Sources: Chasm between Bills coaches, front office on Tyrod

[Wayne Arnold]

Russ Brandon still making personnel decisions!!

 

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bills-coaches-execs-remain-split-on-picking-up-tyrod-taylors-30m-option/

 

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Buffalo Bills are about a week away from another potential franchise-altering decision at quarterback, and it’s causing considerable consternation within the organization.

League sources say a chasm remains between coaches and the front office whether to execute a $30M option on the promising-but-unproven quarterback. As I reported in December, Buffalo’s decision makers -- general manager Doug Whaley, senior VP of football administration Jim Overdorf and team president Russ Brandon -- decided they didn’t want to pay Taylor in 2017. They wanted Taylor out as starter late in last season (he was shut down for Week 17 once owner Terry Pegula fired coach Rex Ryan), and that has not changed.

The front office still feels the current salary structure they negotiated themselves a year ago -- instead of a more standard year-to-year, pay-as-you-go format -- doesn’t make sense, thus their interest in veteran QB options like Tony Romo and Brian Hoyer. However, new coach Sean McDermott and Pegula have become close. McDermott and his staff are not convinced they will find an upgrade over Taylor and see no problem with paying Taylor $17M a year, the sources say.

So, mere months into Buffalo’s latest regime change, they are at another crossroads of their own making (choosing this contract structure for Taylor’s extension was puzzling from the start). While I wouldn’t underestimate how highly the owner thinks of his new coach, picking up a $30M option is no small thing for even the richest men to consider. And the front-office core Pegula has relied upon for years remains firmly in the don’t-pick-up-the-option camp.

In the meantime, the Bills continue to monitor the veteran QB market, meeting with agents to gauge price points of free-agent options. Some in that building remain intrigued by the prospect of trading for Romo, though the feasibility is under question and I’ve heard Buffalo is not Romo’s favored locale.

They’ll have to decide whether Taylor’s option is the safest, most prudent route. One thing is for certain -- this coaching staff has no qualms about working with him and would prefer to do so. And Taylor hits the open market I have no doubt he would fare quite well.

Edited March 3, 2017 by Wayne Arnold

[Bray Wyatt]

It is written by LaCanfora, so I doubt it is true

[Johnnyp56]

Unreal. Now doesn't this issue seem recurrent? But hey Doug needs more time.

[Acantha]

Unreal. Now doesn't this issue seem recurrent? But hey Doug needs more time.

Seems recurrent because the media don't know what else to say. No decision on Tryod yet? Must be a disagreement between the coaches and front office!!!!

 

Source?

 

"Anonymous"

[bilzfancy]

It is written by LaCanfora, so I doubt it is true[y/quote] exactly, in fact,if he wrote it, I KNOW it's not true

[LeGOATski]

Same ol'story of dysfunction...

Unreal. Now doesn't this issue seem recurrent? But hey Doug needs more time.

Haha. You've already got a reputation as a crusader and it's only been two days...

[Rockpile233]

Wait there are too many cooks in the kitchen? Wait Pegula made another best friend?

 

I hope the "media is throwing darts" crowd is right.

[astb41]

maybe it's just me..but you'd think they would have established a plan and everyone got their opinions out and agreed upon when they hired Seany McD. All this speculation is the media just being the media.

Edited March 3, 2017 by astb41

[cd1]

It is written by LaCanfora, so I doubt it is true

They can write whatever comes to their pretty little heads and there is no accountability. There is absolutely no BS meter to test this crap with.

 

One thing that is absolutely true though, La Canfora, Vic, and the rest of the gang got their articles in for the day.

 

It must be Beer O'Clock.

[BringBackFergy]

"I bet you thought I was gone....well guess again"

 

[Beef Jerky]

Unreal. Now doesn't this issue seem recurrent? But hey Doug needs more time.

You know these are just stories...

[Wayne Arnold]

They can write whatever comes to their pretty little heads and there is no accountability. There is absolutely no BS meter to test this crap with.

 

One thing that is absolutely true though, La Canfora, Vic, and the rest of the gang got their articles in for the day.

 

It must be Beer O'Clock.

 

You guys sound like Donald Trump.

 

Although in this case you're not wrong. I don't think LaCanfora has ever been right when it comes to the Bills. And there's nothing in this article that can possibly be proven incorrect in the future. Which are the type of "inside source" stories that writers like LaCanfora thrive on.

 

Add a few inside scoops that can't be refuted and fill the rest up with connect-the-dot material that any one of us could write. Boom - you have a story to pump out to generate a requisite number of offseason clicks for the scouting combine weekend.

Edited March 3, 2017 by Wayne Arnold

[HappyDays]

Oh god the Pegulas may be worse as owners than I thought. If they are thinking of taking Whaley's opinion over McDermott's I can already tell the newest "rebuild" is going to fail spectacularly...

[WGBillsFan]

maybe it's just me..but you'd think they would have established a plan and everyone got their opinions out and agreed upon when they hired Seany McD. All this speculation is the media just being the media.

Agree...it is just the media speculating because there are no leaks coming out of OBD with the new staff......so they are going to create stuff just to get their name out there everyday!

[dave mcbride]

This is what I guessed was happening, so if it's true I wouldn't be surprised. I do realize who the messenger is, but you figure he has to be right at least occasionally.

[Dave in Avon Lake now]

This is almost too hard to believe. There may be an element of truth in it, but who knows where this will go. I prefer to believe they are playing their cards in hopes of a viable trade option and if it doesn't occur they will cut him with no compensation owed. Until the final days when the option is still open, we'll probably hear something a "will they or won't they" each day from every source around the country.

[nucci]

Wait there are too many cooks in the kitchen? Wait Pegula made another best friend?

 

I hope the "media is throwing darts" crowd is right.

Have you read LaCanfora before? He is rarely correct on anything....he guesses much like we do. He just gets paid for it

Edited March 3, 2017 by nucci

[dave mcbride]

This is almost too hard to believe. There may be an element of truth in it, but who knows where this will go. I prefer to believe they are playing their cards in hopes of a viable trade option and if it doesn't occur they will cut him with no compensation owed. Until the final days when the option is still open, we'll probably hear something a "will they or won't they" each day from every source around the country.

I think it's pretty obvious that Whaley has no interest in Taylor. That's been essentially crystal clear for some time.

[BobbyC81]

maybe it's just me..but you'd think they would have established a plan and everyone got their opinions out and agreed upon when they hired Seany McD. All this speculation is the media just being the media.

You mean like fake news? Nah!

[K-9]

If there is a kernel of truth to this, a big if when if comes to LaConjecture, and the new staff prefers to keep TT and Whaley doesn't, look for TT to be retained and Whaley to be let go after the draft.