Tyrod Taylor is having the kind of fun at the moment he probably should have had throughout his unique NFL journey, spanning 15 years and seven teams.
Who knew this kind of fun would come in his 100th career start on Sunday, against the Dolphins, playing for a young Jets team that’s learning on the fly with a rookie head coach and well out of playoff contention?
“My grandma said something to me years ago that always sticks with me,” Taylor told The Post on Wednesday. “She said the game of football has been teaching me more about life than the will of the game itself. I truly think that it’s taught me to be a better person. It’s shaped my perspective or changed my perspective on not giving up.”
Taylor has had plenty of excuses to give up — the most significant of which was when the Chargers team doctor accidentally punctured his lung trying to administer a pain-killer injection for his cracked ribs before a game in September 2020. Taylor, who was the Chargers’ starter at the time, ended up playing just two games that season as his injury unwittingly accelerated the Justin Herbert era.
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