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Originally Posted by DGreene28
I doubt Miami will release him, nothing new has happened here since the draft. Parcells put some bait out there (Taylor) leading up to the draft hoping to catch a big fish (1st Round pick) and when he didn't get any bites he's going to keep Taylor. He also set the tone in Miami moving forward. Taylor is a good bet to have 10 sacks next season and the Phins are way under the cap ($18.5 million of cap room). Unless there are any more incidents/statements here I think Taylor stays in South Beach.
Carter is great speed rushing DE and Griffin is a very solid DT who can get after the passer so I think if we added Taylor we'd have 3 guys who could get after the passer. Santana Moss dominated games a few years ago with his speed. Plex dominated a few games last season with his size when he wasn't hurt.
We are not guaranteed to get a star or even a standout with the 2nd round pick in the 2009 Draft. It's still a crapshoot... for every Cooley and Dockery in the 3rd round there's a Rashad Bauman, Cliff Russell and Lloyd Harrisson. For every Jon Jansen or Fred Smoot in the 2nd there's a Taylor Jacobs, Greg Jones, Stephen Alexander or Ladell Betts. Betts has been a good player for us but worthy of a 2nd round pick? Not IMO. We've had some bad luck in the 1st round too. Is 2 seasons of a proven comody like Jason Taylor playing at a Pro Bowl level worth the opportunity of drafting Ladell Betts in the 2nd round?
Gibbs traded our 1st rounder for an older veteran T Jim Lachey who ended up being one of the key pieces in a couple SB's
It was fun having 3 picks in the 2nd round but if in 5 years we look back and 1 or god forbid 2 of them never make an impact on the field then trading one of those 2nd rounders for Jason Taylor who went on to play 2 more years of 11 sack, pro bowl DE looks like a no brainer doesn't it?
My point is, draft picks are not proven commodities no matter how high they are. If you can mortgage some of that risk over the long haul for less of a risk over a shorter period of time sometimes it makes sense.
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Well last time I checked the Giants D-line simply beat the crap out of NE's O-line when it mattered most. Our D-line does not have that type of ability of dominate. I haven't seen Griff cave in the pocket since 05. He's solid but he can't dominate and neither can Carter. Moss is not a #1 wr. He's too streaky, hasn't put up big numbers since 05 and injuries really seem to hurt his play. Plus he doesn't get in the end zone like Burress does and that's why we drafted Kelly and Thomas.
Taylor would help but we've already tried this experiment with Bruce Smith. It didn't work. Plus we're not really a SB contending type of team. It looks like we're in transition. New coach, new system on offense and so on. So why chase a 34 year old DE that makes 8 mil?? I just don't see him pushing us over the hump. We've just got too many question marks.
If one of these 2nd round guys fail it doesn't cripple the cap for the next 10 years like this Brandon Lloyd BS. I hope we keep on drafting, and add free agents here and there.