Jason Taylor says he's not worth $8 million

[Coff]

Who gives a crap about the money. A third round draft pick is worth a lot more than $8 million, and he's not worth that either.

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by 44ever

does he mean he's not worth 8 million or is he trying to say don't expect 8 million dollar performance out of me. 8 million isn't that much in the NFL anymore. I'm just saying.

He is the highest paid player on the Redskins. That says a lot.
He is not the best player on the team, by a long shot, so his compensation seems incorrect.
This is the major problem with the practice of back loading contracts.

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by Coff

Who gives a crap about the money. A third round draft pick is worth a lot more than $8 million, and he's not worth that either.

Hey Gord, it was a second round pick and a sixth next year that we gave up for Jason Taylor. Plus at the time we had $9M in cap space and we used it all on him. Great job by our FO. Imagine what we could have done with $9m in the free agent market.

[Skins4L]

whats the problem? he was UNHEALTHY all season. i started a thread dedicated to this player/situation already...
if hes willing to take any paycut...8 mil...whatever....thats good enough for me...if he performs elite again next season...well then we finally made out.
But like i said in another thread...WE NEED more talent around him as well. If we can make a solid pickup like Haynesworth we wont feel the need to replace our ends so much. And we can stop worrying about sacking the quarterback.

[WaldSkins]

Originally Posted by Skins4L

whats the problem? he was UNHEALTHY all season. i started a thread dedicated to this player/situation already...
if hes willing to take any paycut...8 mil...whatever....thats good enough for me...if he performs elite again next season...well then we finally made out.
But like i said in another thread...WE NEED more talent around him as well. If we can make a solid pickup like Haynesworth we wont feel the need to replace our ends so much. And we can stop worrying about sacking the quarterback.

I agree that the ends are not the problem, but i dont think we need to go for broke on Haynesworth.

[44ever]

not worth the money but I'd hate to see him go

[diehardskin2982]

hope he takes a pay cut if that what he thinks. He will rebound with the right coordinator and right player with him.

[47FAN]

lower contract and and give him less playing time to keep his legs fresh

[FRPLG]

I'd love to bring him back at a cheaper price. He isn't healthy. At all. I'd like to see the guy suit up for us at least whole year healthy. I guarantee he can be very valuable to us.

[holcknowsbest]

i think he would restructure too.....i heard the interview on the junkies radio show, they made a good point, its not him. not one guy on our dline has gotten to the quarterback. i am starting to think that greg blache is running a scheme that is so vanilla it is deteramental to the pass rush.........i think taylor wanted to agree with these assessments but stayed above the nonsense to avoid further locker room dissent. but its starting to make a whole lote of sense and taylor also said "though his production is down, this dog can still hunt, i just need to get comfortable and be in the right situations."

[47FAN]

they didnt seem to blitz alot but when they did(very rarely)they got good pressure. i just dont think it was often enough

[GTripp0012]

Good news is that we didn't do the moronic thing after the deal and sign him to a long term thing to lower the cap hit.

Don't worry though, there's still time to screw this one up.

[GTripp0012]

There's no reason at all that he SHOULD consider a pay cut, he signed this current deal in Miami when he was well worth the money. That contract was picked up by the Redskins in good faith.

The Dolphins ate ALL of Taylor's guarenteed money when he was dealt here, so here's what the Redskins should do once they decide that Taylor is not worth the money. Cut him. Negotiate a two year contract with him that pays him how we are expecting him to play. And if somebody wants him more than we do (trust me, there won't be), he's gone and all we lose is the 2nd round pick we've already lost anyway.

[SmootSmack]

I thought the part where he says he can still play and implies that he's not being used right here is being overlooked.

[irish]

It says in today's Post that the compartment syndrome that messed his leg up is still bleeding so obviously he's not and hasnt been 100% this year. I'm not saying he's worth $8mil but I dont think he's been able to really show what he can do.