Tyrod Taylor is having the form of enjoyable in the intervening time he in all probability ought to have had all through his distinctive NFL journey, spanning 15 years and 7 groups.
Who knew this type of enjoyable would are available in his a hundredth profession sport on Sunday, in opposition to the Dolphins, taking part in for a younger Jets staff that’s studying on the fly with a rookie head coach and nicely out of playoff rivalry?
“My grandma mentioned one thing to me years in the past that at all times sticks with me,” Taylor advised The Submit on Wednesday. “She mentioned the sport of soccer has been instructing me extra about life than the desire of the sport itself. I actually assume that it’s taught me to be a greater individual. It’s formed my perspective or modified my perspective on not giving up.”
Taylor has had loads of excuses to surrender — probably the most important of which was when the Chargers staff physician unintentionally punctured his lung attempting to manage a pain-killer injection for his cracked ribs earlier than a sport in September 2020. Taylor, who was the Chargers’ starter on the time, ended up taking part in simply two video games that season as his damage unwittingly accelerated the Justin Herbert period.
