Jason Taylor to re-sign with the Dolphins

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by 724Skinsfan

If he wants to retire as a Dolphin after the 2009 season, he can't very well do it playing for the Redskins in 2009. Which means he had to walk away from more money to get what he really wanted...retiring as a Dolphin.

I thought players often sign one day contracts for this reason though. For instance Art Monk came back and signed on as a Redskin and than retired shortly therafter so he could retire a Redskin.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by 724Skinsfan

If he wants to retire as a Dolphin after the 2009 season, he can't very well do it playing for the Redskins in 2009. Which means he had to walk away from more money to get what he really wanted...retiring as a Dolphin.

He can just sign a one day contract if he wants to do that. He doesn't need to play for a year with them to do that.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by 724Skinsfan

Not if his number one reason is to retire after this year as a Miami Dolphin.

He could've done that anyways.

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

He could've done that anyways.

Yeah he could have. Honestly im shocked he didnt sign with the Patriots. Even before he was released I had a feeling he would be and sign with New England. I guess he really likes Miami because you would think he would take a shot at getting a championship. Then when he did retire he could sign a 1 day contract and retire a Dolphin.

[Chico23231]

Our FO got played? bigggggg surprise

[Skinny Tee]

Traitor!

....just kidding.

[GTripp0012]

Well, who saw this coming last year?

I'm sure a lot of people, just not many Skins fans.

[mredskins]

I think JT cheated on his wife when he was in Washington and she found out…and basically told him if you leave us again to play in Washington I will divorce you and take ½ of what you own…plus spousal support and ask for full custody of our children (not to mention destroy your marketability). BUT…if you stay in Miami I will forgive you knowing I will have you on lockdown and you only have 8 weekends a year away from us of which we will be going with you since the kids don’t have school on weekends.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by mredskins

I think JT cheated on his wife when he was in Washington and she found out…and basically told him if you leave us again to play in Washington I will divorce you and take ½ of what you own…plus spousal support and ask for full custody of our children (not to mention destroy your marketability). BUT…if you stay in Miami I will forgive you knowing I will have you on lockdown and you only have 8 weekends a year away from us of which we will be going with you since the kids don’t have school on weekends.

Doesn't explain why he was considering signing with the Patriots up until now.

It was as much of a football decision to cut Jason Taylor and reinvest his salary when they couldn't agree on an extension as anything else.

[wilsowilso]

I'm gonna go ahead and give that trade a non opossable thumbs up!

[SmootSmack]

I'm sure we'll be talking about this in 2019...the move backfired on us, it sucks, you move on.

Hopefully we will have the same success with the return of Dockery that many are predicting the Dolphins will have with Taylor

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I'm sure we'll be talking about this in 2019...the move backfired on us, it sucks, you move on.

Seriously, who cares.

I guess the Skins are the only team in the league that have moves that don't work out.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Seriously, who cares.

I guess the Skins are the only team in the league that have moves that don't work out.

Well it's not that other teams don't make mistakes. It's just the mistakes our FO makes are retarded as hell. The smart thing to do was not to panic and let Evans play. That 2nd round pick could've been used on a potential quality starter.....perhaps at RT. But there is nothing anyone can do about it now and it's time to turn the page on this one.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Well it's not that other teams don't make mistakes. It's just the mistakes our FO makes are retarded as hell. The smart thing to do was not to panic and let Evans play. That 2nd round pick could've been used on a potential quality starter.....perhaps at RT. But there is nothing anyone can do about it now and it's time to turn the page on this one.

Well if I recall correctly a pretty large majority of fans approved of the move at the time. If he doesn't get hurt things could have turned out much different.

Retarded moves happen all over the league not just with the Skins.

[Son Of Man]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Well if I recall correctly a pretty large majority of fans approved of the move at the time. If he doesn't get hurt things could have turned out much different.

Retarded moves happen all over the league not just with the Skins.

I'm glad someone pointed this out! When JT came last year everybody, including almost all the local commentators and national NFL analysts, applauded the move! Most people thought that getting a future HOF one year removed from being a defenvise POY for a 2nd round pick was a deal! The Fins were asking for a 1st+ leading up to the draft. Now, after he gets hurt and underperforms, everyone has about-faced and is calling the FO stupid for the move....hypocrisy anyone? It didn't work out people...get over it!

Thanks Matty for trying to speak some sense to the nay-sayers and jaded "fans"!