"Jason Taylor knew the whole time Sunday.

He knew when he arrived in the locker room, knew when he approached midfield for the coin toss, knew from the first tackle he made, knew when he saw Dan Marino wearing a No. 99 jersey on the scoreboard, knew when Vernon Carey asked for his shoes in the final huddle and knew when his teammates lifted him up and carried him off the field.

"I asked them three or four time to put me down," he said after the Dolphins' 19-17 win against the New York Jets. "They wouldn't do it."

His eyes went wet and his voice grew thick. "It was great.""