The Latest on the NFL combine (all times EST):

11 a.m.

Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott says cutting quarterback Tyrod Taylor is not part of the team's current plans Youth Barkevious Mingo Jersey , though he won't rule out trading the three-year starter.

McDermott says it's too early to remove any option off the table "other than cutting him at this point," in answering a question as to whether the Bills would consider trading Taylor. "We're in a good position with some options out there, so that'll work itself out," he added at the NFL combine on Wednesday.

Taylor's future in Buffalo remains in question even though he helped lead the Bills to a 9-7 record and clinch the team's first playoff berth since 1999. Taylor has a 23-21 record with the Bills and went 8-6 last season while also being benched for one game in favor of rookie Nathan Peterman.

The Bills considered cutting Taylor last March before the quarterback agreed to restructure his contract by reducing it from a five-year to a two-year term.

Taylor enters the final year of his deal, and is due a $6 million bonus in two weeks. General manager Brandon Beane previously said the Bills could comfortably afford carrying Taylor's contract this year, which will count $18 million against the salary cap.

8:45 p.m.

Jon Gruden is back from the broadcast booth and the highest-paid coach in NFL history.

Unlike his colleague, Matt Patricia didn't balk at leaving Bill Belichick's brigade.

Andy Reid is in the midst of another major roster shake-up and his protege, Doug Pederson, is basking in Philadelphia's first Super Bowl triumph.

All are in Indianapolis at the NFL combine this week hoping to better their chances of winning in 2018.

Top college prospects, including a group of quarterbacks that could produce five first-round draft picks, will spend four days getting poked and prodded, tested and timed.

GMs and coaches will do their best to get to know them off the field as well, either in formal 15-minute interviews or during a mixed zone after their physical assessments.

The Colorado Avalanche have a Filip Forsberg problem Authentic Rashaan Gaulden Jersey , and unless they can somehow make it go away in the next four to six games, their season will go away.

Forsberg scored two goals in the third period Thursday night to snap a tie and lift the Nashville Predators to their 11th straight win over Colorado, a 5-2 decision that gave them a 1-0 lead in a best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal.

If the Avalanche are to win Game 2 on Saturday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., they have to figure out a plan to neutralize Forsberg, who in 21 career games has lit them up for 15 goals and 11 assists.

Goal number 15, an unassisted effort at 12:10 of the third period Thursday evening which saw Forsberg totally undress former Predator Samuel Girard by dangling the puck between his legs before flicking a wrister by Jonathan Bernier, was trending late Thursday night and Friday morning on social media.

“That was unbelievable,” Nashville forward Austin Watson said of Forsberg’s marker. “I don’t know if you guys panned over to the bench, but all of our jaws dropped. He thinks of doing things out there that wouldn’t even happen in my dreams.”

As Forsberg continues to gain experience and combine it with his abundant skills, he’s becoming the Predators’ figurative X button. Press it, and you gain separation from any opponent, even one like Colorado that was every bit Nashville’s equal for about 2 1/2 periods Thursday night.

The Avalanche’s speed and aggression made them a worthy foe. They led for most of the first 30 minutes and were never truly out of it until a power play after Forsberg’s second goal failed. But at the same time Steelers Game Jerseys , what Forsberg did is a reminder of why the Predators are the top seed and why Colorado is a heavy underdog.

“It shows us we’re right there with them,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “I think the first two periods we outplayed them for big parts of it. We’ve got a big one here on Saturday. We’re going to try to steal that one and get them back to the Pepsi Center where we’re really good.”

In order to return to Denver with a split, Colorado will have to improve on special teams. It failed on three power-play chances, including a brief 5-on-3 late in the first period, as Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne came up with some clutch stops.

The Predators also needed just 10 seconds to score on their first man advantage, Craig Smith erasing the Avalanche’s last lead at 8:50 of the second period. It’s those types of quick turnarounds that marked Nashville’s run to the Stanley Cup Finals last spring.

Most importantly, Colorado has to keep Forsberg from finding open space and getting on the scoresheet. As recent history shows, that’s a lot easier said than done, especially on his second tally.

“I always feel like he’s at his best when he’s a power forward first,” Predators coach Peter Laviolette said of Forsberg. “Then he brings his skill element into it, and that’s exactly what he did on that goal.”