would be different. I can’t say how.”

This may be well and true, but that calming influence, it’s called pot, and when you bring it out around police officers, they don’t smoke it, they arrest you. Pretty much, Benson was better off getting his ass beat and pepper sprayed than having Ricky around.