Taylor says Bills misled him last year
Cleveland Browns quarterback Tyrod Taylor said he doesn’t believe the Buffalo Bills were entirely forthright when they benched him for Nathan Peterman last season.
In an interview with the podcast Uninterrupted, Taylor said Bills Coach Sean McDermott and General Manager Brandon Beane gave him mixed signals.
“I wasn’t being told the truth at the time,” Taylor said. “The GM told me one thing, and the head coach told me something else.”
The Bills surprisingly made Peterman the starter for what proved to be a 54-24 defeat to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week
11 of the 2017 season. Peterman finished 6-of-14 passing for 66 yards and 5 interceptions before Taylor replaced him to open the second half.
While he didn’t reference it directly, Taylor may have been referring partly to comments McDermott made only days before the Bills benched him. McDermott told reporters that the Bills believed in Taylor and that he’d remain the starter.
Taylor moved to Cleveland, where he’s the starting quarterback over No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield — at least to get the season underway. Taylor is a free agent in 2019, so he can use this season to build up his value before hitting the open market.
The Bills, meanwhile, received the No. 65 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft in return for Taylor and used it as part of a trade to land Virginia Tech linebacker Tremaine Edmunds. on “YOU LIKE THAT!”, which Cousins screamed at a group of reporters after a victory in 2015.