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Dolphins great Jason Taylor shares how Nick Saban helped his career

Miami Dolphins Hall of Famer Jason Taylor reveals how former Miami coach Nick Saban helped his pro career.

Long before Jason Taylor was a first ballot Hall of Famer and Nick Saban was the head coach at a dynasty at the University of Alabama, the two shared the football field on Sundays in South Florida as members of the Miami Dolphins. Taylor would go on to cement his legacy as one of the greatest defenders in franchise history. Saban would last two seasons before jumping ship and heading back to the college ranks seemingly overnight.

And while Saban’s abrupt departure left a bad taste in the mouths of Miami Dolphins fans, Saban did provide a lasting impression on Jason Taylor, for that we can all be thankful.

Saban’s final year in Miami, 2006, also saw the budding of Jason Taylor into his final form — a do it all defender who ultimately took home the hardware as the Associated Press’ 2006 Defensive Player of the Year.

Taylor, who joined his sister and Fox Sports personality Joy Taylor this past week on her ‘Maybe I’m Crazy Podcast’, revealed the impact Saban had on him and his playing career.

Taylor’s potential was fully unleashed under Saban and shortly after Saban returned to the college ranks Taylor’s inevitable drop-off at the hands of Father Time came to reality. And, after short stops in both Washington and New York, Taylor returned to Miami for a triumphant final season in 2011 — in which he logged his final 7 NFL sacks.

Perhaps hearing how Saban was able to impact one of the Miami Dolphins greats will help soften the hard feelings that linger between the Alabama coach and the Dolphins faithful — especially if Miami’s next quarterback ends up coming from Saban’s Alabama program and fulfills his potential at the pro level, too.

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Former Miami Dolphin Jason Taylor vouches for 2020 HOF finalist

Former Miami Dolphins great Jason Taylor has vouched for an offensive lineman up for induction into the 2020 Hall of Fame.

When Miami Dolphins pass rusher Jason Taylor got the call to Canton, one of the fun subplots was seeing dreaded rival Tom Brady write the Canton voters a letter vouching for Taylor’s candidacy. It worked. Taylor would go on to become a first ballot Hall of Famer in 2017 and now he’s looking to pay it forward.

Taylor penned a memo to the Hall of Fame voters to make a case for Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Tony Boselli to join the 2020 class this weekend — the class will be announced on Saturday ahead of Super Bowl LIV.

Boselli wasn’t around for a long time — he only played 6 full seasons and less than a quarter of a 7th — but his dominance was well established and, as Taylor would tell you, Boselli was an absolute terror up front.

The Jaguars made Boselli the #2 overall selection of the 1995 draft — their first in team history. He didn’t disappoint. Jacksonville made two conference championship games in their first five seasons, all with a healthy Boselli anchoring the offensive line for QB Mark Brunell. Jason Taylor and Boselli met twice on the gridiron, first in 1998 and then again in the postseason in early 2000 — the Jaguars won both contests and Taylor failed to log a sack in either showing.

Two matchups was enough to leave a lasting impression on Taylor, who was very clear with the voters.

“There definitely needs to be room (in Canton) for Tony in it.”

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Dolphins HOF’er Jason Taylor gets custom New Era Cap and we need it

Miami Dolphins Hall of Fame defensive end Jason Taylor unveiled a custom New Era Cap to commemorate his career in Miami and Super Bowl LIV.

Do you like caps? Do you like the Dolphins? We’d assume you probably wouldn’t be here if you didn’t. Jason Taylor, a first-ballot Hall of Famer of the Miami Dolphins, has just announced a custom New Era Cap to help commemorate his career in Miami and help to celebrate Super Bowl LIV — which will be played this weekend at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.

And assuming you like caps, this is definitely one that you’re going to want to add to the collection.

With only modest success over the course of the last few decades as a team, those players who gave their blood, sweat and tears and managed to find stardom in Miami will forever hold a special place in the heart of Dolphins fans. There’s not much to hold onto, so when a man of Jason Taylor’s quality comes around, it’s very easy for Dolphins fans to fall in love. And that’s exactly what so many did — so if you’ll excuse us, we need to go see about a ball cap order online.