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Tyrod Taylor wins battle to be the Buffalo Bills starting quarterback

The Buffalo Bills are pinning their playoff hopes on a quarterback who has completed one pass in the past two years, as Tyrod Taylor will finally get his shot.

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Taylor won the Bills' starting quarterback job after impressing through the summer and then playing well in the preseason. Fox Sports' Jay Glazer reported the Bills have picked Taylor to be their Week 1 starter. He passed veteran Matt Cassell and held off EJ Manuel, a 2013 first-round pick who gave him a spirited run by playing well in the preseason.

What should we expect out of Taylor? It's hard to say since he has almost no track record in the NFL regular season.

Taylor was Joe Flacco's backup for four seasons with the Baltimore Ravens but hardly ever played. He was 19-of-35 for 199 yards over four seasons. He was 1-of-5 for 2 yards in 2013 and didn't throw a pass in 2014. But the Bills are betting on his upside. He has shown solid accuracy and good running ability this preseason. We'll see how that carries over to the regular season.

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Buffalo's roster is deep at a lot of positions, as it tries to break the NFL's longest playoff drought under new coach Rex Ryan. The biggest question the team has is quarterback. If the Bills are right about Taylor, maybe he'll still be starting for them in the postseason.

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Frank Schwab is the editor of Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at shutdown.corner@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!