"Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter confirmed Monday that he no longer wants to be a part of the organization in his current role, and he has no intention of playing for the team if they plan to continue rotating him as a role player rather than a starter at weakside linebacker.

``I won't accept it no more, you know what I mean?'' Porter said while speaking to Jim Rome on ESPN. ``I accepted it last year because I'm a team guy. I just want to play, have fun and win football games.

``When you're winning, all of this stuff is [swept] away. But after seeing how last year went, asking me to come back and play that role again, I can honestly say I won't come back to do that. I can't be happy about coming back playing that role.''

Porter said he believes it would be best if the Dolphins traded him -- a prospect that isn't likely to be as easy to do as Porter made it sound.

``I mean, it would just kind of be the smart thing to do,'' said Porter, asked about whether he should be traded. ``Why keep a guy there that you want to make a role player? You're paying me enough money as a starter. So why pay me all that money and make me a role player? If you make me a role player, it's saying you really don't want me, right? I mean, I just gave you 17.5 sacks last year.''"