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Article: Wilkinson set for new challenge `Big Daddy' hopes to silence critics

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July 19, 1998
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With the promise of a fresh start before him, Dan Wilkinson has pulled up stakes in his home state of Ohio, left the only National Football League team he has known and transplanted his 313-pound frame. What he hopes to find, as the latest and second-most expensive addition to the Washington Redskins' ailing defensive line, is nothing short of rebirth and his first realistic shot at an NFL championship.

Wilkinson represents half of the boldest off-season move the Redskins have made in years, coaxed east along with San Francisco's Dana Stubblefield to shore up the team's run defense, ranked 28th in the NFL last season, and return the Redskins to playoff form. The pair of tackles cost ...

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