5 potential landing spots for Tyrod Taylor in 2017
Tyrod Taylor has likely played his last game for the Buffalo Bills, and here are five teams he could land with in 2017.
The firing of head coach Rex Ryan removed an advocate for Tyrod Taylor within the Buffalo Bills organization, and he has been benched in favor of E.J. Manuel for Week 17 against the New York Jets. There’s a major financial aspect to the decision for Buffalo, with over $30 million guaranteed to Taylor if he were to suffer a significant injury on Sunday, and interim head coach Anthony Lynn openly acknowledged the business decision.
Taylor was listed as a full participant in Wednesday’s practice, but then this surfaced on Thursday morning.
Bills announce Tyrod Taylor is in the training room and not at practice Thursday. https://t.co/2zmy9oEge0
— Mike Rodak (@mikerodak) December 29, 2016
Initially, Taylor’s absence from practice will reportedly be attributed to a hamstring issue. Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News further reported Taylor has been dealing with a “severe” groin issue for the past month. Later on Thursday, Lynn said he simply gave Taylor a “veteran’s day off” on Thursday.
Injured or not right now, all signs point to Taylor parting ways with the Bills when the 2017 league year approaches. With that in mind, here are five potential landing spots for Taylor next season.
5. Los Angeles Rams
The Rams will have a new head coach, which could bring about a shift from a commitment to Jared Goff as the quarterback of the present and future. At the very least, someone far better than Case Keenum or Sean Mannion could be brought in to compete with Goff for the starting job next year
Based on pure upside, Taylor is an upgrade to the Rams’ quarterback situation. If he’s available, whoever is running the show has to have some interest.