Broncos defensive lineman Billy Winn overheard the tail end of a conversation between wide receiver Jordan Taylor and a crowd of reporters and couldn’t help but chime in. Because for a minute there he thought he heard that Taylor had taken on yet another job.

“Wait, what did I miss?” Winn asked. “You’re playing defense now?”

Yep. And offense. And special teams.

Three years into his pro career, Taylor has built a resume that few can match or would even want to match. With the Broncos reeling from injuries and multiple positional changes in all three units, Taylor has been the go-to fill-in. He’s listed as a receiver. But he’s also the Broncos’ starting punt returner, a position he had never played in his football career until this season. He’s also Denver’s third quarterback for the remainder of the season, serving as a safety net should anything happen to Brock Osweiler or Paxton Lynch in the final two games. He’s also their emergency safety with Justin Simmons lost to a season-ending ankle injury.

Not bad for a practice-squad player who earned his stripes as Peyton Manning’s personal route-runner in 2015.

“He’s done a lot for us,” coach Vance Joseph said. “He was a guy that didn’t dress the first four or five weeks for us, but as a punt returner, he’s been very efficient. He’s done a great job with decision-making back there. As a PP (personal protector) for a game and a half, he made a big tackle for us. As a receiver, he’s been efficient for us. He’s a guy you can count on. You want guys that, when you put them out there, that job will get done. That’s been Jordan Taylor’s story for us this year.”

As the Broncos look to close out their season with two more wins, most players are also fighting for their jobs in 2018. Taylor’s versatility has provided the Broncos plenty of reasons to consider keeping him around.

Taylor has bounced on and off the inactive list on game days as the Broncos have shuffled starters at multiple positions. He’s seen limited repetitions at his primary position of receiver. But lately he’s seen more at punt returner, taking over for rookie Isaiah McKenzie, who was demoted then promoted and demoted again after multiple muffs.

Taylor was the guy tasked with eliminating the mistakes. And so far, he has. Despite never having previously returned a punt — not in high school or college or the pros.

In Denver’s shutout win over the Jets in Week 14, Taylor returned five punts for 62 yards and was lauded by his coach and quarterback Trevor Siemian as “the MVP of the game.”

“You can’t say enough of what that does for an offense when you get to start around the 50 (yard line),” Siemian said.

When Simmons was injured in the first quarter of that game, Joseph pulled Taylor aside during their walk to the locker room at halftime and told him he might have to play some safety, too. Taylor hadn’t done that since his rookie season, when he played defense for the scout team.

“We were light on safeties then, too,” Taylor said. “Then I would turn around and play receiver, so I was never coming off the field my first year. … Coach Joseph just said they would put me in a basic Cover 3, play a deep third in case they throw the ball deep and make a play on it.”

And when Siemian got hurt last Thursday, Joseph declared that they wouldn’t have to add a third quarterback to the roster. They already had one.

“We have some toss plays for him,” Joseph said of Taylor, who was a quarterback in high school and played a few snaps in college. “We have some quick game that we’ve taught Jordan over the last couple of months. So he is our emergency quarterback.”

Just add it to the list of jobs that seems to grow each week and adds a little more film study, a little more time spent in meetings for Taylor. But four jobs this season could land him another next season.

“Just doing whatever I can for the team these last two weeks and trying to end on a four-game win streak,” Taylor said. “I know it doesn’t, in the grand scheme of things, mean a whole lot for this year. But it could give some momentum going into next season, so that’s what we’re working on.

“It’s really just whatever I can do to get on the field and, hopefully, they take notice of that.”