When Sherman joined the Miami Dolphins in 2012 as offensive coordinator under then-head coach Joe Philbin, Taylor followed him as quarterbacks coach, where he worked with Ryan Tannehill -- who played for the Aggies while Taylor worked as an assistant coach.

Late in Taylor's final season with the Dolphins (2015), the team dismissed offensive coordinator Bill Lazor after 11 games. Interim head coach Dan Campbell handed the play-calling responsibilities to Taylor.

During Taylor's five games calling Miami's plays, he improved Miami's offense in most statistical categories -- total yardage, yards per play, yards per pass play, passer rating, rushing yardage, yards per rushing attempt, turnovers per game, sack rate, third-down conversion percentage and points per game. The improvement was slight -- for example, Miami scored 17 points per game with Taylor calling plays compared with 15.6 in Lazor's final five games -- but palpable.

Miami elected to not retain Campbell and most of his staff, leading Taylor to the University of Cincinnati as its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2006.

Plagued by injuries that forced him to cycle through three different starting quarterbacks, the Bearcats averaged 19.3 points per game during a 4-8 season that saw head coach Tommy Tuberville depart after the year. Staff turnover followed, leading Taylor back to the NFL and a job with the Rams -- first as an assistant wide receivers coach in 2017, and then as a quarterbacks coach this year.

While the results in his only full season guiding an offense were not what Taylor wanted, he did establish himself as a play caller who strove for run-pass balance -- not in terms of the raw numbers, but in creating an offense that could be a viable threat on the ground and in the air.