Taylor still not first team

that's sweet, thanks! is that joe's job or does he do all of that on the side?

Joe C is a godsend. It's all volunteer work.

And as an added bonus, he's a cool dude.

Wow, Joe is to be commended ! That's gotta be pretty awesome to get all those interviews and stuff.

I give it untill the Rams game! Taylor will be the stater by then! Gibbs is playing this just right. You want to keep your star rookies hungry!! Make them work for there spot! :httr:

Joe Crisp is du man.

I give it untill the Rams game! Taylor will be the stater by then! Gibbs is playing this just right. You want to keep your star rookies hungry!! Make them work for there spot! :httr:

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Wow! Thanks guys! I sure wasn't expecting to find such generous praises directed towards me when I clicked on this thread! I really appreciate it.

As for Taylor, I'd expect to see him getting some work with the first team by the Rams game as well.

It's funny, I tried talking to Andre Lott while I was at camp, just trying to get his take on being in the starting role over such a highly touted rookie. It was clear he really didn't want to talk about it, and my experience has been that when guys don't want to talk about how well they're doing, it means they don't have much confidence that their run of good fortune will last much longer. I got the sense that he felt like he was playing on borrowed time, which obviously, he is. He had spoken with much more confidence and assertiveness when asked about the situation earlier in the week, but it was clear when I asked him about it on Friday that he preferred to downplay the whole thing. Not coincidentally, by Friday, Taylor had begun to show signs of improvement in practice.

As Taylor grows more comfortable with his assignments and his role within the defense, his superior athleticism and football instincts will rise to the surface. I think he's using this whole snit with the media as a motivational tool, to prove that all the worries and concerns that have swirled around him for the past few months were unfounded. Of course, he also wants to prove that he's worth a heck of a lot more than his contract would indicate. He's going to be licking his chops all season, thinking about the reneg he can do with Rosenhaus next August. That should bode well for his performance this season, and pose a bit of a problem for opposing offenses as well.

What did Andre Lott or Matt Bowen done to earn their starting spot? Taylor has earned first team mentions by now.

Everyone talks about fairness. I guarantee you no matter how good or bad Ramsey does in pre-season we go into Week 1 with Brunell.

The difference between Winslows and Taylors contract is just quarenteed money. If Taylor makes his incentives its the same, and huge. 9 million a year would easily make him the highest paid safety in the league. Does he really think we're going to redo his huge contract after one year. Theres no way we'd pay him a big signing bonus two years ina row, it woudl totally screw up our cap.

lott has played well in the preseason, bowen has gotten a pick or two in camp as well... taylor hasn't been so great until last week, but i'm sure he'll get where he wants to be.