"Jason Taylor won't need any help getting pumped up for Sunday's AFC Championship Game at Pittsburgh.

"Mike Pettine said to me [yesterday] on the practice field to make sure you don't drink any of that [junk] you guys drink before the games and get all fired up," Taylor said, "because I'm sure you'll be hyped up enough -- going back home and playing for a chance to go to the Super Bowl and all that."

The Jets' third-oldest player behind 40-year-old backup quarterback Mark Brunell and 39-year-old fullback Tony Richardson, Taylor, 36 and a Pittsburgh native, is trying to reach the Super Bowl for the first time in his 14-season career in what likely will be his final season."