In Buffalo, Taylor had three coaches over his four season span. Rex Ryan was a joke. Anthony Lynn tried in his short time as interim coachand so did McDermott. Taylor still had 3 different offenses from 2015-2017. Living in Rochester, I get to see a bit of Buffalo's games. In 2017 Taylor helped lead Buffalo to the playoffs, even while getting benched because the fanbase thought Peterman was the next Tom Brady.
Go back and watch Taylor's second half when he came in to take his job back from Peterman. If Taylor had started that Game Buffalo would've had 9 wins.
What I saw in Buffalo was an accurate mobile quarterback who was conservative and like a former Patriots starting quarterback, he didn't like to throw the fifty fifty ball. Taylor could read the defense and see when there where defenders waiting to jump the pass.
It happened in the playoffs and the broadcaster still wanted him to make throws that would be picked. If not for an injury Taylor would've lead Buffalo to a playoff win in 2017. The biggest problem with his time in Buffalo was they listened to the fans too much and changed their offense every year.
During his 44 regular season games in Buffalo, Taylor completed 62.6% of his 1236 attempts for 8,857 yards with, 51 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. He also rushed for 1475 yards and 14 touchdowns, averaging 5.5 ypc. Taylor also had 17 fumbles over that span.
Cam Newton over those 3 years played in 47 regular seasongames and won an MVP in 2015. Completed 57.26 of his 1497 attempts 10,648 yards with, 76 touchdowns and 40 interceptions. Newton also rushed for 1534 yards, and 21 touchdowns, averaging 4.7 ypc. Newton also had 17 fumbles over that span.
From 2018 to 2020 taylor has gotten injured and rode the bench. Over that span, mainly in Cleveland, Taylor has completed 62 of 121 passes for 714 yards. Taylor threw for 3 touchdowns and 2 INTs. Taylor also ran it for 139 yards and 1 touchdown, averaging averaging 4.34 ypc. Over that span, Taylor had 2 fumbles.
For his career, Taylor is a 61.4 completion percentage quarterback.
Cam Newton was a 59.57 career completion percentage quarterback, who is still very inaccurate. This season he has 66.9% of his passes for 1984 yards, With 4 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. He's also ran for 397 yards and 9 touchdowns, averaging 4.2 ypc. Newton has 3 fumbles on the year.
Taylor is a more accurate quarterback mobile quarterback. If the Patriots can increase Newton accuracy by 7 points, they can do that much easier with Taylor.
As much as the fan base is not gonna like it. Taylor was more consistent during his time in Buffalo then Cam has been his entire career. Taylor is more accurate, less turnover prone, and a better passer, who averaged more yards with his legs when give the same amount of attempts. Taylor might not have Newton's prototype build but he is an upgrade over Newton. If Taylor had started for the Panthers in 2015, I believe he was capable of winning an MVP.
The one thing that New England offers Taylor is stability. He would be coming into an offense that won't change from year to year, and his locker room won't be a joke. Taylor being a better passer, also has a longer shelf life. So while Cam is the Patriots quarterback, Taylor would be better for the Patriots.
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