Buffalo86 Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Pete Prisco, CBS Sports The Bills and Taylor agreed to a restructured five-year deal (really a two-year deal), one that drops his outrageous cap number from $16 million to $10 million, which means he will be the team’s starting quarterback. It’s the right move based on the draft and the free-agent market, but it also sends a strong message: New Bills coach Sean McDermott is the guy with the juice in the building now. The Bills appeared to be readying to hire interim coach Anthony Lynn after the season, but word around the league was that McDermott wowed owners Terry and Kim Pegula during his interview. When that happened, McDermott became the power broker in the building, making general manager Doug Whaley, who many wondered why he still had a job anyway, a guy without the juice anymore. Whaley clearly was not a Taylor guy, which is why he instructed Lynn to sit him late last season rather than risk injury that would have guaranteed him the 2017 salary. That was not a football move at all. It was a Whaley move based on money and the future, even though he’s the one who gave Taylor the bad contract last year. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/free-agency-musings-keeping-tyrod-taylor-shows-whos-in-charge-in-buffalo/
DrDawkinstein Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Complete guessing, speculation, and middle school gossip. The idea that McDermott somehow strong-armed Whaley into restructuring and keeping Taylor, even though Whaley was completely against it, is absolutely ludicrous at every level.
Royale with Cheese Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Taylor is now one of the lowest paid veteran starters. The first contract wasn't a bad one because there was language in there that allowed them to restructure to this new one.
BuffaloBud420 Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Definitely. Whaley has never been high on Tyrod.
Royale with Cheese Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Complete guessing, speculation, and middle school gossip. The idea that McDermott somehow strong-armed Whaley into restructuring and keeping Taylor, even though Whaley was completely against it, is absolutely ludicrous at every level. Yep
BuffAlone Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Doesn't that say that Whaley was smart to sit him the last game,due to money issues? A good GM says "hey,we ain't risking that money until we know what the new coach wants". At which point,they went to work to get the better team deal. That is not signaling lack of power by the GM,rather the opposite. Financially responsible IMO
billsfanmiami(oh) Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 If Tyrod had played that last game and gotten hurt, the media would have been lambasting the team for backing themselves into a corner.
Buffalo86 Posted March 9, 2017 Author Posted March 9, 2017 Complete guessing, speculation, and middle school gossip. The idea that McDermott somehow strong-armed Whaley into restructuring and keeping Taylor, even though Whaley was completely against it, is absolutely ludicrous at every level. Wasn't Whaley supposedly against hiring Rex?
BuffAlone Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 If Tyrod had played that last game and gotten hurt, the media would have been lambasting the team for backing themselves into a corner.absolutely without a doubt!
FireChan Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Rex wasn't Whaley's first choice. That doesn't mean he was "against" him. Rex was clearly okayed by Whaley from a football standpoint, no matter how much he tries to absolve himself after the fact.
Andrew Son Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 That doesn't mean he was "against" him. Rex was clearly okayed by Whaley from a football standpoint, no matter how much he tries to absolve himself after the fact. The point is, if Whaley was empowered to make the decision, he would not have hired Rex. Period.
FireChan Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 The point is, if Whaley was empowered to make the decision, he would not have hired Rex. Period. Sure. That doesn't mean he was against him. There is a point between "Don't hire this guy, he sucks, Pegulas NOOOO," and "I love this man and he's my favorite candidate."
The_Dude Posted March 9, 2017 Posted March 9, 2017 Whaley got what he wanted too. He got Tyrod at his price.
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