Jason Taylor Rumors
There have been many fans I’ve noticed on WIP in the recent weeks pleading for the Eagles to do what it takes to get Jason Taylor from the Dolphins. While nobody can deny Taylor’s on the field presence there are a few questions you must first ask before really getting into this.
Despite being a phenomenal talent Taylor is nearing the end of his playing career and unless a trade rejuvenates his spirits, all recent indications have shown he is preparing for his post football days. How much are the Eagles willing to give for a 1-2 year rental player? The Eagles have stockpiled young talent on the defensive line including a plethora of hybrid ends and small linebackers. Offseason additions of Chris Clemons, Bryan Smith, and a faster leaner Darren Howard beg the question if the Eagles need to go out and get the services of Taylor.
I say the Eagles should stay put and develop the young talent they have stockpiled at defensive end, to go with the veterans already there. The Eagles are going to continue with their sizable line rotation to keep bodies fresh.
Feel free to leave your opinions on the matter and if you want to deal for Taylor what do you think is a fair value in giving to Miami in exchange for his services.
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22 Responses to “Jason Taylor Rumors”
June 8th, 2008 at 1:45 am
Angel — June 6, 2008 @ 4:19 pm
In other NFC East news, there is a rumor that four teams are still after Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor, and three are in the NFC East. Philly, Dallas, Washington and San Diego are all interested in the dancing machine. Also out of Philly, free agent corner Asante Samuel injured a hamstring and is going to be out much of the summer.
This is why we build through the draft and don’t throw loads of cash at free agents…and why we win Super Bowls.
The Geeeeeeee-Men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 8th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I really hope the Eagles do pursue Taylor. Yes, the Eagles have slightly rebuilt the defensive end rotation with some younger guys, but there is no denying that Taylor could wreak havoc in this system.
If you could get him for a 3rd/4th round pick, it’s definitely worth it.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:21 am
It won’t matter who ya get…ya still won’t make no noise, so just fall back…the Giants install that!!!!
This is why we build through the draft and don’t throw loads of cash at free agents…and why we win Super Bowls.
The Geeeeeeee-Men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah…and the Giants SB win set the Eagles fans insecurity back 10 years.
I guess I would be pretty depressed if during this decade my team won the division 5 times so far and still had the big goose egg next to SB titles. Considering the team that beat them in their only SB appearance during the last 25+ years was the team that the Giants beat in an all time classic game to capture their 3rd title makes it worse.
Yep!!!!
The NY.Giants…they went through everybody livin’ room, all the way to their kitchen, and brought back a 5 pound bag of SUGAR.
SUGAR????
Cause the 11 straight wins on the road was sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLUS…Eagles sweep.
NY.Giants Repeat on SuperBowl 43!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:45 am
What gets me is that its not enough that the Giants won 10 straight road games to win the superbowl which i dont know how that makes them lucky but winning the superbowl isnt enough anymore. you have to be worthy enough to be called champions. It takes away from what the Superbowl is supposed to be. My opinion is regardless who wins the superbowl is if you are the better team then win the game if you dont thenyou dont have the right to be called the better team in any sense regardless.
But then again, when we do it again…ya still gonna say the Giants got lucky, F*#! out of here!
Eli & the Giants are where Tom Brady & the Patriots was on 2001…and believe me when i say,
there’s pleny more Championship’s to come Son!
The GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG-Men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:53 am
“The Making of a Quarterback: The Incredible Rise of Eli Manning and the New York Giants.”= SUPERBOWL’S, YEAH SUPERBOWL’S because
there’s more to come…take that,take that!!!!!!!
June 9th, 2008 at 11:09 am
g-men blow. always will. angel sucks the fat one. EAGLES SB ‘09.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Angel - when people, like dude, say hte Gmen suck, and when people give no credit to the team for being lucky, its because they have fans like you, who apparently can’t spell, write complete sentences or articulate any kind of rational argument. Its not that the talent level on the team is bad, its that the team’s fans are obnoxious. And you wonder why there is a perceived bias against the Giants? All you have to do is look at your post. No wonder no one wants the Gmen to win. You disappear when they lose, and come blaring your trumpet when they win.
Oh, and quit the “we build through the draft BS.” Hell, the Eagles and Pats have been doing that for years, you know, the years the Gmen were drafting Ron Dayne while signing injured nobody Lavar Arrington to long-term, back breaking contracts.
June 9th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I am going to miss 92 but I understand. Jersey retired…hall of fame. My man!
Was down in Philly this weekend for a party. They started teasing me about the Mets. Shut them up with two words: Three Rings. They didn’t say anything. Typical Philly fan….loves the regular season.
June 9th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Bryan wrote:
Oh, and quit the “we build through the draft BS.” Hell, the Eagles and Pats have been doing that for years, you know, the years the Gmen were drafting Ron Dayne while signing injured nobody Lavar Arrington to long-term, back breaking contracts.
we build through the draft and don’t throw loads of cash at free agents…
and you forgot to say we win Super Bowls.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Angel how about you just stay out of this section because its obvious that all that your doing is trolling. You give any Giants fan a bad name with your everlasting barrage of comments directed towards other teams mainly the Eagles (though I do not know if you do the same in the other sections as I do not visit them). I guess you feel that you must post here since there is no one posting/browsing the Giants section.
And by the way, the Yankees have 26 rings compared to your Mets 3. Go Yankees and Eagles!
June 9th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Luke wrote — June 9, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
And by the way, the Yankees have 26 rings compared to your Mets 3. Go Yankees and Eagles!
Uhh>>> I’ma BRONX NATIVE, but i show love to 5 Boroughs.
Go Yankees - YES!!!!
Go Mets - YES!!!!
Go KNICKS - YES!!!!
BUT MY TRUE TEAM IS BIG BLUE, THE G-MEN,
Go Giants - 3 SUPERBOWL’S YES !!!!!!!
Eagles - NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eagles - 0 SuperBowl (W T F)????????
And ya still route for those BUM@$$ Eagles???
my bad the true name is…FRANKFORD YELLOW JACKET’S, Thank GOD i’ma Giants fan.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
You still haven’t answered my question. Why do you insist on trolling here instead of staying with your peers over at Giants 101?
And by saying that you like all of the teams from New York shows that you have no true loyalty to any one team.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Luke wrote:
And by saying that you like all of the teams from New York shows that you have no true loyalty to any one team.
Eyo Son, i just told you… I’ma BRONX NATIVE,
so i show love to the 5 Boroughs in NY.
What Planet you from?
June 10th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Angel you need to get a life.
June 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Hey Angel…I’m a Steelers fan…can you say FIVE rings!!!!!
June 10th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Joe — June 10, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
Hey Angel…I’m a Steelers fan…can you say FIVE rings!!!!!
My next door neighbor is a Steelers fan…and we alway’s chit chat about teams that don’t have SuperBowl Rings, shold not be talking smack intill they get one!
June 13th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
You know the old cliché about the Super Bowl champion absorbing their opponent’s best shot every week?
Antonio Pierce doubts it applies to the Giants.
The team’s stellar middle linebacker has a strong sense that the Giants are not as highly-regarded or respected as recent titlists. Although the Giants outscored the seemingly invincible and previously undefeated New England Patriots, Pierce’s offseason discussions with other players indicate the Lombardi Trophy was secured though cosmic forces or good fortune instead of talent and tactics.
“I don’t feel that respect amongst the league,” Pierce said today, as the Giants concluded their three-day mini-camp. “Talking to other guys throughout the league a lot of them said, ‘You guys played a hell of a game.’ A hell of a game - so the other 16 games in the regular season and the three playoff games really didn’t do anything for us. You hear that amongst players. We played a good game at the right time. Your quarterback got hot at the right time, your defense started playing ball at the right time. All those things are being said and heard, and that is fine and dandy. We have to do it again and the only thing we are shooting for is to win our division and get to the playoffs.”
The Giants derived great incentive last season when they went on the road to play a favored team. They won an NFL
single-season record 11 consecutive games away from their home field. That included each of their four postseason games, in which they were underdogs in each. Though they won every one of them, Pierce believes the way in which outsiders perceive the Giants is just as it was last season.
“We are the underdogs again,” he said. “We are not even picked to win our division, so there is nothing that has changed. The only thing that we have is the title of having the Super Bowl championship, of being the most recent Super Bowl champion. We are still the underdogs, and I think going into it we will probably be underdogs even at home again.”
After so much success overcoming odds and assessments, the Giants might not know what to do if they were favorites. They’re most at home climbing uphill as underdogs.
“I love it,” Pierce said. “I don’t think there is any reason not to. I mean, why not? It is better when you shock the world instead of having all that expectation. But obviously we put that on ourselves by winning the Super Bowl. I think this team is mature enough and capable enough to understand the challenges that we are going to face this year.”
Pierce is ready to confront those tests after the most enjoyable offseason of his eight-year career. He traveled to his home in the Los Angeles area (where he holds his annual free football camp for hundreds of youngsters), as well as Puerto Rico, Bermuda and Florida. Pierce also spent time in Hawaii, where, on May 24, he married Jocelyn Maldonado.
The dominant theme in Pierce’s offseason is that he has reveled in being a champion. Wherever he’s gone, people have congratulated him for being a vital component of the Giants’ title effort. And those that don’t see Pierce manage to track him down.
“I am even getting letters to my house now,” he said. “People know where I live or find out where I am living and are sending fan mail there. When I fly, some pilots are actually getting out of the (cockpit) to come back and congratulate me. It has been a very interesting offseason as far as all the congratulations and where they are coming from.
“I guess it is a big difference with a week in Arizona (for the Super Bowl) what that media hype will do for you. It is just one of those things where it is an accomplishment and it is rewarding and at the same time you get flattered, but it kind of gets old after a while - old in a sense where sometimes you want to move forward and some people don’t let you move forward.’
Pierce is ready to move full speed into the 2008 season. A Pro Bowler in 2006, Pierce last season led the Giants with 116 tackles (63 solo), 20 more than runner-up Gibril Wilson, who has since left the team as a free agent. Pierce is the player who calls the signals, who gets everyone lined up, whose long hours of studying the opponent give him an edge on the field.
While that will all remain true this year, this is a period of transition for Pierce and the Giants defense. Four defenders who started in the Super Bowl are no longer here: Seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan retired this week and Wilson (Oakland) and linebackers Kawika Mitchell (Buffalo) and Reggie Torbor (Miami) have moved on to other teams.
Pierce has been an emotional and vocal leader since joining the Giants in 2005, but he must step up even further in that role because of Strahan’s departure. And he must get accustomed to playing with two new sidekicks at linebacker (though Mathias Kiwanuka did start the first 10 games in 2007 before suffering a fractured fibula). Pierce, who has played between Nick Greisen, Carlos Emmons, Brandon Short, LaVar Arrington, Mitchell, Kiwanuka and Torbor, among others, now might have to bring along another duo of outside backers. Kiwanuka is expected to stay on the strong side (as opposed to returning to defensive end) and Gerris Wilkinson, Danny Clark and rookie Bryan Kehl are all candidates for the weakside spot.
“Every year I’ve been here I’ve lined up with a different pair of starting linebackers on the side of me,” Pierce said. “Hopefully, we can put two guys there that are going to stay there for a while and we can all get that cohesiveness together among the unit of the three linebackers, so we know what each other one does. You have to get that feeling. You have to get the feeling for Kiwanuka and Gerris and Danny Clark and Chase Blackburn and the younger guys we have. We have to grow together and everyone has to understand tendencies. Once you get that, I think we will be alright.”
Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is confident the linebacker crew will be in good shape for the season opener on Sept. 4.
“I will turn the clock back a year and those two starting outside linebackers when we went into the season had no experience in the system either,” Spagnuolo said. “One of them had been a defensive end and Kawika had come from another team. We have some good coaches, Bill (Sheridan) is a good coach coaching the linebackers and he did a heck of a job getting those guys ready last year and whoever is going to step in this year he will do the same thing. We feel confident that way.”
Repeat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG-Men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 4th, 2008 at 2:11 am
June 7th, 2008…(WTF)????????
July 14th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Angel has infected this site like a Trojan virus. He must be eliminated. Does anyone have an Angel-Blocker piece of code they can patch this site with? How I loathe the thought that Angel has reproduced…
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 am
he was signed by the skins
July 24th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
what did all the writers on this site quit or something??? June 7th????
August 3rd, 2008 at 1:57 am
wacko jacko, at least your hometown in PHILLY won a CHAMPIONSHIP…THE ARENA BOWL!!!
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