Redskins second-year safety Sean Taylor may have gotten off with a slap on the wrist for his last on-field incident – spitting in the face of Tampa running back Michael Pittman – but in Taylor’s off-field travails, things may have gotten a good deal worse for the troubled athlete.

Last year, Taylor, believing himself to have identified the individuals responsible for the theft of a pair of all-terrain vehicles, took complete leave of his senses and cornered the men, brandishing a weapon and threatening them. Considering the fact that Taylor is the son of a local law enforcement officer, his decisions seemed to suggest that Taylor has some sort of deep seated problem involving arrogance and/or general dumbness. The incident was the most public taint on a troubled Redskins offseason that the team labored hard to forget about.

Now, however, things may get more complicated. In a procedural move, Miami-Dade prosecutor Charles Grieco has filed a brand new charging document, which changes up the previous legal gameplan considerably. Rather than face the single count of felony assault for his action, Taylor will now be charged with three separate counts—one for each of the victims in the case. The impact this will have on the outcome of the trial, which by all accounts seems headed for a late-March start date, is that it will greatly expand the length of any potential sentence – the maximum Taylor could end up facing goes from 16 years to 46.

It is, of course, unlikely that Taylor, if found guilty, would draw the max in sentencing. But it could potentially complicate his relationship with the Redskins, to say nothing of area fans. Still the $2.5 million Danny SixFlags dropped on Gregg “The Second G Stands for Guru” Williams, seems to indicate that the least expendable member of the Washington D has been identified. Based upon what we’ve seen week in and week out on the defensive side of the ball, if it ends up that Taylor’s got to go away, we’re willing to bet that Taylor gets forgotten very quickly.