It’s not unusual for quarterbacks who have played in multiple systems to surprise their new teammates with a call from the past.
“When I first got here in the spring, yeah,” Taylor said. “Coach Daboll spent time in New England and me being in Houston last year learning from (Texans offensive coordinator) Tim Kelly, I’m going to bring it all together. Tim Kelly learned offense from (former Texans coach) Bill O’Brien, and it all has a New England background. A lot of our schemes are the same from here and Houston; they’re just called different things. So, in OTAs and early in the first veteran minicamp, there was a lot of carryover. I was like, ‘Hey, you got to put the old stuff behind. It’s time to call a new offense.'”
Is Daboll’s system harder or easier to learn than those Taylor has played in?
“It can definitely be complicated to a younger guy,” Taylor said. “I could see the challenges that people can face learning it. It’s a lot of information thrown at you. But it all makes sense once you put it together. I think coming into it, you kind of get – not for me – but I can see how some people would get overwhelmed by just the information. But as you learn, you understand the freedom within it. It’s player-friendly. Very player-friendly. And very quarterback-friendly.”
Taylor brought plenty of experience to the Giants’ quarterback room. He has played in 78 regular-season games with 53 starts for Baltimore, Buffalo (where he started 43 games), Cleveland, the Chargers and Houston. He has thrown 1,542 passes, completing 946 (61.3%) for 10,736 yards, 59 touchdowns and 25 interceptions for a passer rating of 88.2. Taylor joins Russell Wilson, Josh Allen and Cam Newton as the only quarterbacks since 2015 with at least 10,000 passing yards and 1,800 rushing yards.
In 2017, Taylor started 14 games and led the Bills to their first postseason berth in 18 years. Since then, he has played in just 20 games, starting 10. Last season, he started all six games in which he played…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at News…