There’s losing, and then there’s being institutionally allergic to winning. That’s been the New York Jets’ brand for the better part of the last two decades. They’ve burned through 10 head coaches in 20 years. They haven’t sniffed the playoffs since 2010. And their quarterback timeline looks like a deleted TikTok montage – Mark Sanchez to Geno Smith to Sam Darnold to Aaron Rodgers’ Achilles tendon. Ownership? A reality show waiting to happen. Woody Johnson took the franchise from ‘mildly cursed’ to ‘actively haunted.’ He once canceled a trade because his 15-year-old son didn’t like the player’s Madden rating. No, seriously.

And yet, in this circus of chaos, the Jets managed to land one of the cleanest rookie signings of the 2025 class: Mason Taylor. The Jets announced on X: “Mason Taylor is officially, 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 a Jet! ✈️” Yep. Joy’s nephew. Jason Taylor’s son. And apparently, the Jets’ shiny new weapon at tight end. Gang Green just handed the 21-year-old LSU product a 4-year, $10.5M deal – $9.6M of it guaranteed. Not bad for a guy who didn’t even test at the Combine. But then again, Mason didn’t need to. He already racked up 129 catches and 1,308 yards at LSU, including a school-record 55 grabs last season. And when your dad’s a Hall of Famer and your aunt’s one of the most recognizable media voices in sports? Pressure’s not new.

And for Mason, this is a full-circle moment. His dad played a season with the Jets back in 2010, and Mason remembers sprinting through Central Park as a kid. Now, at 21, he’s coming back to New York with a Jets helmet instead. “It’s just an amazing experience and I’m just so excited for this,” he said. But Mason’s not coasting on the family name. Head coach Aaron Glenn has been hyping his blocking. Not the highlight stuff, the trench work. “Him understanding exactly what he’s supposed to do and the position, the body language, the leverage, all those things, man, I really love that when it comes to the run game,” Glenn said. 

The Jets took him 42nd overall to be that reliable, do-it-all tight end. The guy who catches third-down passes, seals run blocks, and lives on the field. “Be that guy that’s reliable in the pass game, but also in the run game,” Mason said. “Being that complete, every-down tight end that I pride myself on is something I really look forward to showing Jets fans.” Yeah, well, welcome to the dysfunction, kid.

FOX cuts ties with Joy Taylor

For Joy Taylor, this week started in a media storm and ended in a rookie celebration. One moment, she was co-hosting Speak with Keyshawn Johnson and Paul Pierce. Next, she was out – alongside a wave of FOX Sports layoffs that wiped out multiple shows, including The Facility and Breakfast Ball. Then came the lawsuit. Her name was mentioned alongside executives and former colleagues. It was brutal. Tabloid-fuel.

But the headlines didn’t stop at cancellation. A lawsuit was filed by a former FOX stylist named Joy in a messy web of accusations involving relationships, cover-ups, and alleged misconduct by network executives. Taylor was accused of cozying up to power to climb the ladder. She denied it. Still, the timing couldn’t have been worse.

Yet Joy, newly jobless but very much beaming, posted a selfie Thursday night with Mason and his girlfriend. The caption didn’t say much. It didn’t need to. She just watched her nephew become the next big thing in the city where their whole family once ran through Central Park as kids. Now Mason’s running routes for real. Talk about timing. And in the middle of the league’s longest playoff drought, the Jets may have – accidentally – gotten this one right.