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At Tight End, Byrd Is The Word

Found October 27, 2011 on Redskins Blog:
PLAYERS: Dominique Byrd
TEAMS: Washington Redskins

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AP Image Don’t you know about the Byrd?  Truthfully, everybody knows that the Byrd is the word. Satisfied with the blockers that the Redskins had on the team, head coach Mike Shanahan sought free agent tight end Dominique Byrd to be a playmaker on offense. “He’s an athlete,” he said yesterday after practice. “We thought he was the best pass catching tight end out there.  He did a good job today in practice–he impressed me today.” And Byrd has the resume to back it up.  In college, he had nearly 1,000 career receiving yards, and playing on a national championship squad at USC that featured three other future NFL receivers.  At the NFL Combine, Byrd balanced size and speed, with a 6-3, 255-lb frame, and 4.8 speed. Byrd recorded the second-best stats of his career against the Redskins as a member of the Rams, hauling in two passes for 39 yards and a touchdown, in Week 16 of the 2006 season.  Since then, he has tried to get his career back on track, p...
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