PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Tyrod Taylor was feeling it Monday.
In the Buffalo Bills' 10th practice of training camp, the starting quarterback had perhaps his best outing after what had been an up-and-down camp. Taylor led the first-team offense on a nine-play, 70-yard drive during a 1:25-minute drill that ended in a touchdown.
As Taylor jogged back to the sideline, he looked in the direction of reporters and said, "Write about that!"
Surely:
Wow moment: Taylor completed six of his seven passes during the 1:25-minute drill. His lone incompletion came on the second play of the drive when cornerback Ronald Darby broke up a pass intended for receiver Andre Holmes on a curl route. Taylor then completed an 11-yard slant to Sammy Watkins and a 12-yard out pattern to tight end Charles Clay. He was whistled for a sack on the next play by defensive end Eddie Yarbrough, who is receiving first-team reps in place of Shaq Lawson (groin) and Ryan Davis (concussion). Taylor then completed a 7-yard pass to Rod Streater and a 17-yard pass to Zay Jones before spiking the ball with four seconds left. From the 20-yard line, Taylor "won" the "game" with a touchdown to Clay over nickel cornerback Leonard Johnson.
Whoa moment: Taylor took a pair of sacks during practice from Yarbrough -- one in the 1:25-minute drill and another during an earlier 11-on-11 period. Before practice, offensive coordinator Rick Dennison spoke to reporters about his coaching point of wanting Taylor, who took the NFL's most sacks (42) last season, to get rid of the ball. "Keeping him on the same page, listening to his feet, getting the ball out on time; that’s the biggest thing for me and him working on," Dennison said. "He’s bought into it, he knows what he needs to do, he knows that the ball will get out. He knows where everybody is. That’s the biggest thing for me, distribution; and if you’re to tell him to move on, he has to move on. ... I’m not emphasizing [staying in the pocket], I’m just emphasizing running the play that’s called, going through his reads."