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.
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