Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Women and "Dancing" Fans Beware

As we all know, Green Bay is going to be a different place this fall. Life in Titletown is going to be without #4, something that most of us aren't ready for.

Maybe we aren't ready, but some of us are moving on. I personally like the direction the Packers are going. I think that Aaron Rodgers really is a good fit for the offense and though they are losing the greatest ever, I think they are getting a very nice and serviceable replacement who's really going to be a game manager.

Allegedly, Jason Taylor doesn't see it that way.

Taylor, once of NFL Defensive Player of the Year fame, now of "Dancing With The Stars" fame, has reportedly said that he doesn't want to be traded to Green Bay. Taylor, a premier pass rusher, isn't into the concept of leaving the worst team in the NFL to go to a contender. Interesting?

Well, first of all let's get this out there. Taylor has spent his entire career in Miami, but recently could care less about the Tuna led front office. So I don't see this as being a loyalty thing. What we do know is that Taylor is looking towards the future and hit commentating, acting, show-tuning career that apparently is waiting for him post football.

Taylor has pretty much said he wants to be in a big market so that he can keep his face in the news. So people see him around and his image is strong for his post football career paths. So Green Bay, without Brett Favre according to the Taylor camp is not really what he's looking for.

There are two sides of this. Both the irony and the fact that Taylor needs to get out of the league now. Where should we start.

Taylor is going to get himself critically injured if he keeps talking like this. Probably by a teammate. I mean, Chad Johnson is bad for a team, other receivers are bad for teams, but this guy not only doesn't care about winning and rings, he cares nothing more than about his image. Sure, he's a good looking cat according to my finance and mom, but football is the ultimate man sport. Whatever you do afterwards is irrelevant on that field. He's giving other players a reason to make a run at him. He's making a mockery out of the NFL and his current team is going to be the first to let him know.

But since apparently he doesn't want to play in Green Bay, who knows what will happen. Sure, Green Bay is the smallest market of any professional sports town, right? If not it's close. Either way, Green Bay, though the smallest, gets more media attention per capita than any other team in probably the world. In the NFL, the only teams that will get more attention that the Packers are the Giants and Cowboys and with Favre gone, Taylor would become the only "superstar" on the most historic team in NFL history. And they're going to be a playoff team. And he's only a private jet away from Chicago. What, is it too cold in Wisconsin for dancing Jason? Can he not keep the same tan?

Taylor has done great things for the community with his fame and fortune, things that can't be overlooked. He, just like most NFL players, gives time, money and foundations which help the needy and these acts of charity get overlooked by the likes of Pacman, Chad, and Jevon Kearse's DUI. Mind you, we hear more about Taylor than anyone else because he probably has more PR people on staff than Terrell Buckley ever did. But when it comes down to it, Taylor has to walk into a locker room and go to battle with ten other guys on his side of the ball in a few months. You think they want to go to battle with a guy who's not all there? And doesn't care about winning? You tell me how long this guy's going to last. Maybe he doesn't care about playing football. Maybe his post-football career is more important. If that's the case he needs to become an actor and stop faking to be a football player because right now, he's wearing a costume on the field, and on the dance floor.

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