Taylor Rapp=Leonard Smith?

[Niagara Dude]

On 12/18/2023 at 4:51 AM, Toledo Bill said:

Rapp has not received a lot of love here but his style of play (along with Dotson and others) contributed to the hardest hitting Bills defense I have seen in a long, long time. This aggressive style may lead to some mistakes but is a welcome change… the Cowboys could not wait to get out of the stadium last night.

Surprised the Bills signed him,  does not look like the type of player McDERMOTT likes and Leonard Smith was a beast and more in control

[Bob Jones]

On 12/18/2023 at 2:29 PM, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

the ‘luck’ part I was referring to was the very late slide by a qb…its gotten to the point where guys are sliding late just to draw a roughing call. There’s no doubt in my mind that’s what Dak was doing there…a split second before that hit he looked like he was fighting for every yard and you’re not really giving the defender any time to react to giving yourself up. Looked like number 9 on the cowboys tripped rapp up a bit also

As has been pointed out numerous times now in this forum over the last couple days, Dak was five yards past the 1st down marker and could have easily run out of bounds, untouched, as he was right there near the sideline, but he didn’t. Instead, he turned upfield to fight for more yardage but then he saw a few Bills coming at him fast, and at the very last moment, he decided to slide down. It should not have been a penalty AT ALL. We need more guys like Rapp, to be aggressive.

[QLBillsFan]

On 12/18/2023 at 1:58 AM, BullBuchanan said:

The guy is an undisciplined moron, a dirty af player, and a liability in pass coverage. He hits hard and occasionally makes a good play which is great, but he's out there trying to end guys careers. That hit on Dak, as he was sliding, was ridiculous. We were lucky that martin got flagged.

Not a smart play.. please on trying to end the guys career .. he barely touched him. Flag yes outrageous no. He hits people, not a great cover guy. But an upgrade from S3 from last year. 

[daz28]

1 hour ago, Bob Jones said:

As has been pointed out numerous times now in this forum over the last couple days, Dak was five yards past the 1st down marker and could have easily run out of bounds, untouched, as he was right there near the sideline, but he didn’t. Instead, he turned upfield to fight for more yardage but then he saw a few Bills coming at him fast, and at the very last moment, he decided to slide down. It should not have been a penalty AT ALL. We need more guys like Rapp, to be aggressive.

Yeah, Dak abuses the hell out of the QB slide.  If a QB really wants to protect himself, that rule is right there for him to use.  If a QB tries to abuse it, and gets lit up, then that's his choice, imo. The Rapp penalty was 15 yds for intent/appearance, which IS NOT a rule. Barely touched him.  

[Doc Brown]

On 12/18/2023 at 5:22 AM, Limeaid said:

If it was that fierce why did Dallass not pull starters?  

He was risking health of starters on offense for points which make no sense other than to ego.

Coach McD learned that in P*ts game a few years ago.

I'm guessing the rationale was build some positive momentum for the Fins game.  Really stupid decision though.

[Saxum]

18 minutes ago, daz28 said:

Yeah, Dak abuses the hell out of the QB slide.  If a QB really wants to protect himself, that rule is right there for him to use.  If a QB tries to abuse it, and gets lit up, then that's his choice, imo. The Rapp penalty was 15 yds for intent/appearance, which IS NOT a rule. Barely touched him.  

 

Rapp had the best game of his career according to a number of commentators.  He had the most tackles in game.

[Bob Jones]

On 12/18/2023 at 4:58 AM, BullBuchanan said:

The guy is an undisciplined moron, a dirty af player, and a liability in pass coverage. He hits hard and occasionally makes a good play which is great, but he's out there trying to end guys careers. That hit on Dak, as he was sliding, was ridiculous. We were lucky that martin got flagged.

 

On 12/19/2023 at 9:41 PM, Bob Jones said:

As has been pointed out numerous times now in this forum over the last couple days, Dak was five yards past the 1st down marker and could have easily run out of bounds, untouched, as he was right there near the sideline, but he didn’t. Instead, he turned upfield to fight for more yardage but then he saw a few Bills coming at him fast, and at the very last moment, he decided to slide down. It should not have been a penalty AT ALL. We need more guys like Rapp, to be aggressive.

Thank God for Rapp last night!

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

I'll happily give the man his flowers for that play

[billsbackto81]

On 12/18/2023 at 4:51 AM, Toledo Bill said:

Rapp has not received a lot of love here but his style of play (along with Dotson and others) contributed to the hardest hitting Bills defense I have seen in a long, long time. This aggressive style may lead to some mistakes but is a welcome change… the Cowboys could not wait to get out of the stadium last night.

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn from time to time.

 

Yesterday was his time.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

I was a little pissed on that 3rd and long completion to tyreek as i felt both he and taron johnson played it wrong.  But he had a big pass breakup and INT in crunch time, so the man made plays when it counted.