Taylor's stats in his first two years of starting in Buffalo compare favorably to Palmer's stats for his four years in Arizona:
Taylor 29 games, 62.6 comp.%, 37 paTDs + 10 ruTDs, 12 INTs, 7.7 yards/attempt, 94.2 rating.
Palmer 52 games, 62.8 comp.%, 93 paTDs + 1 ruTD, 49 INTS, 7.7 yards/attempt, 92.1 rating.
Taylor's passer rating puts him around the middle of the pack of starting QBs this year (though it was 10 points higher and he was in the top 10 last year, when Sammy Watkins was healthy most of the year.) I think it's silly to say that "he has shown he cannot be a starter in the NFL." In that case, half the starters in the NFL cannot be starters in the NFL.
Factoring in rushing TDs, Taylor produces at about the same rate as Palmer, with just over half the INTs. Taylor does get sacked more, however.
It would be interesting to see how Taylor would perform in Arians' system / how Arians could modify his system to fit Taylor's skill set. Taylor is only 27 years old with 29 starts under his belt. But, we probably won't see that, because he's probably not the best fit.
...dbs
