Sean Taylor wants to redo his deal already...

Some folks here have said that the Skins need to "make Taylor happy" so that they can lock him up for the long term - - sort of like the way the Eagels do with their emerging young stars. Good idea. However, I have to remind you that he is already under contract for six more years; it's just that he doesn't like that contract.

So, the dilemma is how do you "keep Taylor happy" while at the same time not teaching every player on the team that all you have to do to get a new deal from the Redskins is to be "unhappy" with your current contract?


I'm the one here who thinks he's a "meathead". But he has tremendous physical skills that might - MIGHT - make him an outstanding player in the NFL if his brain can ever catch up to his body. So I don't think any team would want to lose him. But no team can survive for long if they get the reputation for being easy to push around when it comes to renegotiations.

For example, SUPPOSE they redo his deal in the summertime and next winter he is "disgruntled" again. Do they redo it yet again? How do they break the news to him then that he's going to have to live with his redone deal when they didn't tell him he had to live with his rookie deal this year?

This one is not as simple as it might seem.

I completely agree with that. I mean where do you draw the line? That's his agents fault and not the Redskins.

HE SIGNED the deal

He did. I just have this itching suspicion that he had NO idea what the contract entailed. But that's why he has an agent.

HE SIGNED the deal, No one is bigger than the team

It's not like this is new. Right after he signed the deal we were shocked he signed for so low. Then amazingly he was unhappy about the deal. Give him a deal he shouldn't be unhappy about, and let's move on. SC: It's a bit different than the scenario you lay out. He got a very low deal for a #5 pick, and I'm sure we're going to be asking Mr. Taylor to renegotiate multiple times in the future. Knowing that now shouldn't we do HIM a favor now and see how he reacts later in his career? We'll scratch his back if he scratches ours.

I say redo his deal now, if he's disgruntled next year tough shit.

Besides, if they give him the kind of deal he should have got last year, I don't see how he'll be disgruntled.

I say the team comes first. When we start winning ball games - championships..the money will come. Taylor played great for us, but he made rookie mistakes as well...there should be a rule added in that rookies and players up to at least 2nd year players should get the league minimum....that gives them a chance to prove they are worth the big contracts.

I agree Matty. Let him do it once and that's it.