ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Tyrod Taylor's benching this week all but ensures that he won't be with the Buffalo Bills in 2018.
Taylor has an $18.08 million cap number next season, the final year of the reduced deal he signed in March. His contract includes a $6 million roster bonus due by the third day of the 2018 league year, which begins in March.
If the Bills release Taylor before paying the bonus, he will count only $3 million against their cap next season. There is also the option of trading Taylor before the roster bonus is paid, which will require his new team to pay the bonus and guarantee $1 million of his $10 million base salary to secure his services over other potential suitors.