The Green Bay Packers have expressed an interest in disgruntled Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor, but their inquiries about the "Dancing with the Stars" star have only been preliminary, and a deal remains unlikely at this point, an NFL source said Thursday.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Green Bay Press-Gazette both reported that Packers general manager Ted Thompson made an exploratory call to the Dolphins about Taylor, the 2006 defensive player of the year who suffered through Miami's 1-15 season last year and has spent the offseason hoping for a trade to a contender.
Although Taylor said in a press conference three weeks ago that he didn't want to be traded, it seems unlikely he'll remain in Miami under new president Bill Parcells after all that has happened this offseason.
The league source confirmed the Packers' interest, but said significant hurdles stand in the way of a deal: The 33-year-old Taylor's age, the possibility that he only wants to play one more year of football with so much potential off-the-field work, and the Dolphins' potentially too-high asking price for him.