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Considering that is comparable to what the starter put up in two separate games this year in perfect weather, it is a notable performance.

Funny you brought him up. In his rookie season, Brett Favre didn't even complete a pass to his own team. He was 0-4 with 2 INTs and a sack. His first game in year 2, he went 8-14 for 73 yards, 1 INT and 4 more sacks. Peterman is NOT the next Favre. However, the lesson here is to give rookies a little time to figure things out. 2 was an unmitigated disaster against the Chargers. However, he's also showed flashes of ability this season too.

The kid never should have been in the conversation to start a game this year, outside of catastrophic injury. Taylor's abysmal performance and inability to score more than a single FG in multiple games this year pushed NP (who had only been in the league for 8 months, not 8 years) into a desperation option as a starter. Something had to be done. Also, look at it this way: Peterman threw 5 INTs. Gave the ball to the Chargers on 5 different drives, right? Unacceptable and historically bad, without a doubt. Well, how is that really all that different than 5 Tyrod drives ending in a punt? Rivers and Allen were unstoppable that day. They would have just gone on 70 or 80 yard scoring drives instead of 20 or 30. The Chargers defense was lights out -- Taylor gave up a fumble that was run back for a TD, so they got to him too. McDermott had to do something. But, the Bills were not winning that game, no matter who was starting.

Yes, 8-year veteran QB Tyrod Taylor is marginally better than 5th round rookie QB starting in his first ever game. We're all in agreement on that. But is that really the standard for performance you want to go by?

Thank you. That was really what I was trying to get at. I'm not arguing for it either, it was simply a hypothetical. Considering his great work ethic and all of the other things that make him pretty much the ideal professional athlete, it's not hard to imagine him developing from a backup/borderline starting QB into an elite WR and becoming an absolute nightmare for opposing defenses. It would have been interesting to see, had he chosen that path.

Edelman was far from a "scrub" QB. He was a three-year starter and set records at Kent St. He's also become one of the most dangerous WRs in the NFL and has won multiple championship rings as a direct result of his production at the position. Defenses have to game plan and account for him on every single play. That's not a "scrub", by any means. So now it's racist to suggest that Tyrod possesses better mental/athletic skills and abilities to potentially be even better than that? But go on, tell me more about Tyrod's barely .500 w-l record and that 4:1 TD:INT ratio. Maybe you could tell me about that one time he threw for 300 yards, even though it took 5 quarters for him to get there.

His shortcomings are absolutely what he actually produces. Even when you add his rushing totals, Tyrod is still miles behind most QBs passing-only totals. If I were a defensive coordinator, I would much rather give up 165 yards passing & 55 yards rushing (220 total yards) to Taylor instead of 285-315+ passing yards to a guy like Carson Wentz or Phil Rivers.

...And there it is. I was wondering how long it would take for someone to whip that one out. It's amazing you went there, considering I compared Tyrod to a white player who found success transitioning from QB to WR. But you just couldn't help yourself, right?

This is most likely the case. Apparently BB thought very highly of JG and was adamant that they send him to a team where he would be in the best position to build his career.

Tyrod is absolutely lethal out in the open field. Dropping back to pass, not so much. In fact, Taylor throwing the football is not really conducive to anything other than punting. Given his intelligence and athleticism, had he converted to WR like Julian Edelman (former QB at Kent State), Tyrod could have been one of the most dangerous WRs in the game. Of course, landing on a team with Tom Brady throwing the football would be kind of important in this hypothetical too.