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Bills make bold choice not to be stuck in middle with Tyrod Taylor

If sustained success in the modern NFL requires having one of the league's top quarterbacks, the Buffalo Bills' decision ____day to release Tyrod Taylor was a bold move in the right direction.

Some might call the Bills clowns for dumping Taylor, but the reality is that the Bills were stuck in the middle with a capable but average starting quarterback. Given the choice between guaranteeing Taylor about $30 million and locking him in as the Bills' starter for the foreseeable future, or beginning the search for a younger quarterback with a higher ceiling, fifth-year general manager Doug Whaley rolled the dice and determined Taylor would never be good enough to get his team to the promised land.