Jason Taylor is a Dolphin (1 Viewer)

[Multiple Scores]

I have ESPN2 on in the background and just seen it scoll this. Sorry if Honda.

 

[jurb26]

No surprise here if it's true. I think everyone was expecting Taylor to go back and retire as a Dolphin.

 

[jurb26]

Confirmed

Taylor takes less money for Miami return

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By John Clayton

ESPN.com

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Jason Taylor danced with the stars more than a year ago, but he sacrificed more than $7 million this year to stay close to his family and play football in Miami.

Taylor agreed to a one-year, $1.1 million deal Wednesday with the Miami Dolphins. The move allows him to stay at his Miami home with his wife and three children. It also allows him to rejoin an organization he considers to be an extended part of his family.

There are $400,000 of additional incentives in the agreement, which Taylor and his agent, Gary Wichard, confirmed was reached Wednesday.

The new deal is $7 million less than what Taylor could have earned this year with the Washington Redskins. On March 2, Taylor walked away from the $8.5 million he was scheduled to make from the Redskins when he refused to spend the offseason at Redskins Park, preferring to spend the offseason with his family.

"My heart has always been in Miami and so I'm truly excited to call myself a Dolphin once again," Taylor said in a statement. "I was presented with a number of different opportunities, but in the end the combination of this being the best situation for my family, my love for this community and my tremendous loyalty to a great organization made this an easy decision."

In the end, money wasn't a factor in his final decision to return to the Dolphins. Earlier this week, he got word to the Dolphins to put together an offer that fit within their budget and salary cap. Because he had been averaging $7 million a year since the early 2000s, Taylor wasn't under any financial pressure to play.

The Redskins released Taylor when he told them he wouldn't participate in the offseason workouts because it was more important to spend time with his wife and kids, who weren't moving north to be with him during the season. He's also resisted two lucrative movie deals because it would cause him to spend time away from home.

Taylor also resisted the temptation to go to the New England Patriots, who were willing to offer him more than the deal he accepted in Miami.

More than a dozen teams expressed interest in Taylor once he was released, but he kept every team on hold for a couple of months while he invested his time with his family.

Taylor a six-time Pro Bowl selection and 2006 defensive player of the year, is one of the game's best pass rushers, with 120½ career sacks.

He was traded to the Redskins last year for a second-round choice in 2009 and a sixth-round choice in 2010. Part of the reason the Dolphins traded him was Taylor's offseason participation in "Dancing With The Stars," in which he finished second and received national acclaim.

Taylor is entering his 13th season. Even though he agreed to a one-year deal with the Dolphins, he's told friends he's like to play three more seasons if possible.

 

[Trey]

 

[Sweet Love]

It does not sound as though any provisions were included to the trade to Washington, but I am surprised nothing was written in the trade that if Taylor returned to the Phins in 09, some type of draft compensation would come back to Washington. I am a Jets fan and am fine with the fact we released him, but if we went right back to the Pack and we got nothing in return, I would be pretty steamed...with that said, I was just listening to The Herd and they brough up the ineptitude of Cerrato, so I guess this is appropos...just seems like a lot to give up for a guy who barely played for you and returns right back to the team that he started with...I am an ANHL fan and when they make trades gearing up for the playoffs, there are often provisions written into the trade agreement if said traded player were to return to the team that just traded him.

 

[ChuckLiddell]

So to recap:

Miami rented Jason Taylor ot the Redskins for one injury-riddled season....Miami went 11-5 and won the division without him, while the Skins paid him $8M for his 3 sacks and an 8-8 record...Miami got a 2009 2nd and a 2010 6th round pick...and then Miami re-signs JT for $1.1M to close out his career in Miami.

Danny Snyder = Bill Parcells Beeyatch.

 

[Chicago Hooligan]

It does not sound as though any provisions were included to the trade to Washington, but I am surprised nothing was written in the trade that if Taylor returned to the Phins in 09, some type of draft compensation would come back to Washington. I am a Jets fan and am fine with the fact we released him, but if we went right back to the Pack and we got nothing in return, I would be pretty steamed

If you cut him, the contract is gone and the team can't get anything. If he left as a free agent, the team would get a compensatory pick. Nothing for a player who is cut (other than freeing up salary money obv.).

 

[Dexter Manley]

It does not sound as though any provisions were included to the trade to Washington, but I am surprised nothing was written in the trade that if Taylor returned to the Phins in 09, some type of draft compensation would come back to Washington. I am a Jets fan and am fine with the fact we released him, but if we went right back to the Pack and we got nothing in return, I would be pretty steamed...with that said, I was just listening to The Herd and they brough up the ineptitude of Cerrato, so I guess this is appropos...just seems like a lot to give up for a guy who barely played for you and returns right back to the team that he started with...I am an ANHL fan and when they make trades gearing up for the playoffs, there are often provisions written into the trade agreement if said traded player were to return to the team that just traded him.

I don't think what you're suggesting is allowed under the rules. Once a player is a FA, he can sign with whomever he chooses. What they could of done, was include a provision that if JT wasn't on the Skins roster for 2009, that they wouldn't send their 6th rounder to Miami. Of course Cerrato and my Skins were in full panic mode once they lost 2 DE's to injury, and didn't think things through.

 

[Native]

 

[T Bell]

So to recap:Miami rented Jason Taylor ot the Redskins for one injury-riddled season....Miami went 11-5 and won the division without him, while the Skins paid him $8M for his 3 sacks and an 8-8 record...Miami got a 2009 2nd and a 2010 6th round pick...and then Miami re-signs JT for $1.1M to close out his career in Miami. Danny Snyder = Bill Parcells Beeyatch.

I think the Redskins proved their point.

 

[Sweet Love]

It does not sound as though any provisions were included to the trade to Washington, but I am surprised nothing was written in the trade that if Taylor returned to the Phins in 09, some type of draft compensation would come back to Washington. I am a Jets fan and am fine with the fact we released him, but if we went right back to the Pack and we got nothing in return, I would be pretty steamed...with that said, I was just listening to The Herd and they brough up the ineptitude of Cerrato, so I guess this is appropos...just seems like a lot to give up for a guy who barely played for you and returns right back to the team that he started with...I am an ANHL fan and when they make trades gearing up for the playoffs, there are often provisions written into the trade agreement if said traded player were to return to the team that just traded him.

I don't think what you're suggesting is allowed under the rules. Once a player is a FA, he can sign with whomever he chooses. What they could of done, was include a provision that if JT wasn't on the Skins roster for 2009, that they wouldn't send their 6th rounder to Miami. Of course Cerrato and my Skins were in full panic mode once they lost 2 DE's to injury, and didn't think things through.

No doubt that may be the rule in the NFL world...but in they NHL they call them "rental" players...i.e. the guy you sign for the season or 2nd half of the season, who could walk away with 0 repercussions...I am not sure whether that is the case with Taylor (did he sign a new contract when he joined the team?)...if that player then goes back to the team that let him go 6 months ago, the team on the losing end would get compensation back. I am sure you could write whatever you want into any deal (see Favre with the Vikings provision when he was traded to the Jets, or the poison pill thing between the Hawks and Vikes about 3 years ago)...I am just surprised that Cerrato did not cover himself.

 

[fatness]

He's a dancer Dolphin

and he sparkles and he shines.

 

[T Bell]

He's a dancer Dolphin

and he sparkles and he shines.

And he's been caught once again in the Tuna net.

 

[=Smackdown=]

Welcome home JT !!!

Deserves to retire as a Dolphin. Him going to the Patriots would have been criminal.

Don't know if he has anything left in the tank though.

Thank you Redskins for the high 2nd rd pick - which netted them Pat White.

 

[T Bell]

Welcome home JT !!!

Deserves to retire as a Dolphin. Him going to the Patriots would have been criminal.

Don't know if he has anything left in the tank though.

Thank you Redskins for the high 2nd rd pick - which netted them Pat White.

No problem. I'm not sure whether to laugh or to cry if someone steals money out of my wallet and then turns around and donates it to Ted Haggard.

 

[obxlegends]

Wonder what Cameran Wake is thinking now.

 

[=Smackdown=]

Wonder what Cameran Wake is thinking now.

Learn from a HOFer?

 

[obxlegends]

Wonder what Cameran Wake is thinking now.

Learn from a HOFer?

Didn't the Dolphins break ties with Taylor last year because he didn't fit into their plans? Now magically, he does?It wasn't like he went out and had a monster (or even good) season for the Skins. I just can't wrap my head around this one.Cameran Wake is a 2 time CFL Defensive Player of the Year who needs to be on the field so they see what they have in him.

 

[Chicago Hooligan]

For $1m I'm sure almost any team would sign him, but only the Dolphins truly had that option.

 

[tombonneau]

I wonder if JT put a provision in his contract that states "if found in the same room together, for either professional or personal purposes, Mr. Parcells must acknowledge the physical presence of Mr. Taylor with the minimum of a non-verbal gesture of recognizance, with it understood that the preferred interaction will be a verbal greeting."

 

[Gatorman]

JT wanted to stay close to his family. miami wanted another pass rusher. Win win Win (the third win is he was kept away from the patsies)

 

[Jail]

Wonder what Cameran Wake is thinking now.

Learn from a HOFer?

Didn't the Dolphins break ties with Taylor last year because he didn't fit into their plans? Now magically, he does?It wasn't like he went out and had a monster (or even good) season for the Skins. I just can't wrap my head around this one.Cameran Wake is a 2 time CFL Defensive Player of the Year who needs to be on the field so they see what they have in him.

Actually, Taylor is the one that wanted out of that situation. Sure, Wake has some promise, but who knows what he'll do? Taylor's body can't handle the position the skins had him at. Not anymore, anyway. Besides, look at the money they're paying Taylor. Its not like it screams starter money. He might just be a situational pass rusher at this point in his career. Wake will get plenty of snaps as long as he shows the coaches good things. My reaction to the signing-

 

[Fiddles]

porter and taylor could do some damage in the backfield

 

[=Smackdown=]

Wonder what Cameran Wake is thinking now.

How JT will be used . . ."First of all, forget about whether Taylor starts or doesn't start. Coach Tony Sparano doesn't care about that and, soon, Taylor will probably be echoing a similar sentiment. The idea is not to give Taylor starts. The idea is to make sure Taylor finishes -- finishes sacks, finishes games, finishes the season. "

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolph...aylor-now.html

This will allow the youngsters to continue to develop.