Cooley comments on Jason Taylor

This is why Cooley will go down as one of the most popular Redskins ever. The dude is just real, he gets it when obviously so many others in the NFL don't.

The Official Blog of Chris Cooley: JT Hates Money (http://chriscooley47.blogspot.com/2009/03/jt-hates-money.html)

$500,000 to work out between the months of March and June - just to work out. Then an upcoming salary of $9,000,000 - for one season of play. One season! You would really have to hate to be somewhere to turn down ten million dollars for the next ten months of work. I mean, I know Miami is pretty nice, but just go ahead and make that much money while you still can and then retire anywhere you want. Hell, I would go play in Russia for 10,000,000. I would pack my bags and fly out tomorrow, "Ill see ya in February."

Gook luck with your movie career JT, Douche!

Cooley has a way of putting things in perspective.

Gook luck with your movie career JT, Douche!

That sums it up in one word...Well said my friend!

I thought the same thing. I know JT probably isn't hard up for money but damn, that's a lot of cabbage to leave on the table.

^Well it was actually a sentance unless your refering to "Douche." :)

There has to be more to this story. All I know is it saves alot of money in cap space. Now the question is:how will they use it? D. Evans is the first place to start. Hopefully, they get that done and then look for more depth, O Line,LB, Punter.... the list goes on and on. Looks like we needed cap space more than everyone might think...

I thought the same thing. I know JT probably isn't hard up for money but damn, that's a lot of cabbage to leave on the table.

Well, Smoot and others realized that money isn't everything. They realize that playing somewhere you are appreciated and comfortable beats money any day of the week.

Of course to me money is not everything either...It's the only thing.

Cooley speaks the truth. Good for him!

I'm glad that JT did not come back this season because I think that his refusal to work out with the team shows that he is emotionally done with playing football. He'll probably sign and play elsewhere next season but his heart won't be in it and, since it isn't, he probably won't play up to the level we were used to seeing from him before last season.

We're better off using that $8.5M to sign people who still have the desire to compete.

For that kind of money I'd play in Russia too. It's good to see that the stars haven't gone to Cooley's head.