Crowder, Porter Wants J.T. Back

As speculation continues regarding the next destination of free-agent defensive end Jason Taylor, two of his former teammates are trying their damnedest to get him back to town. They want him -- and they think he wants them. “I went fishing with J.T. two weeks ago; he wants to be a Dolphin,” linebacker Channing Crowder told Mason Kelley of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “I would love to have J.T. back. It would add a whole new dimension to a defense that, in spurts, looked really good last year. He’s one of my closest friends. He kind of brought me up in the league when I was a young guy, so I love him to death.” Linebacker Joey Porter agreed. “We’ve talked about it, but at the end of the day that’s all we can do is talk about it. It’s still for the people upstairs to [decide],” Porter said. “But I love Jason. He can’t do anything, but help us. If there’s a way we can get him back, we want him back. “It’s kind of tough to talk about it when the front office really has to handle it. I don’t like to go outside my coaches, because, at the end of the day, they’ve got to make the final decision and I’m with them all the way. Jason, I talk to him every day, so he knows I need him.”