Browns quarterback Tyrod Taylor still has a problem with the way he was treated in Buffalo.
Taylor told Uninterrupted that it still stings that he was benched at the end of the 2016 season. Rex Ryan had just been fired as head coach, and interim head coach Anthony Lynn delivered the word that Taylor would be benched for Week 17. Lynn later said he was ordered to do so because the Bills’ front office didn’t want to risk an injury to Taylor that would have triggered an injury guarantee in his contract. Ryan later said that before firing him, the front office had ordered him to bench Taylor, and Ryan refused.
“I wasn’t being told the truth at the time,” Taylor said. “The GM told me one thing and the head coach told me something else.”
This offseason the Bills traded Taylor to Cleveland, and he thinks he’s now in the right place.
“This year in Cleveland, we’ll shock the world,” Taylor said.
If he can help another team break a long streak of missing the playoffs, that would, indeed, shock the world.
UPDATE 1:40 p.m. ET: This post initially said Taylor was referring to his benching during the 2017 season. He was referring to his benching at the end of the 2016 season.