Jason Taylor to re-sign with the Dolphins

[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

[redsk1]

We got hosed on this one. Big time. Memo to VC: Please get all the details done on a trade BEFORE you make the trade! Don't change the rules mid way thru. You cost us a 2nd rounder.

JT was never going to do his offseason workouts in DC. You would think we knew this going in.

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

Well good thing the Dolphins will not also be getting any of the Skins 2010 draft picks for the guy. That would really be a punch to the gut ... oh, wait ...

What else did we give up besides the 2nd rounder - was it a 6th rounder in 2010?

[Riggo44]

The Dolphins sucked the year before J.T. left and with the schedule they have this year they’ll be lucky to win 8 games. Who really cares about J.T at this point? We F up getting him last year this much is obvious now. But it seemed like a good deal for both teamsat the time. J.T. just couldn’t stay on the field. I’m not really bent out of shape over the whole thing. I just wish I had so much money I could piss away 7 million!

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Ok he needs his head examined. He basically gave up 7.4 mil so he could spend an extar 24 days this ONE offseason with his kids. I lvoe my kids a lot but for 7.4 mil I'll miss them for a month and never look back.

FRPLG - I agree completely with you - having an extra $7.4 million for some extra wrokouts was way worth his time. I am surprised he is coming back for only $1.1. million - from what I heard he wants to go into broadcasting and he could probably pull close to a million doing that than busting his tail and risking injury playing football - especially at his age and position.

From this whole ordeal lets hope that we never have 2 season ending injuries to a single position for a long time on the first day of practice.

[JoeRedskin]

Hindsight is 20/20. Last year, after we lost 2 top DE's in about 48 hours, the FO went out and got the defensive player of hte year from two years before. While some were worried that the price was a bit high, many (probably the majority) thought the FO did what they had to do and were pretty happy with the aquisition.

It didn't work out. Sh** happens.

As someone else pointed out, I wish I could say "No thanks" to 7 million dollars.

[724Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Ok he needs his head examined. He basically gave up 7.4 mil so he could spend an extar 24 days this ONE offseason with his kids. I lvoe my kids a lot but for 7.4 mil I'll miss them for a month and never look back.

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

[CRedskinsRule]

I think this could be spun, from a FO apologist such as myself, as proof that our FO understands value. After all, apparently we were trying to force him to reduce his overall pay, or stretch it out in such a way that we could cut him without guaranteeing the 8M he was supposed to get, and he would not. Clearly there is no way he was worth 8M this year, so the FO forced him out rather than just paying a ridiculous amount for his services.

All in all, I am with Smoot, time to move on about this.

[Bill B]

Hey look at it this way - when the Skins cut him it made the need to get a defensive end even more pressing and the Skins got lucky and we got Orakpo who is going to be a beast.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by 724Skinsfan

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

What do you mean?

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I think this could be spun, from a FO apologist such as myself, as proof that our FO understands value. After all, apparently we were trying to force him to reduce his overall pay, or stretch it out in such a way that we could cut him without guaranteeing the 8M he was supposed to get, and he would not. Clearly there is no way he was worth 8M this year, so the FO forced him out rather than just paying a ridiculous amount for his services.

All in all, I am with Smoot, time to move on about this.

Getting rid of an old player and making sure that he's off the books. I'd rather look at that instead of beating the dead horse in regards to the trade we made. In the end the moron is JT for giving up 7 mil.

[GTripp0012]

The truth is, nearly the whole bill for JT has been payed already. There's the 6th next year still outstanding, but the 2nd, the opportunity cost of giving him a roster spot, and the salary (zero dead cap) is off the books entirely. So now that the draft is over, we can forget that this ever happened.

It was the kind of result that I saw coming a mile away when we threw picks at a problem out of desperation, and I thought it was a really obvious gaffe. Sure, in hindsight, it's obvious we got our pants dropped on this one, but a lot of us thought at the time it was a great move, and that surprised me.

[Trample the Elderly]

Damn Ye Cerrato! Where's my draft picks?

[724Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

What do you mean?

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.

[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.