"Taurian the last four practices has looked like he could give us a lot of help. With Robo being out he's had a lot of reps," Hazell said.
"We needed him to be a guy who can help us and he's done a good job of answering the call," Hazell said.
"He doesn't have to be ready today or tomorrow. We looked at the calendar and said he has to be ready for the opener date.
"He's done a good job day by day of bringing improvement. He's really good once he gets up the field. He's got real soft hands. He catches it away from his body, but he's got really deceptive speed with the ball in his hands, so he can some big plays for us."
Washington was practicing in the yellow "limited contact' jersey on Friday.
"In one-on-one drills yesterday he got rolled up on a little bit. We're going to just watch him a couple of days and try to get him back. It will be a day-by-day decision," said Hazell of Washington.
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