My problem is so many Dolphins fans think you NEED two shutdown corners. How many teams that have been in the Superbowl lately have had two guys the caliber of Madison and Surtain?? At most, they would be lucky to have a guy on par with one of them.
Madison is OVERPAID and on the decline. We need to stop mortgaging the future by being loyal to defensive stars. Jason Taylor deserves his money ... for now, as does Surtain... but we need to begin to start cutting ties with the guys that are hampering our moves in free agency. Those guys include Madison, and I'm sad to say it... but very soon it will also include Zach Thomas.
We are a few years away from having the complete package on offense. If we keep trying to retain these guys who HAVE produced at the top tier but are on their way down, about the time we are paeking on offense, our defense will be falling apart. It would be better to take a hit for one year to get rid of some of these guys and begin rebuilding on BOTH sides with young, motivated, hungry players... so we can hit on all sylinders at the same time. This year would have been the perfect oppurtunity to do so... however, we retained Wannstedt so it makes it difficult to do so.
Madison should only stay if he takes a pay CUT... another restructure that just raises the cap penalty should we release him in the future should NOT be considered.
