What you got wrong about Tyrod Taylor


Everybody seemed to get this wrong. Is Tyrod Taylor better then Nate Peterman, obviously. And Im talking before that pathetic display on sunday. However, if you think this benching was strictly performance based you do not understand how the NFL works. When a new coach is hired they want to bring in their own players and do things their own way. This means adding the quarterback you choose, unless the guy in place is awesome. Tyrod Taylor, slightly above average, not awesome. Also Rex Ryan's quarterback. And dont give me his touchdown to interception ratio like its some be all end all stat. Sure he doesnt turn the ball over, he also doesn't throw for 300 yards and put the team on his back. Most importantly he doesn't win enough games, sorry. I will say the timing of the move is the one sticking point. You go to a new qb when you are out of the playoff hunt, not in a fucking wild card spot. Mcdermott fucked up there. But lets not pretend this benching was some egregious injustice done to a perfect qb. Mcdermott is building for the future, the fact that they won all those early games has to come as sort of shock. I mean they were just giving players away in the offseason. Once again the logic makes sense, the execution was terrible. When you know you are drafting a quarterback you must first evaluate the guys on your roster. We know Tyrod Taylor will provide 7-8 wins a year, this has been proven. So it was time to see what Nate Peterman had. The answer, less then nothing. So now the coaching staff goes back to Taylor, the right move from the start. Just don't pretend like this was similar to benching Tom Brady.

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