The Buffalo Bills swapped quarterbacks Wednesday, officially trading Tyrod Taylor to the Cleveland Browns and signing A.J. McCarron to a two-year contract.
However, comparing the two quarterbacks' performances this season would not give a complete picture of what the deals meant to Buffalo. The question is not whether the Bills upgraded from Taylor to McCarron in 2018.
The more appropriate comparison is whether Taylor would have been a better long-term option for the Bills than whomever the franchise drafts in April, and whether Buffalo would have been better off keeping the No. 10 pick in the 2017 draft and selecting Deshaun Watson or Patrick Mahomes.