What It Means:

Towards the end of last season, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that the Bills and Taylor would be parting ways due to the enormous amount of guaranteed money in his contract. That changed, however, when new Buffalo offensive coordinator Rick Dennison campaigned for Taylor after the two worked together in Baltimore with the Ravens. The 27-year-old quarterback is likely better than whatever the Bills would have been forced to resort to under center via free agency or the draft.

Among the 39 quarterbacks with at least 100 drop backs last season, Taylor's 0.12 Passing Net Expected Points (NEP) per drop back ranked 19th.