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A bit of smoke around Jason Tayler to the Packers


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Notes: A hint of interest

Swap for Taylor intrigues team

By GREG A. BEDARD

gbedard@journalsentinel.com

Posted: June 18, 2008

 

Green Bay - While defensive end Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila said Wednesday he has "no doubt" his surgically repaired knee will be ready for the start of training camp, the Green Bay Packers are keeping their options open.

 

After informally asking the Miami Dolphins what they wanted in exchange for defensive end Jason Taylor before the draft, the Packers have kept cursory contact with the Dolphins and have done their homework internally since then.

 

Packers general manager Ted Thompson recently discussed Taylor with defensive coordinator Bob Sanders and defensive tackles coach Robert Nunn, who both coached Taylor with the Dolphins. Both assistants have a fondness for Taylor and would undoubtedly be in favor of acquiring the 2006 NFL Defensive Player of the Year.

 

And despite what Taylor and the Dolphins have said since Taylor's press conference on May 31, Taylor is very much on the trade market.

 

According to a South Florida source, Taylor has only pushed the team harder for a trade since he publicly denied making such a demand.

 

Acquiring Taylor, who will turn 34 on Sept. 1, would make a lot of sense for the Packers. The 6-foot-6, 255-pound Taylor was a star in the same defensive system with the Dolphins from 1997-2004, when he averaged 10.1 sacks per season. Besides providing insurance for Gbaja-Biamila's injury, acquiring an every-down player at right defensive end would also allow the team to consider moving Cullen Jenkins to defensive tackle, where the Packers need to find another inside pass rusher to replace Corey Williams (14 sacks the past two seasons), who was traded to the Cleveland Browns. Also, Taylor wants to go to a contender, and the Packers have more than $30 million in space under the salary cap.

 

Road blocks to a possible deal, which likely would not happen until right before training camp at the earliest, could be Taylor's stated desire to play only one more season and what the Dolphins think his trade value is.

 

Thompson would not consider trading for Taylor unless he commits to playing for two more seasons, a source said. Taylor may be open to doing that if he's dealt to the right team.

 

And while the Dolphins wouldn't budge from their demand of a first-round pick in exchange for Taylor before the draft, the source with knowledge of the situation said the Dolphins might do the deal for a second-round pick.

 

Getting Thompson to agree to that might be difficult, as he has been reluctant to part with draft choices.

 

But acquiring a player with Taylor's talent, even for a short time, and putting him opposite Aaron Kampman might prove too good to pass up for a team that was one overtime period from the Super Bowl last season.

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I would LOVE a Taylor to GB trade. He'll freeze that purty little bald head of his off, but he'll look mighty nice sitting on my AOTAOP roster next year.

 

 

Next year? Didn't he say this is his last year? Guess he'd have to change his mind.

 

I'd rather play in 10 degree weather for a game or two than 93 and humid for 2 months. Besides Taylor went to school in Ohio. Football is brutal down there until november.

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What's his salary compared to KGB?

Trade article

 

Gbaja-Biamila's salary jumps to $6.15 million this year and $7.3 million in 2009 if he's on the roster. He needed unexpected knee surgery on May 29 to repair a meniscus tear. He isn't participating in this week's minicamp, and it's not a given that he'll be healthy when training camp opens on July 28.

 

Taylor: $7.5 million

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Next year? Didn't he say this is his last year? Guess he'd have to change his mind.

 

I'd rather play in 10 degree weather for a game or two than 93 and humid for 2 months. Besides Taylor went to school in Ohio. Football is brutal down there until november.

 

 

Point being, I don't think the Packers take on Taylor unless he is willing to play more than 1 year. So if it happens.....

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Rodgers shows strong arm.

 

While you might feel as though you're missing something watching Packers minicamp without Favre, it's impossible not to notice how impressive Rodgers looks now that No. 12 runs the offense. He has a smooth, polished retreat from center. His feet are in good position for each throw out of three- and five-step drops.

 

And then you take notice. His right arm sets up naturally, and the ball comes out unnaturally fast. He doesn't possess an old Randy Johnson fastball, but, in baseball terms, his 6-2 body throws the fastball of a 6-5 pitcher. Sticking to baseball comparisons, Rodgers might not generate 99 or 100 mph on the radar gun, but he'd consistently hit 94 and 95, and sometimes 96.

 

"He has a cannon," wide receiver Greg Jennings said. "We call him the 'Human Jugs Machine.' He throws it like a Jugs machine every time.

 

 

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Aaron Rodgers has set himself aside as the team leader this offseason.

"He can make every throw on the football field, and his deep ball is one of the prettiest. Brett had a great deep ball, but Aaron has a beautiful one."

 

Jennings said there are some throws Rodgers makes that have more velocity than Favre's. As a young receiver, Jennings can only speak about Favre in his later years. "We knew that coming in that Aaron throws a lot harder, so it's not a surprise," the third-year Packer said.

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You know what they say, "Where there's smoke, there's a drunken Packer fan with a cigarette that just passed out"

I thought it was, "When there's smoke in Miami, it must be Ricky Williams."

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