Bills have played games with Tyrod Taylor's contract. Gave him 5/90M with a team out after Year 1. He ended up restructuring to 2/30M this offseason. He's going to see about half of the original number he signed for if he plays out this contract. The rest of the QB's fell in line this past spring. But Taylor isn't in Stafford's class, perceived or otherwise.
Still, it was curious that certain teams didn't come knocking. The obvious candidates (Chicago sans Glennon at the time, Cleveland, Jacksonville) signed other options, drafted someone, stood pat, or a combination. It seemed Taylor was a borderline play for them and they all decided to go a different way.
Of course, Washington is doing the franchise tag thing with Cousins for another example of a team approaching paying their clear cut, now-established starter in an unconventional way.
I would love to see what would happen if a good QB got away from his original team. It's just not set up that way whether that's because of the franchise tag stuff or teams being deathly afraid of letting a QB with any track record walk. Heck, we've got a team in New England that won't let their #2 go without returning a king's ransom. And this is an organization that handles this type of stuff like a trained assassin - no feelings, all business.
Actually, that's probably our best shot of seeing how the market plays. It'll be even more interesting to see if anyone ponies up in a trade before having to pay the man too.
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