Cooley comments on Jason Taylor

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by irish

I think JC is beyond needing the $. I think he lost the fire to play and the workout schedule thing was a convenient excuse to get out. In a way I applaud his decision. He could have stuck around, gone thru the motions and collected a paycheck but deep down he knows he doesnt have the desire anymore so he took the first out he could get. I dont know why any Skins fan would be upset with him.

I agree, his agent said something similar, that they'd could've accepted the terms & then JT could've skipped a lot of the workouts, but he didn't want to do that. I appreciate that he didn't come back for the $, he might've been doing us a favor.

Can't blame him for being traded here either, but you can blame the Skins for giving up a 2nd round pick. Just take a cursory glance at trades of the past 5 years. How often have good players gone for 3rd round picks or less? A lot, especially when you factor in his huge salary. Nobody else was going to give Miami that much, not to mention we threw in a 6th rounder!

I liked the trade at the time but not the price we paid.