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Originally Posted by feel wrath
also need to give Doug Whaley/the Bills some respect for the Tyrod Taylor situation.
He's basically saved almost $10m over the next two years if I read it correctly
It's a bit more complicated than that...but kinda.
There was a $15.5m "option bonus" which you could look at like a signing bonus. As such, he would get $15.5m option bonus plus bases of $12m & $13m the first 2 years, so $40.5m total. & then base salaries of $13.6m, $13.85m & $14.55m.
The new contract is for 2/$30.5m, so yeah, it's exactly $10m less, but those 3 years at reasonable values might make up for it. If you just think he's a temporary fix, then yeah, it's much better.
I think he probably could have got more on the open market, though, so I think it's definitely a win for the Bills. The problem for them, though, is that if he's actually good the next 2 years it will cost them a ton of extra $$$ to keep him.