And in his new number, healthy and back on the practice field, Taylor soaked it all in on Friday, thrilled to be taking part in football activities again, even if it was a padless May workout primarily with rookies.
"It was it was pretty hard last year not being on the field, but I had my teammates helping me out—older guys just whispering in my ear every now and then, coaches talking to me," Taylor said. "So I stayed the course last year, just trying to be humble and trying to stay positive about what was going on. Just getting out here today was very exciting. Being out here with my new teammates and stuff, it was something or the books, and I'm excited and looking forward to the future, what's coming up next."
With Taylor healthy again as the Seahawks gear up for the 2021 season, he has a chance to play a big role on defense, even if a year later than he and the team might have hoped. In addition to potentially being a factor in the pass-rush rotation—the Seahawks drafted Taylor as a defensive end and still list him as that position on the roster—he'll also work at strongside linebacker, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Friday.
"He's an outside player for us—rush outside, outside linebacker, both jobs he's taking a look at… He did a lot (of outside linebacker) in college, he did a lot of dropping, did a lot of rushing. We liked him as a rusher first—we still do. But he's got all of the athleticism, he's a real natural athlete, really light on his feet. Burst explosion, (change of direction) is really good. So this is not going to be a challenge for him to learn the position. We need to see how he feels when we do mix him, dropping and rushing, knowing that we want to see him as an outside rusher as well in passing situation. So we're double teaching him, and he's just such a good-looking athlete, he looks like he can do whatever you need him to do, so we have no real restrictions or hesitation on his range of play."
The Seahawks have had several players dabble in that pass-rush/strongside linebacker dual role in the past, most notably Bruce Irvin. And it shouldn't be too much of an adjustment for Taylor, who played both outside linebacker and defensive end in Tennessee's 3-4 scheme.
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