Former Eagle Darryl Tapp will wear No. 54 for the Redskins this year. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

The Washington Redskins announced the numbers that 10 players they added this offseason will wear on their jerseys for the coming year.

Linebacker Darryl Tapp will wear No. 54, quarterback Pat White will wear No. 5, cornerback E.J. Biggers will wear No. 30, offensive tackle Jeremy Trueblood has been given No. 69 and fellow tackle Tony Pashos No. 77.

Defensive lineman Ron Brace will wear No. 97, defensive end Phillip Merling will wear No. 93, defensive back Korey Lindsey will wear No. 22, linebacker Ricky Elmore will wear No. 51, and defensive back Devin Holland will wear No. 34.

Tapp attends birth of his daughter Some NFL players are forced to make a difficult personal decision about attending the birth of their child if it coincides with a regular-season game. Not Darryl Tapp. The Philadelphia Eagles defensive end received the blessing of head coach Andy Reid to miss last Monday night's 28-13 loss to New Orleans. Tapp instead stayed in the hospital with his wife Tiffany, a fitness instructor and competitive body-builder, as she gave birth to the couple's first child, Taylor Nicole.

Tapp will return to his rotational role as a backup end Sunday in the FOX America's Game of the Week against the visiting Dallas Cowboys (4:25 p.m. ET). In a question-and-answer session with FOXSports.com, Tapp talked about his decision to skip the Saints game, his family background and how he has forged a seven-year NFL career despite being one of the league's shortest ends at 6-foot-1 and 270 pounds.

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As much as we live and die by every Eagles game, some things are more important than football.

Darryl Tapp found that out this week as the defensive end did not travel with the team to New Orleans so that he could stay with his wife Tiffany for the birth of the couple's first child.

Taylor Nicole Tapp ("Kid dynamite" quipped Darryl after the T-N-T initials were pointed out) was born on November 6 and the proud father was there in support. At first, though, Tapp wasn't sure if he would stay back in Philadelphia. A conversation with head coach Andy Reid set him straight.

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