This wasn’t how Jason Taylor wanted the Jets to see him again.
The frustration of the Dolphins’ 0-5 start was written all over Taylor’s face as he stood in the deathly quiet Miami locker room after a 24-6 loss to his former team that wasn’t even really that close.
Taylor went to the AFC Championship with the Jets last season, but with the Dolphins a mess and going nowhere, the only way the 37-year-old pass rusher will do that this year is through the purchase of a ticket.
That obvious realization explained Taylor’s testy mood after yet another Miami meltdown in a season already full of them.
“Every loss is tough to swallow,” Taylor said.
Asked if losing to the Jets in such ugly fashion in his first game against them since leaving, Taylor wasn’t having any of it.
“It doesn’t matter who the opponent is, they are all tough to swallow,” he said.
Taylor’s own performance — or lack thereof — probably added to his sour postgame mood. He barely showed up on the statistics sheet, registering all of one tackle for the game. That didn’t come until late in the second half, long after this disaster was in the books.
He had questioned his teammates’ heart after an ugly loss to the Chargers earlier this month, saying: “If you don’t want to be on this train, get off it.”
Taylor wasn’t in finger-pointing mode last night, however, perhaps realizing a chance to draft Andrew Luck next April is more likely than a sudden turnaround in South Florida this fall.
He is trying to stay upbeat, considering how quickly he waved off one question about whether he ever felt a sense of “here we go again” during the loss to the Jets.
“I never feel that way,” he said.
But if Taylor hoped to convince anyone he truly is optimistic, it was lost as soon as he cut off the postgame interview after just 58 seconds.
“Got to go, guys,” he said, storming off.
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