Taylor Rapp Signing with Bills

[wppete]

This is a very good signing.

 

 

[Motorin']

2 minutes ago, wppete said:

This is a very good signing.

 

 

 

Our new Mike! I heard we're switching to a base Dime formation. 

[BillsNutHawaii]

4 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

And yet, the Rams won the 2021 superbowl with Rapp starting 17 games.

Go Figgur how such a stupid team with such bad personnel evaluation that the "average fan" can do better pulled that off.

 

Honestly, do you ever logically think through what you're posting here?

No, we don’t think here.  We just attack everyone and everything - regardless of circumstance.

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

Why would a kid with his age and draft status sign here?  To sit behind two veterans? Maybe he’s just not good at football?  I mean, we didn’t really know much about Poyer when we signed him and that worked out pretty well, so I guess we’ll see about the RappMan 

[1ManRaid]

5 hours ago, Einstein said:

 

this article from a Rams site says he's so bad they don't understand how he even see's the field

 

• Taylor Rapp gets his own bullet point here because he had his worst game in recent memory. I just don’t understand how he still sees the field as often as he does when any average fan with two working eyes can see how confused and out of place he seems to be every snap. Good riddance come next season.

 

https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2022/11/21/23471286/rams-takeaways-taylor-rapp-cut-offensive-line

 

 

 

If only we had a coach known for taking DBs who "failed" with other teams, and getting production out of them...

[BBFL]

5 minutes ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

Why would a kid with his age and draft status sign here?  To sit behind two veterans? Maybe he’s just not good at football?  I mean, we didn’t really know much about Poyer when we signed him and that worked out pretty well, so I guess we’ll see about the RappMan 

I wondered the same thing. Then I thought maybe he can learn stuff behind them, gain a year of rest and development then dip back into the FA pool afterward. Dude will only be 26 and still have time to sign a decent deal or a 1-year “prove it” starting gig. 
 

On the Bills part… great pick up. Kid is starter quality, not the best of course, and is better insurance if one Hyde/Poyer go out for a prolonged period again. 

Win win for both IMO. 

[Kmart128]

2 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

Weird use of resources considering the holes elsewhere on the team.

We had a huge depth issue at safety. Jaquon johnson signed elsewhere, damar hamlin plans to play but who knows when he is cleared, dean marlowe is a free agent. You dont think backup safety was a hole that needed to be filled?

[Billl]

2 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

Weird use of resources considering the holes elsewhere on the team.

Not a lot of resources were used, and there’s considerable upside.

[Pirate Angel]

Great signing, you know at some point Hyde or Poyer even both are going to go down. This guy can actually step in and play, not having a quality backup at safety hurt last year. 

[UB2SF]

Wow, I love this addition. I'm a west-coaster and watch a lot of Pac-12. He was a force to be reckoned with in college. Pac-12 defensive freshman of the year and then two-time first-team all Pac-12. Swiss Army Knife DB who tackles like an LB.

[CNYfan]

Good tackler they say

[3rdand12]

48 minutes ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

Why would a kid with his age and draft status sign here?  To sit behind two veterans? Maybe he’s just not good at football?  I mean, we didn’t really know much about Poyer when we signed him and that worked out pretty well, so I guess we’ll see about the RappMan 

as mentioned , he would get some fine mentoring. And be next up if either Hyde or Poyer need to heal something.

 I was going on about this kid quite awhile ago, before the Poyer re- up. Thinking of defensive tweakings to come !

 

Strong feelings he can be coached up and put in a position to succeed in Buffalo !

 Go Bills

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

4 hours ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

It’s about personnel matching. Our defense was never very physical upfront with our LBs. Depends a lot on DB tackling. It works. Sometimes we do get run over but it’s rare that we lose because of it.

 

What personnel are you matching with 3 safeties, 3 corners and one tiny linebacker?? 
 

double zero, maybe 10? 

[BillsFanForever19]

Hey, we signed our first guy on ProFootballTalk's Top 100 Free Agents. And to be a Backup to boot. Solid.

[Your Brown Eye]

Hopefully, his signing comes with a Burn It Down-esqe video

[Pete]

I love this signing!  And we still get a comp pick.  I wanted the Bills to draft Rapp.  He’s  got good size and technique.  It’s a QB, TE, S NFL.  It’s so smart having two top safety’s with Micah and Poyer. You know what’s even smarter?  3 Safety’s.  Losing Edmunds, perhaps we see big Nickel often

[Maine-iac]

We have question marks as to the health of our top 3 safeties.  He's young and cheap and if he plays well we resign him and get younger at safety.  I would hope he can beat out Marlowe.

[nosejob]

1 hour ago, wppete said:

This is a very good signing.

 

 

Thanks!  I'm excited! I think McD is cooking up something good. I'm sure he was told that he was gonna see the field on a regular basis. May be

they are preparing for slim pickins early on at LB  and/or  if another position is BPA.

[RG Murdock]

1 hour ago, Pirate Angel said:

Great signing, you know at some point Hyde or Poyer even both are going to go down. This guy can actually step in and play, not having a quality backup at safety hurt last year. 

Stop, your making too much sense. Folks here tend to WAY over analyze every Bills move. Bills had no real quality backups to often injured lately P&H. This solves the issue. EZ -PZ ...... 3 paragraphs not needed.  

[BigAl2526]

Coming out of college, he was regarded as very smart and instinctive.  The thing that limits him is his speed.  He runs the 40 between 4.6 and 4.7 seconds.  That means he's got to keep the play in front of him.  Once a receiver gets by, he doesn't have the ability to catch him.  He's also got to be right about picking angles because he's got less margin for error than a faster DB.  I think his ceiling is probably a backup.  I think that JaQuan Johnson needs to be looking over his shoulder as he is likely the odd man out.  He's smaller than Rapp, and similarly slow.

Edited March 27, 2023 by BigAl2526