Pats to host Marty Booker

would be a good move, i liked booker when he was in chicago.

Booker, who cares. More importantly Alge Crumpler was cut by the falcons. Think we need another tight end?

This morning, Mike Florio from Profootballtalk.com posted the following:

POSTED 6:43 a.m. EST, February 19, 2008

TAYLOR TO APPEAR ON DANCING WITH THE STARS

Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor has yet to retire from the NFL. But he's apparently laying the foundation for a post-football career in show business by appearing on the next edition of ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

Other celebrities who'll appear on the show include Marlee Matlin, Penn Jillette, Kristi Yamaguchi, Monica Seles, Mario, Adam Carolla, and Steve Guttenberg. (We didn't know that Guttenberg was still alive.)

The show will air from March through May. One contestant is eliminated each week. But if Taylor performs like other football players who have appeared on the show in the past (Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith), Taylor will be there for a while.

Taylor, however, is the first active NFL player to appear on the show, which could affect his preparations for the 2008 season.

And that means he'll likely be absent from offseason workouts and the first wave of so-called Organized Team Activities. There also will likely be at least one mandatory minicamp during that period of time as well.

Though it's entirely possible that Taylor is doing this with the blessing of new Dolphins V.P. of football operations Bill Parcells, this clearly isn't the kind of stuff that the Tuna wants to see one of his players doing, and it increases (in our view) the likelihood that Taylor will be traded or released.

Taylor is signed through 2009 at base salaries of $7.5 million this year, and $8 million next year. He toyed with retirement after the 2006 season, but opted to return.

I will be completely honest, out of all of the former Dolphins, Jason Taylor is the one guy that intrigues me the most. I would be more than willing to trade some package of picks to get this player on the Patriots. I believe if Taylor got out of Miami, ala Randy Moss, we will see one of the more dominant defensive performances during the 2008 season. Parcells probably is unlikely to deal him within the division, but you never know. What a fit Jason Taylor would be!

I'd take Booker today over Stallworth, no qualms at all.

I'm really, really hoping that Chad Jackson will get his chance. The man was as gifted a reciever as I've ever seen in college. He could be our next go to man, IF he gets a run.

Booker... Adds physicality and safe hands, but not explosive speed.

Still... I'd take him over Stallworth, Washington and the rest of the names floated about

i guess pats looking for a safety net in case gaffney, moss or stallworth dont return...

I love that the Dolphins are our farm team. Bring Jason Taylor.

Chad Jackson ...

Give this kid a chance. Yes, he is still a kid. He is very young. He tore up College Football and has speed to burn. He is FASTER than Moss and has great hands. Moss even mentioned last year how he had taken Jackson under his wing.

What a reciever to learn from ... Randy Freaking Moss !

This will be his season !

Moss and Jackson / Gaffney on the outside with Welker in the slot ... Another Huge Season coming up ... Imagine if this passing attack played in a dome ?

Now that is scary ...

Will,

You are right !

Sign Jason Taylor and play a 4-3 Defence ...

Imagine this ...

Taylor and Warren as our Defensive Ends and Seymour and Wilfork as our Nose Tackles ... and throw in Green and Wright as substitutes on the line ...

Add this ...

Adalius Thomas and Vrabel as OLB's and Seau / Bruschi in the middle ...

Thats a defence to be reckoned with even though this years was pretty good as well !

What do we do with Colvin though ?

I'd rather see Stallworth return. He's a beast after the catch. I love his combination of speed and physical toughness. He throws stiff-arms like a running back. Booker is tough too but doesn't have that big play capability, though it might come out playing with Brady and Moss (assuming he returns).

I think the Patriots should sign every cast off from the 1 and 15 Dolphins. I mean those guys could give the Patriots that championship swagger back. Maybe they would even go 19 and 0 next year.

"Sign Jason Taylor and play a 4-3 Defence ..."

Sometimes I wonder about the football IQ of some people. Are we built to play a 4-3? No. We bring in one guy and then change to entire defence to fit him. Sorry, his name isn't LT and even then he played in a what, ................................................... 3-4.

Tom Brady's strength as a passer is his short game and the Pats seemed a bit thin in that type of receiver who excels in this type of game in the super bowl. So if there is a way this awesome receiving corps could be improved I would think it would be to get another slot guy (Troy Brown?). Hopefully, David Thomas will be able to stay healthy too. By the way, what happened to Watson in the SB as an option assuming the Giants were taking the deep ball out of the game plan? I don't know if I agree completely that Josh McDaniels is not up to the job but the SB definitely makes it a question and I guess Tom Brady is involved in the decision making there too but he obviously has a history of making good decisions (No SB's for BB without Romeo and Charlie so far and counting!)

Booker is good but not what we need. We need to resign Stallworth. He's a beast! He should have definitely gotten more playing time last year. We need to keep the same receivers we had last year besides Gaffney. Replace Gaffney with Chad Jackson and our offense will be explosive again.

If the Pats and he can work out the numbers, I think Stallworth is a must-sign. He was a bit underused later in the season, but I'd rather see Samuel go (not that I want that, either) than to break up this receiving corps.