Jason Taylor Visiting with the Jets

[Doc-phin]

http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_football_dolphins/2010/04/report-jason-taylor-visiting-the-jets.html

I understand it, but I hate it!

[Brian Fein]

F the Jets.

[JVides]

Mercy...

[dolfan13]

i have to hope its just a ploy to get the dolphins to commit to a contract for him.

otherwise i am setting fire to my taylor jerseys

[Dave Gray]

Wow.  I'm really surprised.  Of all people, I thought JT wouldn't ever go there.  I bet he still won't.

[fyo]

i have to hope its just a ploy to get the dolphins to commit to a contract for him.

Or maybe a ploy to even get the Dolphins to CALL him (or his agent). That they haven't reached out in any way so far this off season is downright shameful. That's just not the way you treat a player, regardless of his history with the team. With someone like Taylor, it's unfathomable.

[ethurst22a]

The Dolphins at least could have given Taylor a courtesy call to tell him that they wouldn't resign him. Sparano talked about Taylor in past tense a few weeks ago. Why couldn't Sparano just come out and say, Jason, we're going younger and we won't be extending you an offer.

And who else is tired of Bill Parcells not talking to the press or fans?

Taylor gets to play in the media capital of the world. If he has a good season and the Jets get to the Super Bowl, he's an automatic lock for the HOF. I don't feel like Jason is an every down player but he's better than 2/3 of the hybrid linebacker/defensive ends in the NFL.

I have to keep remembering...it's a business.

[dolfan13]

salguero posted this on his blog early this morning before the jets visit broke news:

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolphins_in_depth/2010/04/dolphins-reach-out-to-taylor-to-smooth-things-over.html

[dolphins4life]

JT had a solid year last year

This may be a mistake by the Parcells regime to let him go.

[dolphins4life]

Even if the Jets sign him, we should still applaud him when he comes back to Miami. 

Let's not be like the Pats fans that booed Adam when he came back as Colts to NE. 

[CF DolFan]

They have treated Taylor like crap since the new regime came here. Maybe not Sparano, but the higher ups certainly have. I wish Taylor the best wherever he lands.

[Doc-phin]

Even if the Jets sign him, we should still applaud him when he comes back to Miami. 

I agree.  Taylor isn't doing this to the Dolphins, the Dolphins are doing this to Taylor.

Personally, I think we should go ahead and make an honest effort to resign him.  The thing I found to be most impressive about his play last year was that you hardly ever saw the other team throw his direction.  Sometimes when you aren't on the TV making a tackle it is because you are doing things right.  He also still has that nack for making a big play, at least enough so that he is worth a solid middle of the road veteran contract.   

[dolfan13]

i know, yet another millionaire many times over playing a game as a profession getting treated so poorly.

[bsmooth]

Did go to the Jets, or has Ryan come after him? It is a big difference. It would be hard for a player in the twilight of their career to turn down an offer from a team that has a legitimate shot to win the division and go even further.

[Philly Fin Fan]

The Dolphins at least could have given Taylor a courtesy call to tell him that they wouldn't resign him. Sparano talked about Taylor in past tense a few weeks ago. Why couldn't Sparano just come out and say, Jason, we're going younger and we won't be extending you an offer.

They went one better- they told Taylor they wanted to wait until after the draft before deciding if they wanted to re-sign him.