"Jason Taylor's blood no longer boils every time he hears a New Yorker chant "J-E-T-S: Jets, Jets, Jets."

After going behind enemy lines last season, his perspective has been altered.

When former team czar Bill Parcells turned his back on Taylor, throwing the NFL's active sacks leader into the arms of his rival by denying him a contract offer, he did more than make the best of a difficult situation.

He made friends.

The hatred has been numbed, hostility harnessed. The animosity replaced by understanding. That's what happens when a Dolphin gets infected with Gang Green.

"For six months of my life [the Jets] were my team, for the other 14 1/2 it wasn't," said Taylor, who was welcomed back to the organization he's played 13 of his 15 seasons this summer by General Manager Jeff Ireland and coach Tony Sparano, who wanted him to serve as a pass rushing specialist, player mentor and locker room guidance counselor."