Mike Smith of the Atlanta Falcons and Tony Sparano of the Miami Dolphins have both led their teams through astonishing transformations. The Falcons were 4-12 last year and currently sit at 11-4, the Dolphins were 1-15 last year and currently sit at 10-5, so the coach of the year award should obviously go to one of the two.

Which rookie coach do you think made the most out of the hands they were dealt?

Mike Smith had an Atlanta franchise who were completely cripped by the Mike Vick saga, and a head coach (Bobby Petrino) who completely abandoned them in the middle of last year’s season… oh yeah, they’re also starting a rookie quarterback. Tony Sparano had an organization full of aging players, no quarterback, and non existent discipline.

It’s a really tough choice but I’m apt to give the edge to Sparano. Aside from Pennington, Brown, Williams, and Porter… this team is full of no-name roleplayers who put their heads down and get the job done.

Who’s your pick?

If Bill Parcells and Tony Sparano really want to get back at Jason Taylor for being an unruly employee, they’d trade him to the Green Bay Packers as these rumors suggest.

Sure, we all know that the Green Bay Packers almost made the Super Bowl last year, and we all know they have a MUCH better chance of success than Miami does. That would be an ideal situation for Jason Taylor as far as doing something meaningful in the last year of his career.

but dude…

Trading a black man who lives in a warm climate with Hollywood aspirations to Green Bay, Wisconsin is probably the most evil thing you could do. Jason has been jetsetting between Miami and Los Angeles for the entire offseason setting the wheels in motion to take the entertainment industry by storm when he’s done with the NFL. Shipping him to a freezing city that contains 1.38% black people and 0.000000% to do with anything remotely entertaining will assuredly bring Jason to tears when he hears the news.

As a longtime Dolphins fan, it’s sad to see it come to this but at the end of the day it’s probably the best option for Taylor. New Dolphins coach Tony Sparano made it pretty clear to reporters today that Jason’s status with the team is in extreme jeopardy.

“I know that Jason is not going to be at any OTA’s,” Sparano said. ”I know that Jason will not be at any minicamps. I know that right now Jason is not going to be at training camp.

“That’s what we know. Jason is a player under contract with the Miami Dolphins. He knows that. Both parties are well aware of the information. That’s all I’m going to say about it. . . . I’m not going to talk about another thing about Jason.”

Like I’ve said many times in the past, Taylor gave the best years of his career to the Dolphins, so now that he’s nearing the end it’s only fitting that they let him compete for a super bowl ring somewhere else (as long as it isn’t new england).