As the 2009 season ended with the New Orleans Saints 31-17 Super Bowl victory over the Indianapolis Colts, linebacker Joey Porter also said his days of playing football in Miami Dolphins jerseys ended with a new plan to play elsewhere next season.
“Probably as a Dolphin, but not the last time you’ll see me in this stadium,” Porter said when asked about his future in Miami. “I still have a lot of years of football left … but strapping on that jersey, yes, this year is the last time.”
The 32-year-old Porter missed totally two games the past season because of injury but still managed to finish with nine sacks. The plan is partly because of Dolphins’ youth movement. Porters indicated that the young players the team brought in are not good enough to team with, saying “they just have to sit and wait their turn. Nobody is that good enough behind me to be stepping on my toes.”
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
It will be uneasy for Porter to leave Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter wants a trade to get out of the team, but I doubt which team would like to trade for him, considering his attitude to team officials and coaching staff plus his large contract.
"I don’t get paid like a rotation guy," Porter said in an interview during ESPN’s Jim Rome Show. "So I’m not ready to take that role. I’m still a starter. I can honestly say I won’t come back to do that. Why keep a guy there that you want to make a role player?"
Perhaps he has no reason to like the team, but team may also have few reasons to like him. According to reports by ProFootballTalk.com, the Dolphins may take action earlier than Porter himself. The team coaching staff has apparently soured on Porter’s attitude and refusal to leave the field when he is told.
So it is very likely that Porter is to take off his Dolphins jersey because of being released rather than being traded. And the new team will have to pay the remaining half of his five-year, $32 million deal if they are willing to take the risk of signing the linebacker.
"I don’t get paid like a rotation guy," Porter said in an interview during ESPN’s Jim Rome Show. "So I’m not ready to take that role. I’m still a starter. I can honestly say I won’t come back to do that. Why keep a guy there that you want to make a role player?"
Perhaps he has no reason to like the team, but team may also have few reasons to like him. According to reports by ProFootballTalk.com, the Dolphins may take action earlier than Porter himself. The team coaching staff has apparently soured on Porter’s attitude and refusal to leave the field when he is told.
So it is very likely that Porter is to take off his Dolphins jersey because of being released rather than being traded. And the new team will have to pay the remaining half of his five-year, $32 million deal if they are willing to take the risk of signing the linebacker.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Dolphins LB Taylor hopes to return for 2010 season
With 12 of his 13 seasons being spent with the Miami Dolphins, linebacker Jason Taylor, at the age of 35, thinks he has not been too old to play pro football in NFL jersey and he especially hopes to continue his NFL career in Dolphins jersey. However, it seems that the Dolphins think differently.
“They’re looking for replacements right now,” Taylor said at an event for his foundation Friday, referring the fact that the Dolphins are in the market for an upgrade at linebacker. “If they don’t find who they want and if teams don’t find who they want, then that’s when your phone starts ringing.”
The six-time Pro Bowler had seven sacks, an interception and forced three fumbles this season, his 12th season with the Dolphins or the first since returning from the Washington, where he spent 2008 season with the Redskins after being exiled by the Dolphins. It was actually not a satisfying performance, but Taylor just believes that he can still play.
“They’re looking for replacements right now,” Taylor said at an event for his foundation Friday, referring the fact that the Dolphins are in the market for an upgrade at linebacker. “If they don’t find who they want and if teams don’t find who they want, then that’s when your phone starts ringing.”
The six-time Pro Bowler had seven sacks, an interception and forced three fumbles this season, his 12th season with the Dolphins or the first since returning from the Washington, where he spent 2008 season with the Redskins after being exiled by the Dolphins. It was actually not a satisfying performance, but Taylor just believes that he can still play.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Dolphins LB Roth returned to sideline with ankle injury
The Miami Dolphins linebacker Matt Roth has been ruled out for playing Sunday against the unbeaten New Orleans Saints with a left ankle injury. It is a return to sideline because he sat out all of training camp and Miami’s first five games because of a groin injury.
“It’s just a little bump in the road,” said Roth, who hopes to miss only a day or two of practice. “It’s a little setback,” Coach Tony Sparano confirmed, “but just a little one.”
Roth hurt himself practicing Wednesday, and it is for the first time he got an injury during season. Although the latest injury is said to be not serious, it was just serious enough to keep Roth out of the team’s Thursday practice.
“It’s just a little bump in the road,” said Roth, who hopes to miss only a day or two of practice. “It’s a little setback,” Coach Tony Sparano confirmed, “but just a little one.”
Roth hurt himself practicing Wednesday, and it is for the first time he got an injury during season. Although the latest injury is said to be not serious, it was just serious enough to keep Roth out of the team’s Thursday practice.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Fullback Quillen became the third player to quit Dolphins camp
The Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said that he could be responsible for players quitting training camp after fullback Matt Quillen became the third player to quit the Dolphins training camp.
"It might be me," Sparano said with a chuckle Monday. "I'm not for everybody."
Quillen was signed by the team Thursday and took part in only one practice. And tight end Jared Bronson, a rookie free agent out of Central Washington, failed to show up to training camp. Sparano said that the training was hard and some players' quitting was a credit to the other guys who stayed on the field.
"If your heart isn't in what you're doing, it does not take long with the heat, with the contact, with the intensity of what we're doing out here, and the way we're doing it, to figure out that maybe this isn't for you."
The first two quitting players were offensive tackle SirVincent Rogers and safety Ethan Kilmer. I hope that the remaining players will become real Dolphins and prove Sparano's strict principle to be correct.
"It might be me," Sparano said with a chuckle Monday. "I'm not for everybody."
Quillen was signed by the team Thursday and took part in only one practice. And tight end Jared Bronson, a rookie free agent out of Central Washington, failed to show up to training camp. Sparano said that the training was hard and some players' quitting was a credit to the other guys who stayed on the field.
"If your heart isn't in what you're doing, it does not take long with the heat, with the contact, with the intensity of what we're doing out here, and the way we're doing it, to figure out that maybe this isn't for you."
The first two quitting players were offensive tackle SirVincent Rogers and safety Ethan Kilmer. I hope that the remaining players will become real Dolphins and prove Sparano's strict principle to be correct.
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