It is quite possible Tyrod Taylor will not have to change residences; he will merely switch locker rooms at MetLife Stadium. The Jets are adding the recent Giants backup, NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero tweets.
Maligned for their quarterback plan behind Aaron Rodgers last year, the Jets will bring in a veteran QB2 in Taylor. The journeyman arm will slide in behind Rodgers, with the Jets on track to part ways with Zach Wilson soon. This will be Taylor’s seventh NFL team.
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Not seeing much action in his first season with the Giants, Taylor became needed early in 2023. Daniel Jones battled a neck injury before going down with a torn ACL. While Tommy DeVito enjoyed a memorable stretch in relief of Jones — as Taylor sat healthy behind the rookie UDFA — the older backup closed the Giants’ season back under center. The Jets will hope Taylor does not have similar involvement in their 2024 season — as that could well mean a regime change — but they have one of the game’s most experienced QB2s ready to go in the event Rodgers suffers another injury.
Taylor, 34, is coming off a season in which a rib injury required hospitalization. This reminded of the lung puncture that ended his brief run as Chargers starter in 2020. The 2023 injury led to DeVito’s debut. Taylor later expressed disappointment he did not get the call upon returning from IR. But Brian Daboll moved him back into action on Christmas; the veteran ignited the Giants’ offense and started the final two games. For his career, Taylor now has 58 starts; he is 28-28-1 in those games.
The Ravens, Bills, Browns, Chargers, Texans, Giants and now Jets have employed the former sixth-round pick, who impressed a points during his previous AFC East cameo — a three-year starter stay in Buffalo. At a different point in his career, Taylor will come off the market and give the Jets better insurance — after Woody Johnson went so far as to say the 2023 team lacked a backup quarterback. Wilson remains on the Jets’ roster, but be it via trade or release, the former No. 2 overall pick will be gone soon.
I’m waiting to hear from Chucky on how this signing should embarrass Giants fans.
Solid backup.
Tyrod Taylor really? I thought he was done playing but I guess the NYJ want to keep the QB room fresh.
He would have taken the jets to the playoffs last year
Word to that. Good defense plus a git ‘er done QB means you’ll go far in today’s NFL.
Oh hey, a perfectly sensible back up quarterback. How novel!
After we missed out on Brissett, pivoting to Tyrod makes sense. I would assume the pact is for less than the $8 mil that Brissett signed for. I’m happy with this signing.
excellent pick up he was very good last with NYG best thing for NYJ is he never plays but he’ll fill in well if needed
Good Move jet planes. He should have been starting for the Giants for the last 2 seasons.
Over/Under he starts 6.5 games in 2024?
“He should have been starting for the Giants for the last 2 seasons.”
If you’d watched him play at all, you’d know that this isn’t true. Jones is not very good, but he’s one of the main reasons the Giants made the playoffs in 2022. As for last season, Tyrod played in parts of 11 games and started 5 of them. 5 TD passes and it’s not like he made up for that with his legs (less than 200 yards).
I’d argue the Giants made the playoffs two years ago in spite of Jones. He threw 15 td in 17 games. They did a good job of hiding him behind a run game and defense and he was able to use play action. He was never asked to push the ball down the field. 16 of his 19 games he threw under 215 yards. The Giants were 2-6 in games when he threw more then 30x. 7-1 when he threw under 30x.
Jones was a disaster last year, we know the line was all time bad but the offense looked significantly better with Taylor running it. He doesn’t hang in the pocket waiting to get hit he gets rid of it pretty quickly. He also was not afraid to air one out, he had several deep ball connections particularly with slayton. He’s not great by any stretch def made mistakes. I would take Taylor over Jones any day of the week.
Are the Jets allowed to do this without Rodgers approval? lol
Tyrod is one of my favorite qbs in the league. I know wins and losses are a team effort but the fact that he has a .500 record as a starter when he’s spent his whole career as a backup on mediocre at best teams speaks volumes. Dude just goes about his business and competes whenever he gets the call.
Couldn’t agree more
You never know when a Swiss Army knife might come in handy and that basically describes Tyrod.