Taylor Will Not Sign Today
by David_Wyatt on Apr 7, 2010 5:06 PM EDT
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Jason Taylor's agent told me Taylor won't sign immediately with the #Jets, but will go back to Miami "to think it over" instead.
The agent said Taylor is on a two-day visit with the #Jets, returning to Miami late Thursday afternoon. He (agent) said Taylor is "very flattered" by the #Jets' interest and feels he can win a Super Bowl with Rex Ryan & Co. The agent also angrily denied that Taylor is visiting the #Jets simply to revive dormant contract talks with the #Dolphins.
Let's call a spade a spade shall we, despite what his agent said (hardly the gospels), it's pretty obvious that Taylor wants a little bit of leverage to deal with the Dolphins. He probably wants to stay there, he's spent his best years there, and by all accounts, loves Miami. However he probably is not going to sign for pennies there, and if he is being low-balled, I wouldn't be surprised to see him sign with the Jets.
I happen to think it would be an excellent signing, New Yorkers have thick skin, and in the end, if he comes and wins here, nobody will care what he said while he was with a rival, because let's face it "you play to win the game". I fully expect us to hear of Miami being in touch with Taylor, and if they offer him a decent deal, he will sign on the dotted line. We will get over it, if he joins, support the jersey not the player.
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Just because you have thick skin, doesn’t necessarily mean the rest of us do.
Not sure “nobody will care,” I think the majority of Jets nation is adverse to him coming here. As you saw on Twitter earlier.
A) He’s at the end of his career (36 in Sept)
B) all the sh*t he talked as a Phin
I don’t believe he alone solves the pass-rush problem either.
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Why, how does a guy with 7 sacks and 20 QB pressures not solve the problem? especially with a low financial commitment.
Letting personal feelings come into a business decision is ridiculous. Why do you care so much if he said some mean things? were not kids here, were not throwing toys out and refusing to play with someone because they said a mean thing about us. You do what you have to, to win the game. In the end that’s all that matters and what sports is all about.
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Im suprised to hear anybody has a personal problem with the idea of Taylor coming here bc of the things he said. Rex Ryan has the biggest mouth in the NFL but we as fans never consider that potential players for this team like LT would be offended to the point of not wanting to play for him. Thats proof that talk means nothing and winning and money mean everything to these guys. Coaches and Players pander to their fan base all the time. It’s the one element of the game that resembles a touch of the WWE. Its a show. Its just talk. It means nothing. I could easly swallow his comments for 8-12 sacks.
by colinyoung on Apr 7, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Reggie White put up 16 sacks at 38, Doleman put up 15 sacks at 37 Greene put up 12 at 37, Strahan put up 9 at 36, Dent put up 6.5 at 36 and only started one game. With pass rushers who are top of the line, as long as you keep yourself in good shape, play on a good defense with a guy who knows how to use your strengths, then you can keep going. Age really isn’t an issue with the top pass rushers, and with 127.5 career sacks, he is right up there with the cream of the crop.
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If He's Serious
If he is really committed and can contribute, OK. Otherwise, we really don’t need a diva.
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I think he’ll fall back into his redskins playing days with us.
Can’t we just patiently wait for A. Thomas or draft someone? Why do we always have to go old and expensive?
He won’t be expensive, he is a UFA, so first year has to match up with Feely’s, will be a 2 year deal max, and if we don’t guarantee that 2nd year, it’s productive and cheap. He was on a bad Washington defense, this is a very good/great defense.
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ADT is a tuff one to count on. At the moment he’s denying any admission to wanting to play for the Jets. And good reasoning says that Bill B. will force him to stick around as long as possible unless he starts WWIII in camp. Taylor could come too cheap to pass-up on. Especially given the fact that AD might not be ready to force his way out of NE just yet.
by colinyoung on Apr 7, 2010 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Were on the same page here Colin. Also this is not the choice between either getting JT or drafting a OLB. We can do both, JT would be here for one or two years, and he has excelled in being a good overall player, bringing in Jerry Hughes, who right now is mainly just a pass rush guy, he can learn under someone like JT. Beneficial short term, doesn’t handcuff us financially, and beneficial long term. So many positives to this.
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Indeeeeeeed. 100% Thats deff the way I would go. But im wondering if the team feels the same way. I wouldn’t be suprised Rex and the FO feel that this signing could for-go the need at OLB and give them a chance to pick on the other side of the ball in the first round. HMMMM I wonder…
by colinyoung on Apr 7, 2010 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Possibly, we can always pick up a OLB later in the draft, someone like Dekoda Watson, or just someone, can’t think of too many off the top of my head. He would be a good starter for a year, or two.
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You’ve posted good examples here of why we could get a year or two out of this guy. Maybe he does have something left. But how are you gonna feel when you realize this was all a joke anyway? That this dirtbag played us to get a better deal with Miami, and he gets to laugh at all the Jet fans who sold out and asked him to come here and disgrace our uniform. You’re right, I hate this guy and I always will. Just read an article saying he threatened Fireman Ed. Are you kidding me? The only reason he should be invited to our training facility is so a bunch of fans could jump his ass.
One thing I’ll say about Taylor though, at least he’s keeping it real. He will never betray his loyalty by signing here. The Jets are getting used like a discount whore. And that’s how it will feel when this is over, after Jet fans clamored for a guy who probably has our logo painted at the bottom of his toilet bowl.
by nationalist88 on Apr 8, 2010 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s not selling out, if he used us which I’ve already said he probably is, who cares, why do you take this personally. He made sweeping generalizations about Jets fans that were obviously false, of course I’m not taking that personally, it’s a little trash, I don’t get hurt by stupid things like that. Identifying and speaking in favor of a move to help your team is not selling out, it’s intelligently looking at the solution to a problem. If he doesn’t come here, no worries, will carry on disliking him, no big deal.
Who cares if he threatened Fireman Ed……lol I don’t know the guy, and from everything I have heard, the guys an idiot. Just because he wears a hat and chants doesn’t make him any different than any other Jets fan.
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Why do ppl fall for all this nonsense? Remember the comedian Andy Kaufman? He would come out to a wrestling ring and start spewing filth about women that was so over the top and ridiculous that fans would boo and throw food at him like he was the anti-christ? Then he would fake fight women in the ring which would send the fans into a rage. And all the while he was laughing at the ppl he was playing for fools?
Taylor is a showman. He was making outlandish comments about Jets fans and at the same time, pandering to dolphins fans. It was all a show as he went after Ed and the rest of jets fanbase by calling them all maner of nonsensical garbage that ment NOTHING.
Muhammed Ali used to put on the same type of show with Howard Cosell. All fake and scripted to help the sport of boxing by introducing some character and a lil bit of CONTROVERSY.
This is a message to all the fans. Stop getting all worked up about the stupid things these players say to the media. Taylor is not talking to you personally. He’s just playing a game that alot of athletes and showman play. Be an intellegent fan and don’t fall for all the showmanship. It makes you look dumb.
And if he is trying to play the jets then the joke is on the fins cause we get to laugh at all the extra money the fins had to pay to keep him.
by colinyoung on Apr 8, 2010 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
This has nothing to do with professional wrestling, where actors get paid to run their mouth to each other in a phony script. And the only “showmen” in the NFL are guys like Ochocinco and T.O. who act like clowns to keep their names in the headlines. Taylor’s outspoken disdain for this football team is sincere, emotional, and so deep rooted the guy can’t keep it to himself. Fine. I can respect that. But at some point, you have to be accountable for what you do and what comes out of your mouth.
by nationalist88 on Apr 8, 2010 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Its right there in front of your face to see. As plain as day. Taylor is a guy who acts in movies, tv shows and commercials all the time. He is used to having a camera in his face and he just so happens to use that oportunity to talk about the fans that HIS FANS hate most. He does it with such over the top characterism that it is laughable and resembles some dumdass wrestler trying to insult ppl with sweeping generic statements.
Don’t you think its a lil odd that the most outspoken guy on a team happens to play for the most outspoken and at times, most obnoxious fans in the NFL? And without good reason, chooses to go after an entire fanbase that belongs to his teams biggest divisional rival?
by colinyoung on Apr 9, 2010 7:01 AM EDT up reply actions
We can agree to disagree on where this nonsense comes from. Thats fine. You dont like him cause he insults you as a fan. I don’t like him cause he thinks he can use the NFL and Jets fans to play out his fantasy of being a crossover talent from athletics to acting. Which in its own way is also very insulting as a fan. Either way, both of us don’t like the guy. lol
by colinyoung on Apr 9, 2010 7:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Gholston??????
does this mean its then for vernon gholston cuz thasts what i have been hearing
sry
SORRY I MEANT THE END FOR GHOLSTON
by GreeneMachine23 on Apr 7, 2010 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions
A yo, I hate this dude ,he talked a lot of shit about the JETS NATION ,who’s the ass now!!,dont get me wrong,JT will be a good fit for Rex’s Mean Green “D” Machine ,if Rex’s and the team with it ,I fuck it !,I’M with it .I agree David_Wyatt in what you said,you do what you have do to, do to win the game, in the end that’s all that matter’s and that what sports is all about.
good post its tough to think about
im a yanks fan too and it was tough to root for damon until of course he hit a grand slam and that changed a bit. From a dolphins fan i love our rivalry and I believe there will be alot of Jet and Fin fans that would be pissed to see this happen, myself included.
Personally i think he would sign with the Pats before New York however
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i dont think his heart is into playing in ny,therefor if head on the field ….could be some where else
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