"I mean, this is the place to be," Taylor said. "I said from Day One, my commitment is to this team, to this community, to do whatever it takes to get a winning tradition back and I'm still committed to doing that each and every day."

Not that there weren't some hard feelings for him to overcome.

One of the biggest was his relationship with General Manager Doug Whaley, who saw to it that Taylor was benched for the 2016 regular-season finale against the New York Jets. It was no secret that Whaley was ready for the Bills to move on from Taylor late last season. Taylor spoke out about his anger over the benching the day after the season ended.

Asked how things now stand between him and Whaley, Taylor said, "We were able to come together on terms as far as the contract. What happened, we learned from it, put it behind us. If it was a bad relationship, I wouldn't be standing in front of you today. Like I said, we got a deal done, so it's good."

Taylor admitted that he had no idea whether he would be returning to the Bills at the end of last season, and that it contributed to some of the ill feelings he had about the organization in early January.