Mason Taylor has loads of Corridor of Fame DNA in his blood.
The rookie Jets tight finish — drafted within the second spherical this spring — is the son of legendary move rusher Jason Taylor and nephew of former star linebacker Zach Thomas.
Expectations are excessive for Taylor, who’s more likely to instantly slot in because the beginning tight finish.
He has a robust help system to deal with — and meet — these expectations.
“My dad shot me a textual content, ‘Simply keep the place your ft are,’ ” Taylor stated after apply on Saturday. “We at all times say that in our household — day-to-day, assault the day. Get higher each single day, and actually be the place your ft are. Don’t look into the long run or into the previous, and simply benefit from each second you get.”
Taylor was a robust move catcher at LSU, recording 55 receptions for 546 yards and two touchdowns as a junior final 12 months. His run blocking, although, was an space he wanted to enhance getting into the draft.
Listed at 6-foot-5 and 251 kilos, Taylor has the physique to grow to be an entire tight finish. He’s assured he’s making strides as a blocker.
“I feel it’s actually simply diving again into the basics of issues, the footwork, hand placement, pad degree,” Taylor stated. “So these are issues that I’m attempting to get higher on each single day. Studying from our tight ends, the coaches right here, and actually simply emphasizing that, and pre-practice drills, the hand placement and every part like that. I’m sort of harping on that, and the significance of that has actually been serving to me as a blocker.
“So I say these little issues actually do add up.”
Head coach Aaron Glenn believes there’s one other degree to Breece Corridor’s sport that he hasn’t proven. Corridor is getting into a pivotal season individually, on the final 12 months of his four-year rookie contract.
“You are able to do lots with Breece,” Glenn stated. “We’re gonna open his sport up fairly a bit. He’s the kind of man you’ll be able to break up out extensive and let him run the route tree, as a result of he can run it like a receiver. And I like that matchup with him towards a security or a linebacker. … I feel this 12 months, you’re gonna see a man that’s actually gonna flip it up a notch due to what we’re gonna do, who we’re gonna be and due to who he’s additionally.”
Jermaine Johnson, who suffered a torn Achilles final 12 months, posted on X on July 25 that he was “cleared.” He stays on the PUP record and has not but joined his teammates on the sphere, although. Glenn stated the expectation remains to be that Johnson will likely be prepared for Week 1.
