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Bills Today: T.J. Yates adds experience to the quarterback room

Tyrod Taylor is cemented as Buffalo’s starting quarterback going forward, but there will now be some competition for the backup job behind him.

The Bills signed veteran quarterback T.J. Yates on Monday, and the six-year veteran is eager to bring his experience and his knowledge of Rick Dennison’s offense to Buffalo.

“With experience comes a lot of different things and knowledge of different situations and being in different situations,” Yates said in a conference call with the local media on Monday. “I’ve been in all types of them, from being the backup, to being the guy, to playoff games, to when stuff’s going bad.