In this particular post I wanted to address the top three players I feel the Fins should keep as well as the top 3 that should be packin' it up.  I came up with a short list some obvious, and some not so much but I'd like to know your opinions so please comment as much as you'd like.  I'm not listing guys that are vital to success such as Ronnie Brown or Randy Starks.  No this is about guys that are "on the bubble" and or being closely evaluated by the FO.

Keepers:

1.   Jason Taylor

     I know the LB's weren't as good as we would have liked this year, and I'll be the first to admit it.  But it wasn't because of #99.  This guy has played with his hand in the ground his whole career prior to this year.  And while he didn't play like the JT of old, he was pretty effective for a 35 year old guy learning a new position on the fly.  Also keep in mind he was taken out on most passing downs and still had 7 sacks.  In my book that's respectable.  Finally, and most importantly the man bleeds orange and teal, there's not a player that loves being a Fin more than JT.

2.   Channing Crowder

     We all get down on him because he's not a great ILB and I totally understand that, who wouldn't want a Patrick Willis type of guy running the defense.  I know i would.  But he's not.  That being said, he was a pretty good compliment to Zack Thomas during his Miami career.  And I believe he can be a nice compliment to whoever our upgrade in the middle will be.  He's a good character guy that gives it everything he has on and off the field.  And though he's a liability in coverage the defense suffered against the run in his absence.  All B.S. aside, he would really benefit from the addition of a stud MLB.

3.   Joey Haynos

     This guy is kinda iffy with me, but I do believe that a play-maker in the passing game would help him out tremendously.  He's decent backup with great size which is valuable in the red zone.  He's a damn good blocker in the run game and you'd have to imagine he'd come pretty cheap.

Dumpers:

1.   Gibril Wilson

     Need I say more.

2.   Joey Porter

     For all the talk.  For all the antics.  Not a lot of action.  This guy hurts more than he helps.  Sure he had a great season in '08.  And sure he came on strong towards the end of '09.  Sort of.  But when you get right down to it, he's only useful on obvious passing downs.  And there's no guarantee that he'll show up every game.  Then there's the matter of his contract which as big as his mouth and twice as absurd.  Since he and JT don't seem to be able to co-exist do the right thing.  Dump Porter, resign Taylor, draft a replacement, and continue to groom Wake.  This way the FO can save some money and save us all a headache.

3.   Anthony Fasano

     Another one year wonder that just did not get it done this year.  I must confess, I was never high on this guy.  But he got on my good side in '08.  '09 of course was an entirely different story as we all know.  Fasano was about as useful as a bikini in Antartica.  Don't get me wrong, Haynos wasn't great either but at least he's cheap, and held on to the ball more.  Traditonally players turn it up a notch during a contract year, guess Anthony didn't get that memo.  Ted Ginn dropped balls as did a lot of guys and get over that.  But Fasano took it a step further by fumbling in key situations (Atlanta), and nobody seems to remeber that at all.  Turnovers are a part of the game we all know that.  You have to expect picks to be thrown, but fumbles are inexcusable and in my opinion so is he.