Tyrod Taylor too safe for some.

During his time in Buffalo, Tyrod Taylor produced a 22 and 20 record. Two of those years was under the Rex Ryan era, that saw Anthony Lynn replace Ryan. In the Third year, he had Sean McDermott take over with a more positive style. Ryan ran a dysfunctional power run offense and it costed the team games. In fact, Ryan's only goal during the seasons was to beat the Patriots.

Taylor was a safe but efficient game manager during his time in Buffalo. He completed 767 of his 1236 attempts for a completion percentage of 62.06%.  He threw for 8,857 yards with 51 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. Taylor was sacked 124 times over his three seasons due to bad offense line play. He also rushed for 1575 yards and 14 touchdowns on 283 carries for a 5.56 yard average.

The fans in Buffalo hungered for an aggressive Eli Manning, Kerry Collins, Vinny Testaverde style gunslinger. The owners feeling the pressure of the fans benched Taylor for overly aggressive trick shot quarterback Nathan Peterman. The Bills were 5-4 going into the game and still very much in the playoff picture. The owners, still young as owners, got too involved and it costed the team.

Peterman would go 6 of 14 for 66 yards with 5 interceptions. His interceptions led to 1 pick six and 4 quick scores by the Chargers. Peterman made several throws that Taylor would never consider. Taylor rarely throws a 50/50 ball as he likes high percentage passes. Taylor's typical risky pass is a 70-30 ball.

The Chargers opened the second half and marched down the field for a field goal, making the game 40-10 when Taylor took the field. Taylor would come in and go 15 of 25 for 158 yards and a touchdown. While running 4 times for 38 yards and 1 touchdown. Buffalo would lose 24-54, surrendering only 17 points in the second half. Had Buffalo of started Taylor, they would've been in that game.

Taylor then gets the Bills into the playoffs needing help because Nathan Peterman started one game in his place.

In the playoffs Taylor played a safe game, even seeing a defender waiting to pounce on a pass in the 4th quarter, while the announcers are screaming for him to throw to the defender which would lead to a clear interceptions.

Taylor would go 17 of 37 for 134 yards with an interception. Putting up an additional 27 yards on the ground. 

In the fourth quarter in the final 2 minutes, Taylor has the Bill marching with a chance to tie or win the game. Taylor had moved the ball to his own 42 with 1:43 on the game clock. Getting injured on a 2 yard pick up. Peterman comes in and loses a fumble out of bounds. Peterman would get the Bills to the Jaguars 38 before getting called for an intentional grounding penalty. The next play Peterman would throw the game with another interception.

Taylor would go on to Cleveland and L.A. where he would lose his job to injury.

There are two groups when it comes to Tyrod Taylor, those who like his safe play and view him as a mobile pocket passer, and those who hate his play because he's not an aggressive, risk taking, big play quarterback. The only thing that both groups can agree on is that his injuries have hurt his career.

Taylor is one of the free agent options for the Patriots. When it comes to Taylor one has to ask themselves, am I a fan of safe precision passing or do I prefer a high risk high reward passer? I can tell you from talking to majority of Newton fans, that they prefer the big play mentality over a safe accurate dink and dunk passing game.