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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Considering Carter is set to make close to 7M next year, thats 15M - about 1/8th of our 2009 cap - for two DEs who can't rush the passer or stop the run. We would be fools to keep Taylor on the roster next year. That 8M would be far better spent going after haynesworth, suggs, OTs, extending Hall, etc... you know, things that can actually help us rebuild our team. Parcells was smart enough to know that a 34year old DE with hollywood aspirations and an 8.5M cap hit has no place on a team that is rebuilding. We should learn from our mistakes and move on.

Personally, I think Taylor is just trying to get out of his contract here so he can go play for a team he views as being a "contender" in 2009. If we're smart, we'll do exactly what Parcells did last year - hold on to him and hope a team that beleives it is "one player away from a superbowl" makes an offer. I would take a 4th rounder for him and be supremely happy. If not, then we can cut him.

His 1 1/2 sacks are really going to bring the other teams fighting to sign him. Mabe we could even get a few teams fighting for him and throwing draft picks at us to make the deal happen.