06-29-2017, 03:49 PM
(06-29-2017, 03:21 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Rankings like this assume that young guys like Winston, Mariota, Carr, Prescott still have room to grow after coming off an improved and (very) good year. After six seasons, Dalton isn't given that same optimism. He's viewed as being as good as he'll ever get. Just like Joe Flacco also got similar praise that Mariota and Prescott are getting for exceeding expectations, but if you look back at Flacco, he's only just now surpassed 4,000 yards passing in a season and doesn't have a great TD-to-INT ratio. Kaepernick also had the same optimism after 2013-2014 and we know how that turned out. I think Prescott and Mariota especially will be similar to Flacco/Kaepernick and won't improve much from what they've already shown. I do think that Carr should be top 10, but ahead of Roethlisberger or Cam is a bit wishful thinking than truth at this point.
What I don't get is the love for Tyrod Taylor. He's only ever had around 3500 total yards on offense and has been carried by a great run game and solid defense. His ranking even states they expect him to grow by adding more weapons. I honestly don't see it. I think he'll follow the same path Kaepernick did and when all is said and done, Dalton will prove to be better.
Heck...Tyrod's own team barely wants him. It was rumored they'd let him walk, but they brought him back on essentially a cheap 1 year contract when there were no clear upgrades available.
Quote:The Buffalo News' Vic Carucci reports the sense from the Combine is that the Bills are leaning toward moving on from Tyrod Taylor.
The Bills can't seem to make up their mind, and reports have been flip-flopping back and forth on this subject for weeks. Speaking at the Combine, coach Sean McDermott would only say the organization is still evaluating Taylor. Per Carucci, if the $30.75 million guaranteed wasn't tied to Taylor over the next two years, the Bills would likely be bringing him back for 2017. Taylor has been unwilling to renegotiate his contract. The 49ers, Browns, and Jets are expected to show interest in Taylor if he ends up being released by Buffalo.
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Tyrod Taylor has agreed to a restructured contract to stay with the Bills.
Buffalo didn't have good alternatives, unless it wanted to accept a clear downgrade like Nick Foles and use the money saved from Taylor to improve the team elsewhere. Smartly, GM Doug Whaley realized keeping Taylor was the best option. New OC Rick Dennison campaigned for Taylor after the two worked together in Baltimore. Taylor isn't a top-end passer, but he is a top-20 NFL quarterback whose dual-threat and deep-passing ability give Buffalo's run game a significant boost. The Bills have finished 12th and 10th in the NFL in points scored in Taylor's two seasons as a starter.
The latest news is that the Bills are planning on having an open QB competition for 2017:
Quote:Speaking with the MMQB's Peter King, new Bills GM Brandon Beane promised an "open competition" at quarterback.
Coach Sean McDermott initially said Tyrod Taylor is the quarterback of the future, but he amended after Beane's comments, saying it "remains to be seen." Beane added Monday that the Bills will continue to "turn over every stone" until they are "100 percent set" at quarterback. Despite a completely new front office and coaching staff, it is clear Taylor's spot atop the depth chart remains precarious. He would leave over $8.5 million in dead cap, but the Bills can get out of Taylor's contract after this season.
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