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When the Miami Dolphins get together for a mandatory minicamp on Friday in Florida, defensive end Jason Taylor will have a big decision to make. As will the team.
Adam Schefter of NFL Network lays out the situation perfectly.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story;jsess...0d5d8089542b&template=with-video&confirm=true
"Dallas –- Of all the potential landing spots, none is more intriguing than Dallas. It is a longshot, granted, but Cowboys owner Jerry Jones never can be ruled out. The Cowboys have debated the merits of trading for Taylor and they already hold additional draft picks in 2009 -– Cleveland’s in the third round, Detroit’s in the fourth. Dallas could decide to package picks and/or a disgruntled player such as defensive end Greg Ellis or safety Roy Williams that former Cowboys coach Bill Parcells knows well. Dallas knows its loaded at defensive end now with Ellis, DeMarcus Ware and last year’s first-round pick, Anthony Spencer. But Cowboys owner Jerry Jones never bypasses big-name, talented players such as Taylor. He has thought about the possibility of Taylor in Dallas and, despite the long odds, could wind up taking action."
For Taylor, he needs to decide whether to show up for the mandatory session. Skipping it would subject him to a daily fine of $8,638, and possibly to an effort to recover any signing bonus money that might apply to the last two years of his contract, depending on the specific language of the deal regarding bonus forfeitures.
If Taylor opt to report, the team would then have to decide whether to allow him to participate — and risk owing Taylor his entire $8 million base salary if an ACL tears or an Achilles’ tendon ruptures.
Of course, the CBA already has been interpreted to prohibit a team from refusing to allow a guy to work out. So then the question becomes whether the team can restrict Taylor’s activities to limit injury, as the team apparently did last year with qb Daunte Culpepper.
Schefter also lists five teams that have shown “varying degrees of interest” in Taylor during the offseason — the Saints, Eagles, Buccaneers, Cowboys, and Chargers.
In our view, Taylor’s next team (if indeed there is a next team) must fit within his obvious strategic plan to become a star on the silver screen, meaning that Taylor’s next team must already have a high profile (e.g., the Cowboys) or be in a position to acquire one by playing into February.
We think that Taylor should call the team’s bluff and show up for the mandatory minicamp. Given coach Tony Sparano recently declared to the world that Taylor won’t be there, it would make for great theater — possibly greater theater than anything that this oversized Yul Brynner will ever give us at the cineplex.
When the Miami Dolphins get together for a mandatory minicamp on Friday in Florida, defensive end Jason Taylor will have a big decision to make. As will the team.
Adam Schefter of NFL Network lays out the situation perfectly.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story;jsess...0d5d8089542b&template=with-video&confirm=true
"Dallas –- Of all the potential landing spots, none is more intriguing than Dallas. It is a longshot, granted, but Cowboys owner Jerry Jones never can be ruled out. The Cowboys have debated the merits of trading for Taylor and they already hold additional draft picks in 2009 -– Cleveland’s in the third round, Detroit’s in the fourth. Dallas could decide to package picks and/or a disgruntled player such as defensive end Greg Ellis or safety Roy Williams that former Cowboys coach Bill Parcells knows well. Dallas knows its loaded at defensive end now with Ellis, DeMarcus Ware and last year’s first-round pick, Anthony Spencer. But Cowboys owner Jerry Jones never bypasses big-name, talented players such as Taylor. He has thought about the possibility of Taylor in Dallas and, despite the long odds, could wind up taking action."
For Taylor, he needs to decide whether to show up for the mandatory session. Skipping it would subject him to a daily fine of $8,638, and possibly to an effort to recover any signing bonus money that might apply to the last two years of his contract, depending on the specific language of the deal regarding bonus forfeitures.
If Taylor opt to report, the team would then have to decide whether to allow him to participate — and risk owing Taylor his entire $8 million base salary if an ACL tears or an Achilles’ tendon ruptures.
Of course, the CBA already has been interpreted to prohibit a team from refusing to allow a guy to work out. So then the question becomes whether the team can restrict Taylor’s activities to limit injury, as the team apparently did last year with qb Daunte Culpepper.
Schefter also lists five teams that have shown “varying degrees of interest” in Taylor during the offseason — the Saints, Eagles, Buccaneers, Cowboys, and Chargers.
In our view, Taylor’s next team (if indeed there is a next team) must fit within his obvious strategic plan to become a star on the silver screen, meaning that Taylor’s next team must already have a high profile (e.g., the Cowboys) or be in a position to acquire one by playing into February.
We think that Taylor should call the team’s bluff and show up for the mandatory minicamp. Given coach Tony Sparano recently declared to the world that Taylor won’t be there, it would make for great theater — possibly greater theater than anything that this oversized Yul Brynner will ever give us at the cineplex.
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