Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn ended any sort of questions around who his starting quarterback will be heading into the 2020 regular season. It’s veteran Tyrod Taylor who takes that job over rookie Justin Herbert.
“Tyrod Taylor is our starter right now,” Lynn said on Wednesday from Chargers training camp. “Until someone steps up and shows that they can run this team, that’s… that’s where we’re going into it. Tyrod Taylor is our starter.”
Herbert, the sixth-overall pick at the 2020 NFL Draft and third quarterback taken off the board was up against it this offseason due to COVID-19. The ongoing pandemic notably eliminated any preseason contests for Lynn and the coaching staff to evaluate Herbert against NFL talent.
Taylor, 31, was the Bills’ starting quarterback from 2015 until 2017. In his final season there, he guided the team to the postseason for the first time in nearly two decades. Taylor then started 2018 as the Browns’ starting QB, a tenure which only lasted three games that season before being replaced by then-rookie Baker Mayfield. Taylor then joined the Bolts in 2019.
A former sixth-round pick, Taylor started his career as Joe Flacco’s backup from 2011 to 2014 with the Ravens.
