Cooley comments on Jason Taylor

[dall-assblows]

i think they should remake the movie 300 and cast JT as the persian king....xerxis or however its spelt. does he or does he not look that that ugly POS who had Leonidias KILLED?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by dall-assblows

i think they should remake the movie 300 and cast JT as the persian king....xerxis or however its spelt. does he or does he not look that that ugly POS who had Leonidias KILLED?

lol yeah pretty similar

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

lol yeah pretty similar

Taylor could have bought more bling than that guy with the $8.5

[Dblock804]

Beat it twinkel toe.

[tryfuhl]

He never seemed like he wanted to be here anytime he was on video anyways.

[tootergray34]

you can look on his blog and see that they don't like each other in an interview. seriously, he drills him on old school movies and he couldn't even give a quote of caddyshack or top gun...JT is a douchbag.

by the way, cooley is a lifelong Broncos fan, but now that he has been a redskin, he loves them. He said he was also hazed...and he had all his clothes stolen...and had to sing the redskins fight song completely before he could get his clothes back...that's a team baby. haha.

[tootergray34]

Cassell is gone anyways, going to the crappy chiefs...looks we are stuck with a mediocre JC for now, until people start chanting colt brennan in the stands...then we've got another doug williams situation on our hands with that contraversy.

[nyredskinsfan]

Yep that's alot of cabbage but I'm pretty darn glad that he showed his lack of heart now and not later when the season started, because it would surface real quick. I guess ole Parcels knew a thing or two about this guy. About missing his family...there's a bunch or people spread thoughout the world wearing military uniforms that miss their families every day for months at a time. Looked like a great signing after Daniels went down...however...and it's not Snyder's fault.

[SmootSmack]

People are sleeping on Tyler Thigpen...

As for Taylor, one of the more curious aspects of the whole thing is that he apparently never said "Look, I get that you want to offer me an extra $500k in exchange for this commitment because you've invested a lot in me and it hasn't paid off. But I don't want to make that commitment, but tell you what how about I give back some of my money in exchange for not having to do this"

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

People are sleeping on Tyler Thigpen...

As for Taylor, one of the more curious aspects of the whole thing is that he apparently never said "Look, I get that you want to offer me an extra $500k in exchange for this commitment because you've invested a lot in me and it hasn't paid off. But I don't want to make that commitment, but tell you what how about I give back some of my money in exchange for not having to do this"

Why would he offer to give some back? It wasn't counting against our cap was it?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

Why would he offer to give some back? It wasn't counting against our cap was it?

No, just saying that it seems money wasn't as much a factor as this was just an opportunity to get out of a bad situation

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

This is why Cooley will go down as one of the most popular Redskins ever. The dude is just real, he gets it when obviously so many others in the NFL don't.

The Official Blog of Chris Cooley: JT Hates Money

When do folks in or around the NFL, as well as the fans, don't know it is all about the Benjamins? People are pissed because the bastard got all that money for being oft injured, and underperformed, with the exception of what, one game. Folks get it, just don't like it that much anymore. When folks are busting their asses, working two jobs just to pay rent, the mortgage, food, gas for work, just to survive, and these bozos get milliions for basically jerking off how do you think they are going to react? The NFL and NBA want bailouts by us working stiffs(taxpayers) that work 40+ hours a week year round? Why don't they try and lower the frigging salaries of their players then. Eventually this is going to happen. Soon folks will be too worried about mere survival than worrying about the bread and circuses that have served as mere distractions for the past half century. It is funny, the Skins laid off another batch of office personnel, probably for good, and nobody wants to even talk about these ridiculous salaries the players make.

[NYCSkin]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

When do folks in or around the NFL, as well as the fans, don't know it is all about the Benjamins? People are pissed because the bastard got all that money for being oft injured, and underperformed, with the exception of what, one game. Folks get it, just don't like it that much anymore. When folks are busting their asses, working two jobs just to pay rent, the mortgage, food, gas for work, just to survive, and these bozos get milliions for basically jerking off how do you think they are going to react? The NFL and NBA want bailouts by us working stiffs(taxpayers) that work 40+ hours a week year round? Why don't they try and lower the frigging salaries of their players then. Eventually this is going to happen. Soon folks will be too worried about mere survival than worrying about the bread and circuses that have served as mere distractions for the past half century. It is funny, the Skins laid off another batch of office personnel, probably for good, and nobody wants to even talk about these ridiculous salaries the players make.

Gus--A well put social commentary of the times from someone in a town that is unfortunately suffering the most during this current economic calamity...

Regarding the JT situation; here is my rebuttal to Cooley's thoughtful argument---players his age (and sometimes younger i.e. Portis) tire of the whole offseason regimen and really only want to play (and get paid for) their work during the season. So I expect JT will chill until July, spending time in Miami with his family, and then get signed in August by the Pats or another contender that has lost a DE to injury during training camp. His kids will be in school again, he'll probably get a contract for 3-4 million, and still have a chance for a ring. The money lost by not being with the Skins therefore will equate to the opportunity costs earned by spending time with his family and eventually signing on with a team with a better shot of winning the Super Bowl.

[CRedskinsRule]

Also for the record, MH had 52 career starts before the season he led the Seahawks to the SB, JC enters this season with 36 career starts (a full season less). (source is wikipedia for MH, and ESPN for JC)

[Ruhskins]

I think people need to drop this faux QB controversy and bring it up again only if the Redskins have a losing record by mid-season. Can we agree on this?