After Mason Taylor’s NFL debut was delayed by a week, the Jets decided that was long enough to make him wait on being part of the offense.
The first live snap of the rookie second-round draft pick’s career Saturday ended in a 4-yard completion to him on a Justin Fields bootleg toward the visitor’s sideline.
It wasn’t quite as glamorous as the diving, over-the-shoulder grab that Taylor made a few days earlier during joint practice against the Giants, but it shook off any jitters all the same.
“Thinking about it building up to the game was building my nerves a little bit,” Taylor said of his first unofficial NFL reception coming during the 31-12 loss to the Giants. “I’m definitely hard on myself, so I’ll wait [to count one] until Week 1 and when the season comes along.”
