Jason Taylor's legacy

[Sunstroke]

If all he wanted to do was play Im sure there would be teams outside the AFC east that would have shown an interest in him...

From all reports I saw, there really weren't any others, and certainly none that afforded him "one last shot" at a championship.

he decided to take the offer from NY which tells me he did it for more reasons then just to play he wants the chance to stick it to the front office of Miami and there is no Honor in that. Living well is the best revenge

Judging a player based on what you "believe" to be his personal motivations is not only a good way to jump to an incorrect conclusion based on your own perspectives and predispositions, but a pretty harsh treatment of a player who has given a hell of a lot to this franchise and to the South FL community.

As far as what Jason's motivations might be, I'd like to offer an alternative to the "Buttfuck the Tuna" master plan you believe Jason to be working with. Let's just say that, imo, the last line of my first response above ("one last shot at a championship") seems more likely. He's a great player who's had a possible - but not 100% certain - hall of fame career. He knows he has to leave Miami, because Miami has done nothing but show him they didn't want him here. He looks around and says "OK, I want to play another year or two...let me reach out to teams that are playoff contenders, so I can have one last shot at a ring." He and his agent put out feelers, and the only team (or at least the only legit playoff contending team) that bites on Jason's hook is the Jets. He doesn't sign immediately, to give the Dolphins an opportunity to say "OK, we were just messin' around, come on back!"...but not a peep is heard from Ireland-Parcells-Sparano. 

I'm anything BUT happy that Jason is a Jet, trust me on this...but given the conditions surrounding his departure, I won't dog him at all for signing that deal.

[bsmooth]

So are you pulling Csonka out of the ring of honor too? He did leave the team for bigger money with the upstart league and then came back.

[Defense54]

Sorry. Ring of honor is for a very special person. He is Rich enough to give up a 7.5 Million $$$ pay cut with the Redskins, he didn't need the $3 million handout from the Jets. Thats the one Team he shouldn't have went to. He ruined his own legacy by not thinking it out. Zach needs to come back.  Jason made his bed and now he can lie in it.

Csonka ?  Get this in your heads People!  He went to the JETS. The J-E-T-S , Jets.

Leaving my personal Bias out of this, how do we know this is a tabboo Team not to go too? Because Both Jason and Zack stated so. They both stated they hated NY and their fans on many occasions. They said they would NEVER go there. Zack lived up to it.   Fuck Jason Taylor. I will help Picket ANY decision to honor him as a Miami Dolphin in the future.  His pictures are gone from my garage, his photos are off my sons walls.

Rex Ryan set to to fuck Miami Dolphin fans and he succeeded.  I'm disappointed in the way this was handled by the Dolphins staff by letting it get this far, but ultimately it was Jason's decision. Hope you enjoy the $3 Million. It co$t you Alot more in my opinion.

[ethurst22a]

So are you pulling Csonka out of the ring of honor too? He did leave the team for bigger money with the upstart league and then came back.

That's interesting that you bring Csonka up because as I remember, Csonka, Kiick and Warfield blindsided the Dolphins by signing with the WFL. Shula didn't even know about it. On the other side of the coin, Joe Robbie didn't want to pay his players what they were worth. That transaction put a halt to the Miami Dolphins dynasty. The "Sea of Hands" game was the last game they played in together.

I think it was the first major case of free agency before the free agent period in NFL history. Pete Rozelle was livid but he couldn't do anything about it because it was another league. Football players are seen as contractors not full time employees like people think.

The guys from the defense started demanding more money. It was money that killed everything.

Yes, Csonka leaving in this Internet age would have been an outrage. He did come back in 1979 and won comeback player of the year and after the season, wanted a new contract but Robbie balked and he decided to retire.

Jason Taylor should go into the ring of honor and I hope he goes into the Hall of Fame. I think Marino is a key member on the Dolphins Alumni. If he is, Jason gets into the Ring of Fame. Jason patterned his community efforts after Marino.

[Defense54]

That's interesting that you bring Csonka up because as I remember, Csonka, Kiick and Warfield blindsided the Dolphins by signing with the WFL. Shula didn't even know about it. On the other side of the coin, Joe Robbie didn't want to pay his players what they were worth. That transaction put a halt to the Miami Dolphins dynasty. The "Sea of Hands" game was the last game they played in together.

I think it was the first major case of free agency before the free agent period in NFL history. Pete Rozelle was livid but he couldn't do anything about it because it was another league. Football players are seen as contractors not full time employees like people think.

The guys from the defense started demanding more money. It was money that killed everything.

Yes, Csonka leaving in this Internet age would have been an outrage. He did come back in 1979 and won comeback player of the year and after the season, wanted a new contract but Robbie balked and he decided to retire.

Jason Taylor should go into the ring of honor and I hope he goes into the Hall of Fame. I think Marino is a key member on the Dolphins Alumni. If he is, Jason gets into the Ring of Fame. Jason patterned his community efforts after Marino.

That was about Money. Players made as much as Parking attendants back then,you can not blame someone doing what they needed to do to provide for their family.

Jason Taylor is so rich he gave up millions just not to partake in the offseason training in Washington. This was not about Money. Understand that. This was a big Fuck You , and people that say Fuck You shouldn't be able to be honored for life in the stadium they pissed on.

You know WHO DID do it for the money? Taylors agent. The same person who claims Miami didn't offer his client anything. he makes alot more money if his client signed with the Jets.

[Crabby440]

there is no excuse for going to the jets. i will hate on jt until he is off that God awful team.

[Crabby440]

That was about Money. Players made as much as Parking attendants back then,you can not blame someone doing what they needed to do to provide for their family.

Jason Taylor is so rich he gave up millions just not to partake in the offseason training in Washington. This was not about Money. Understand that. This was a big Fuck You , and people that say Fuck You shouldn't be able to be honored for life in the stadium they pissed on.

i agree

[Defense54]

there is no excuse for going to the jets. i will hate on jt until he is off that God awful team.

Even after he is off. Do you welcome your wife back after she leaves your best friend and was fucking him for 2 yrs? No way. His ass is tainted now. He has the fireman Ed stench all over it. Come September he will come onto OUR field and look to inflict damage to us. To crush our layoff hopes and dreams. And to further the Jets. I can't and won't forgive that.

[Thundergod]

I'm as big a Dolphins fan as anyone else, but jeez some of you take things way too personal. 

[Defense54]

I'm as big a Dolphins fan as anyone else, but jeez some of you take things way too personal. 

You go live in NYC for 33 yrs and then tell me that. You have no Idea.

[StL FinFan]

I lived here all my life.  When favorite Jim Edmonds ended up on the Cubs (he's now on the Brewers) because the Cardinals would not give him a decent offer, we cheered him when he came up to bat.  We still hate the Cubs more than anything (I think Lil B can attest to the level of hatred in this rivalry) but his was a business decision.  When he retires, the Cardinals will honor him, and rightfully so.

I see the Jason Taylor business pretty much the same way.  The vocal minority is just that, a minority.

[Defense54]

Jason Taylors was NOT a business decision. the man talked about retirement 2 yrs ago. He walked away from millions because he didn't want to do Push ups in Washington. He has become a bit of a pampered Queen and Bill Parcells hates that shit.  Jason walks around crying about what he has done over and over. Great. But if you want to stay doing it, STFU and stand next to the Rookies and get dirty. Now you got Fat Bastard Rex Ryan who only wants to stick poke the Phins and their fans.  So after playing to Jasons inflated ego and telling him great he still is, he signs there. Fuck him.  Fuck him and his legacy. If he had an once of integrity he would stand by what he preached and never go near the dreaded Jets.

[StL FinFan]

1. Show me direct quotes from Taylor being a "pampered Queen".
2. If he was so eager to F over the Dolphins, why did he wait so long to accept the Jets offer?


http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/post/Taylor-would-have-signed-with-Dolphins?urn=nfl,236235

Taylor would have signed with Dolphins

By Mark J. Miller


The Miami Dolphins are claiming that the team made an offer to linebacker Jason Taylor, but the linebacker's agent is saying that if the Dolphins had made even the hint of an actual offer, his client would have signed it, according to the New York Post.

Instead, Taylor has signed on with his former rival, the New York Jets, for the next two seasons.

"If there was an offer (from the Dolphins), I promise you he would have signed it last week," Taylor's agent said yesterday.

But there are reports that the Dolphins made an offer to Taylor last November that would have given him an $850,000 raise for one season.

[Crabby440]

1. Show me direct quotes from Taylor being a "pampered Queen".
2. If he was so eager to F over the Dolphins, why did he wait so long to accept the Jets offer?


http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/post/Taylor-would-have-signed-with-Dolphins?urn=nfl,236235

Taylor would have signed with Dolphins

By Mark J. Miller


The Miami Dolphins are claiming that the team made an offer to linebacker Jason Taylor, but the linebacker's agent is saying that if the Dolphins had made even the hint of an actual offer, his client would have signed it, according to the New York Post.

Instead, Taylor has signed on with his former rival, the New York Jets, for the next two seasons.

"If there was an offer (from the Dolphins), I promise you he would have signed it last week," Taylor's agent said yesterday.

But there are reports that the Dolphins made an offer to Taylor last November that would have given him an $850,000 raise for one season.

none of that matters, he signed with the jets..

[StL FinFan]

Can you get it through your thick head that no body else made him an offer?   I guess not.  Have fun wallowing in anger while the rest of us go on with our lives.