Subject: Source: Ike Taylor plans to test the market Mon May 16, 2011 12:55 am
Posted by Mike Florio on May 15, 2011, 7:14 AM EDT
Scott Brown of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review interpreted recent comments from cornerback Ike Taylor as indicating that Taylor will return to the Steelers.
If Taylor does, it will happen because the Steelers offered him a market-value contract, or at least something very close to it.
Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Taylor fully intends to test the open market whenever free agency begins. So even though Taylor had good things to say about his eight years in Pittsburgh, when he says that the ball is in the team’s court, he apparently means that it’s up to the team to match (or at least come close to matching) any offers he receives. --------------------
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Subject: Re: Source: Ike Taylor plans to test the market Mon May 16, 2011 4:05 am
We're doomed.
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Subject: Re: Source: Ike Taylor plans to test the market Mon May 16, 2011 3:15 pm
Buddha Bus wrote:
We're doomed.
Don't you start!
Look let Taylor test the open market. I mean how many games have been down to the wire because he couldn't pull in the INT? The only thing that sucks about him possibly leaving is that now Troy will need to train another corner on how he plays!
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Subject: Re: Source: Ike Taylor plans to test the market Mon May 16, 2011 4:17 pm
stlrtruck wrote:
Buddha Bus wrote:
We're doomed.
Don't you start!
Look let Taylor test the open market. I mean how many games have been down to the wire because he couldn't pull in the INT? The only thing that sucks about him possibly leaving is that now Troy will need to train another corner on how he plays!
Ike can't catch, but he's the best cover corner we've had in a long time. If we lose him, and none of our young corners pan out, that means that McFadden is our No. 1 corner.
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Subject: Re: Source: Ike Taylor plans to test the market Mon May 16, 2011 11:13 pm
Wallace108 wrote:
stlrtruck wrote:
Buddha Bus wrote:
We're doomed.
Don't you start!
Look let Taylor test the open market. I mean how many games have been down to the wire because he couldn't pull in the INT? The only thing that sucks about him possibly leaving is that now Troy will need to train another corner on how he plays!
Ike can't catch, but he's the best cover corner we've had in a long time. If we lose him, and none of our young corners pan out, that means that McFadden is our No. 1 corner.
Yes, we're F'd. Hopefully Cameron Heyward can play corner.
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Subject: Re: Source: Ike Taylor plans to test the market Mon May 16, 2011 11:42 pm
mcg24 wrote:
Yes, we're F'd. Hopefully Cameron Heyward can play corner.
Yes, he can ...
Seriously though, I've become the biggest Ike Taylor fan. When we let guys walk, it's because we have guys behind them that can step in and take their place. But who's going to take Ike's place? Hopefully, some of the young guys will eventually step up. But we can't assume that they will.
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Subject: Re: Source: Ike Taylor plans to test the market Tue May 17, 2011 4:28 am
Wallace108 wrote:
mcg24 wrote:
Yes, we're F'd. Hopefully Cameron Heyward can play corner.
Yes, he can ...
Seriously though, I've become the biggest Ike Taylor fan. When we let guys walk, it's because we have guys behind them that can step in and take their place. But who's going to take Ike's place? Hopefully, some of the young guys will eventually step up. But we can't assume that they will.
Maybe they can shift Tony Hills to CB to start earning a paycheck.
Lord knows he can't get it together on the O-line.
Or maybe if SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED can't catch again this year, we have our perfect replacement.
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