Taylor to Return w/o Restructure or Paycut

According to the article JT didn't fit Blaches scheme last year which is stop the run first and they're looking at ways to free him up this year. I certainly hope they do, or why would you sign a pass rushing DE for 8.5 mil to play in a defense geared to stop the run which is something he's not that good at?

Like the article says Taylor gets down to about 240 lbs during the season... that's downright scrawny for a LDE. I think the conventional wisdom is Taylor has to play RDE to be at his very best and if we don't slide him in there then his talent/ability is somewhat wasted.

If we do indeed bring him back it's a complete waste of time unless we turn him loose and let him do what he does best.

We should move him to right DE

... and btw if Carter gets moved to LDE I hope Blache or someone suggests he let his body fat to explode beyond 3% LOL. I guess he runs around 255 lbs during the season and I don't see any reason he couldn't pack on a few more pounds.

If we do indeed bring him back it's a complete waste of time unless we turn him loose and let him do what he does best.

Exactly.. We've got to let players do what they do best rather than try to cram them into fitting a scheme that doesn't fit what they do best.

After the '07 season everyone down in Miami was talking about what a bust Joey Porter was and he was a waste of money and a position. The new coaching staff put him place to succeed and he put up numbers similar to his career previously in '08.

Putting Taylor in a rover DE/WLB position and let him go after the passer gives him and us the best usage of his abilities.

I voted that I hate the move even though I like that he is returning. I hate that they could not find a way to reduce his price tag.

I think the injury last season really hampered him. I think his play early and late in the year was pretty good. I bet JT comes back and earns his Salary.

Paintrain -- what makes you think JT at WLB is "what he does best." As far as I know, he has never played that position and has always played DE throughout his career. Can he run? I know he's a very tall TE -- how big of a liability in coverage would he be? And I really don't see much attacking, especially from LBs coming from Blache.

"Before the trade was done, he was asked if he would play out his two years left on the contract, and he said, 'Absolutely,' " Wichard said. "They asked for a two-year commitment from Jason. They gave up a lot to get him, so I understand why they did, and we gave them that commitment. That was the deal, so there's nothing new there. They weren't doing it for one year and we weren't doing it for one year. It was two years on both sides."

Gotta love is agent for trying to keep Taylor from getting the axe for CAP reasons. LOL.

I think the injury last season really hampered him. I think his play early and late in the year was pretty good. I bet JT comes back and earns his Salary.

Paintrain -- what makes you think JT at WLB is "what he does best." As far as I know, he has never played that position and has always played DE throughout his career. Can he run? I know he's a very tall TE -- how big of a liability in coverage would he be? And I really don't see much attacking, especially from LBs coming from Blache.

Well I probably stated that wrong. What he does best is play attack the QB which he can do best from the left DE position or WLB. In our defense, as constructed we don't have an open position for him where he'd be most effective. I guess I am saying the same as Matty, if he's going to be here let's all hope that he's going to be used to maximize his talents vs trying to fit him into the system.

The guy is a HOF player who had devastating injuries last year. If healthy JT could be a real beast for us. He's in great shape and is only 34. Come on guys, most were excited about this move last year. It's his contract. It's what we accepted.