Nick Folk remembers Mason Taylor from his last stint with the Jets. Taylor, the Jets’ rookie tight end, was six years old running around the practice field during summer camp at SUNY Cortland. His dad, Jason, was on the team. For good measure, Folk also played with Taylor’s uncle, Zach Thomas, two years prior to that in Dallas.

The man nicknamed "Folk Hero" by then-first-year head coach Rex Ryan for his clutch kicking in 2010 was buffeted by the NFL winds to Tampa Bay, then to New England and Tennessee. And the gusts have brought him back to the Jets, where he has signed to kick for another first-year HC in Aaron Glenn.