BuffaloHokie13 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 But how could they possibly have just handed Taylor the reigns? If anyone knew he was going to be this good, he would've been much more sought-after than he was. He was an unknown. I mean, I told vic carrucci Tyrod would be our starter the day he was signed, and I bought his jersey in early May, but most figured I was just crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) I'm going to add some speculation to this, since it is my thread. I say that: 1. When Rex was hired, one of the points that Whaley brought up was that there needed to be an open QB competition. He couldn't get away with insisting that EJ be made the starter going in, but he did insist that he needed a chance to win the job. 2. Rex agreed to this, knowing fully well the day that TT was signed that TT was going to be the starter. 3. The open competition turned out to be a charade, solely there to make DW happy. As long as TT looked halfway-decent, he was going to be the starter, regardless of what the other 2 did. And since EJ looked good in the pre-season games, DW was none-too-pleased with the result. And I say that the Bills would've been much better off if Rex named TT the starter a whole lot sooner. Edited December 7, 2015 by Rico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 At the very least though, I would've named him starter before the 1st pre-season game and played him all 1st-halfs + 3rd Q of game 3 & given him all the 1st-team reps from that point. Based on what you know now......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I'm going to add some speculation to this, since it is my thread. I say that: 1. When Rex was hired, one of the points that Whaley brought up was that there needed to be an open QB competition. He couldn't get away with insisting that EJ be made the starter going in, but he did insist that he needed a chance to win the job. 2. Rex agreed to this, knowing fully well the day that TT was signed that TT was going to be the starter. 3. The open competition turned out to be a charade, solely there to make DW happy. As long as TT looked halfway-decent, he was going to be the starter, regardless of what the other 2 did. And since EJ looked good in the pre-season games, DW was none-too-pleased with the result. And I say that the Bills would've been much better off if Rex named TT the starter a whole lot sooner. 1, 2, 3 Stretch! 2,3,4 Stretch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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