It was among the weekend news, so Joe is putting it out here for you.

Free agent defensive end Jason Taylor is still being kicked around as a possiblity for the Bucs, says Miami Herald reporter Armando Salguero.

A year ago, Taylor wanted out of Miami because he wanted to a chance to win right away. But in getting his wish, he learned that going to another team is no guarantee of going to the playoffs.

Taylor still has that grand postseason desire, and now New England is the sexy, and probably most logical team, for him to end up with in 2009 — assuming Brady doesn’t get injured again. Tampa Bay also beckons as a possibility, with former Dolphins defensive coordinator Jim Bates running that defense.

The choice will be largely up to Taylor. And the choice largely will determine who Taylor is and what he is about. If he is still driven by a desire to put himself in the best spot to win a title, he must go to New England.

But Taylor is said to also be motivated by a desire to remain close to his family and not put them through the difficulties of his disastrous 2008 experience, when he lived in Washington and they stayed in South Florida.

Now Taylor seems to be exactly the kind of guy Raheem The Dream and Mark Dominik don’t want — an over-30 veteran not interested in killing himself in the offseason.

But if the Bucs either trade their No. 1 pick in a package for Jay Cutler or use it to draft a wide receiver, Dominik and The Dream are going have to throw Jim Bates some kind of bone to shore up the defensive line.

Reuniting him with Taylor could be that medicine.