Jason Taylor
Jason Taylor
Jason Paul Taylor is a retired American football defensive end and linebacker who spent a majority of his career for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. Over the course of his 15-year career, Taylor played for the Dolphins on three separate occasions, and also played a season each for the Washington Redskinsand New York Jets. Taylor holds the sixth all-time career sacks record with 139.5 sacks, is the all-time leader in fumble return touchdowns with 6, while his...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth1 September 1974
CityPittsburgh, PA
Don't get me wrong, we haven't proven anything yet. We won a game, big deal.
They've lost a lot of players. They're banged up and injured and all that. But they've got that 'X' factor.
He is a tough kid and hung in there and played well.
I remember playing Charlie way back when he was at Steel Valley,
Frustrating, ... It's tough when you miss sacks, but Jake's not called the Snake for nothing.
I've seen games that are stupid and dumb and sloppy a lot of penalties and you get your (butt) kicked,
It's like the whole hurry-up and wait thing. It means to go after it but to also make sure you get it right the first time.
He brings all the things you look for in a head coach. He is prepared, he is focused, he obviously wants to win and he has a plan. He is going to be successful and get done what he wants done with or without you. That I do like. He holds everybody accountable and he is not afraid to tell someone that they are messing up. Everyone has to be accountable and know their role and take care of their job and be focused and be intense.
If you come back and say, 'Look guys, I made a mistake. I'm back. I'm ready to go and I'm with you,' .... it is easy to forgive. We've all made mistakes in life and done things we all regret. If anybody sat here and said they didn't, then they are lying. It's easy. You can't hold a grudge forever.
There's one voice here. There's one person out front, and that's Nick, and everything goes through him. Not everybody likes it, but that's the way he runs his ship.
Maybe if I stopped doing it, everybody else will.
But to have five turnovers and how many ever penalties we had and, really, have a chance to win the game at the end ... it shows we can be a darn good team if we get our head out of our butt and play better.
It's a lot of stuff to learn, but I love it. We want to be the aggressors, the ones throwing things at them to see if they can handle it instead of waiting for them to come at us. Sometimes it puts you in tough spots, leaving the secondary out on an island, but I'd rather take my chances with it that way. We came out ahead of them with it today.
There's a lot of guys that haven't been here in years past for all the streaks and the things we've had going on with them. There's an obvious rivalry there that adds to it a little bit. ... But the way that we approach each game will be the same way regardless of who the opponent is.