Talking about ageless, timeless NFL quarterbacks never gets old. How do they do it, surviving and thriving in this fast, violent, youthful game? What are their secrets?

Danged if Tyrod Taylor is going to spill all the tea on the topic.

"I just truly try to attack each day," the Jets QB starter said after matching some achievements and meeting some more milestones in the Jets' Sunday win over Atlanta. "I'm thankful for the opportunity I'm getting now and I fully embrace that and do the best I can day in and day out, on the field and in the classroom, and try to be a leader for these guys."

Taylor of course does have an established rhythm to his days, weeks, months and years that still hold sway even after he celebrated his 36th birthday during training camp and enters the home stretch of his 15th NFL season with his seventh franchise.

"It's just staying in the routine," Taylor said, opening the door to his vault just a crack. "I've been fortunate to learn from a bunch of veterans early in my career, pick their brains about what it took to create longevity in this league. Over the years I've created a routine for myself and I try to stick with it. Some days the body doesn't want to do it, but it's gotten to a point where it works for me and I'm just trying to be consistent."

His consistency helped him climb onto one of those neat short lists for old guys who throw the ball in this league. Of those seven teams he's played for, Taylor had won at least a game as a starter for five of them. In his first four seasons with Baltimore, he had no starts. As a Jet, he backed up Aaron Rodgers in 2024 and was 0-2 in place of Justin Fields this year.

Until Sunday. In his first home start as a Jets QB, Taylor led his first fourth-quarter comeback and game-winning drive since 2020 with the Chargers to get the starting win over the Falcons. According to NFL Media Research, he is the sixth QB since 2000 to start and win a game for six teams. Several of the other names, who each won a game or two as Jets, are familiar: Ryan Fitzpatrick, Josh McCown and Joe Flacco. The other two: Matt Cassel and Case Keenum.

Most of the Taylor numbers against the Falcons weren't of the flash variety. But the 52-yard TD completion to Adonai Mitchell has been well-documented and appreciated. So has Taylor's darting, weaving 10-yard scramble to the final tying touchdown just after the two-minute warning, which prompted reporters to compliment Taylor on his "spryness" and Tyrod to respond: "I appreciate it, I appreciate it."

The QB went into a deeper dive on his mobility and his sense of agelessness after Wednesday's practice heading toward the Jets' home match with Miami on Sunday.

"I don't feel my age," Taylor said. "I know it's a reality, but I still train hard, take care of my body as best as I can. Even when I'm not starting, my routine is the same, and I think that gives me the best chance. I've also been blessed, thank God and my parents, for good genes."

How old does he feel when he's scrambling or maneuvering around the pocket these days? "Not 36," he said with a smile. "Sometimes my choice of music makes me feel old in this locker room. But I don't have an age that I feel."

Partly that's because of his ever-increasing ability to slip the heavy contact from the players in the different colors: "As a dual-threat guy," he said, "I've definitely taken some hits I shouldn't have in my career."

On Sunday, his dual dimension wasn't perhaps as frightening as Fields' running can be but it was plenty in evidence. Taylor carried 8 times (6 were scrambles, plus a kneeldown) for 44 yards, and notched 4 important rushing first downs, all in the second half. His TD tote was the 20th of his career but his first since he directed Houston's offense in 2021.

As for career averages among rushing QBs, Taylor at 5.59 yards/carry is 11th all-time while Fields at 5.91 is seventh. Not that far apart ...

But while all the trivia and the cheating-time anecdotes are fun NFL pastimes, but as Dooley Wilson sang in "Casablanca" and NFL coaches have imparted on a regular basis since: "The fundamental things apply / As time goes by." The fundamental thing for Taylor and the Jets this week is to focus not on the creaky bodies ahead on Monday morning but on the victorious vibe a win over the 'Fins will bring the Green & White on Sunday night.

"As a younger team, it takes those experiences to be able to have the resiliency we've had lately," Taylor said of how time is shaping his seventh pro team during its mini upward trend of three wins in five games. "You obviously want to be on the winning side of those one-score games. But there are a lot of lessons to be learned and each week creates its own challenges.

"This team doesn't waver, doesn't blink and is confident. We look forward to those moments."