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The $27.5M question: How will Bills interpret wording in Tyrod Taylor's deal?
Taylor's bonus payment is guaranteed for injury 'if he is unable to perform football services" in 2017
"The Buffalo Bills and the NFLPA could be headed to a showdown over the fine print of Tyrod Taylor's contract after the quarterback underwent surgery for a sports hernia Thursday. Taylor has $27.5 million in potential injury guarantees in his contract, with the Bills having until the third day of the league year in March to determine if they are going to pick up his five-year option."
Re: The $27.5M question: How will Bills interpret wording in Tyrod Taylor's deal?
Saddest part of the article:
"Of course, had the Bills not utilized this unusual -- and many salary cap experts would say, unnecessary -- structure with Taylor's contract, putting such a massive balloon bonus potential due one year into the deal, they could have avoided all of this anyway. A two- to three-year deal would have made plenty of sense, with Taylor set to make under $1 million in 2016 and coming off his first year as an NFL starter. He had little leverage and was eager to do a reasonable extension of any sort.
Agents and NFL management people were somewhat dumbfounded with this deal at the time, and even more so now. A pay-as-you-go structure, with rolling one-year guaranteed base salaries in the $10-$15 million range (which have been commonplace in deals for young quarterbacks like Andy Dalton, Colin Kaepernick and Ryan Tannehill in recent years) would have achieved the same goal economically, with a far lesser injury guarantee in the balance."
Re: The $27.5M question: How will Bills interpret wording in Tyrod Taylor's deal?
Can u imagine if the Bills signed Tyrod to a 3 year $12-$15mil per contract after last year? People's heads would have exploded here in the zone. Now we have a choice, extend or renegotiate. Bill's hold all the cards and choice is up to them. Article is very misleading.
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"Of course, had the Bills not utilized this unusual -- and many salary cap experts would say, unnecessary -- structure with Taylor's contract, putting such a massive balloon bonus potential due one year into the deal, they could have avoided all of this anyway. A two- to three-year deal would have made plenty of sense, with Taylor set to make under $1 million in 2016 and coming off his first year as an NFL starter. He had little leverage and was eager to do a reasonable extension of any sort.
Agents and NFL management people were somewhat dumbfounded with this deal at the time, and even more so now. A pay-as-you-go structure, with rolling one-year guaranteed base salaries in the $10-$15 million range (which have been commonplace in deals for young quarterbacks like Andy Dalton, Colin Kaepernick and Ryan Tannehill in recent years) would have achieved the same goal economically, with a far lesser injury guarantee in the balance."
And who was it that made this deal like many others (Dareus)? Our Rainman Whaley. The guy searching for our next head coach for the next 10-15 years. Like Sudzy said, there was no reason to give TT an extension, let alone handcuff themselves like this. But once again, One Bills Drive is without reproach as it goes about its business in a bullheaded, silent, clandestine, mickey mouse way run by people with little sport minds that literally have no clue what they're doing.
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Re: The $27.5M question: How will Bills interpret wording in Tyrod Taylor's deal?
Apparently there is offset language in Tyrod's contract so any payments owed by the Bills are reduced by the amount of salary he receives from his new team. So not a total financial disaster in relation to the injury clause.
In any event, the Bills should be incentivized to finish their head coach search ASAP so the new coach can make a decision on whether he/she wants to move forward with Tyrod at QB.
Apparently there is offset language in Tyrod's contract so any payments owed by the Bills are reduced by the amount of salary he receives from his new team. So not a total financial disaster in relation to the injury clause.
In any event, the Bills should be incentivized to finish their head coach search ASAP so the new coach can make a decision on whether he/she wants to move forward with Tyrod at QB.
Why rush the HC search? We have plenty of time to determine if Tyrod going to stay or not ad that decision shouldn't take the new HC more than 24-48 hours to determine what he thinks.
Re: The $27.5M question: How will Bills interpret wording in Tyrod Taylor's deal?
Looking at this from Taylor’s point pf view if the Bills cut him loose, he has three options: 1) maximize his money from the Bills but asserting he entitled to the guarantee because of the injury. 2) maximize his salary in free agency in 2017 and beyond by claiming he is fit. 3) Try to do both, get the guarantee money from the Bills and a big pay day in free agency in 2017.
Timing is everything is Taylor’s case. Because free agency will already have started when the Bills must decide on the bonus, Taylor runs the risk of having the all free agency money dry up by the time he hits the market. This is especially true if Taylor gets into a prolong legal battle with Bills over his injury and whether it is of a lasting nature. The worst case for Taylor is to get into a long legal battle with the Bills and lose that battle and then find the starting QB jobs already filled and no free agency money left. The safest way for Taylor to make a huge pay day is recover from the operation as soon as possible and show prospective teams he is fit and good to go day one. It is doubtful there would be a bidding war for Taylor’s services if he is claiming at the same time he suffers from a lasting injury from his days as a Bill.
Perhaps Taylor’s best course of action would be to agree to not assert the injury claim in exchange for the Bills cutting him before or right at the start of free agency so that he hits the market when amount of money available is at its highest.
And who was it that made this deal like many others (Dareus)? Our Rainman Whaley. The guy searching for our next head coach for the next 10-15 years. Like Sudzy said, there was no reason to give TT an extension, let alone handcuff themselves like this. But once again, One Bills Drive is without reproach as it goes about its business in a bullheaded, silent, clandestine, mickey mouse way run by people with little sport minds that literally have no clue what they're doing.
Looking at this from Taylor’s point pf view if the Bills cut him loose, he has three options: 1) maximize his money from the Bills but asserting he entitled to the guarantee because of the injury. 2) maximize his salary in free agency in 2017 and beyond by claiming he is fit. 3) Try to do both, get the guarantee money from the Bills and a big pay day in free agency in 2017.
Timing is everything is Taylor’s case. Because free agency will already have started when the Bills must decide on the bonus, Taylor runs the risk of having the all free agency money dry up by the time he hits the market. This is especially true if Taylor gets into a prolong legal battle with Bills over his injury and whether it is of a lasting nature. The worst case for Taylor is to get into a long legal battle with the Bills and lose that battle and then find the starting QB jobs already filled and no free agency money left. The safest way for Taylor to make a huge pay day is recover from the operation as soon as possible and show prospective teams he is fit and good to go day one. It is doubtful there would be a bidding war for Taylor’s services if he is claiming at the same time he suffers from a lasting injury from his days as a Bill.
Perhaps Taylor’s best course of action would be to agree to not assert the injury claim in exchange for the Bills cutting him before or right at the start of free agency so that he hits the market when amount of money available is at its highest.
I think if jets miss getting romo, they might see TT as an upgrade. so there may a lag that TT may benefit from
They're not. They're basically telling everybody that they don't agree with the surgery.
You're wrong again.
Originally posted by ESPN
In a separate note, Schefter, however, says Bills team doctors were not only aware of the procedure, but actually recommended Taylor visit Dr. William Meyers and were "fully aware" of the possibility of surgery.
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