TheWeatherMan Posted March 7 Posted March 7 With all the DB”s available in a flooded FA market we resign this bum? I don’t get it. 1 Quote
Aussie Joe Posted March 7 Posted March 7 (edited) 1 minute ago, TheWeatherMan said: With all the DB”s available in a flooded FA market we resign this bum? I don’t get it. If there is one position where I’ll give McDermott the benefit of the doubt… its Safety Edited March 7 by Aussie Joe 2 Quote
Beck Water Posted March 7 Posted March 7 6 hours ago, Process said: Looks like starters money to me.. 6 hours ago, MWK said: What a terrible deal. He was a liability last year. Personal fouls incoming. Always wait for the details to come out on a contract. "Up to" means, if he meets all the incentives. Let's say there are $2.5M in incentives. $12M/ 3years or $4M/yr is like 28th in the league money for a safety - yeah starter money but barely I'm not a fan of this signing - I don't think he's fit to carry Poyer's cleats or Hyde's jock, but let's wait and see what it is. 1 Quote
John from Riverside Posted March 7 Posted March 7 So playing style wise, rap takes poyers place Now we need to figure out who the free safety is going to be and we need some depth Quote
CheshireCT Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Bills let most of their one year rentals walk. If they gave him a new deal, I’m going to trust what they saw. 3 Quote
GunnerBill Posted March 7 Posted March 7 I don't mind it if it is a "he gives us a baseline going into FA and draft" but man.... if he is to start???? Big downgrade even on 2023 version of Jordan Poyer. 1 Quote
NastyNateSoldiers Posted March 7 Posted March 7 7 hours ago, Process said: Looks like starters money to me.. What In the world did Taylor Rapp do to earn a raise? Last I checked nobody wanted him last year and he signed for vet min. The Safety market is loaded in free agency what's the fricken hurry for? Rapp is always hurt every yr he gets injured definitely has some coverage flaws I hate this signing. 1 Quote
Aussie Joe Posted March 7 Posted March 7 (edited) 23 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: I don't mind it if it is a "he gives us a baseline going into FA and draft" but man.... if he is to start???? Big downgrade even on 2023 version of Jordan Poyer. They will bring in a FA and draft another guy ( at least 1) … so let’s see if he beats them out to a starting role … I do think you have underestimated him a tad …he improved over the course of last year from a pretty crap start … He is one of the more physical players they have on D … so perhaps that is something that the new defensive coaches ( or scheme) values more than previous.. Edited March 7 by Aussie Joe 2 1 Quote
NastyNateSoldiers Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Everyone they wanted Jeremy Chinn let's forget about that now. Damn. 😂 1 Quote
GunnerBill Posted March 7 Posted March 7 10 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said: They will bring in a FA and draft another guy ( at least 1) … so let’s see if he beats them out to a starting role … I do think you have underestimated him a tad …he improved over the course of last year from a pretty crap start … He is one of the more physical players they have on D … so perhaps that is something that the new defensive coaches value more than previous.. I am not sure where the improvement you saw was because it didn't show up to me on tape. Even compared to 33 years olds Hyde and Poyer he was comfortably worse. Quote
Aussie Joe Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Just now, GunnerBill said: I am not sure where the improvement you saw was because it didn't show up to me on tape. Even compared to 33 years olds Hyde and Poyer he was comfortably worse. In your opinion… Obviously McDermott feels differently… does he have much of a history identifying talent at Safety? 1 Quote
GunnerBill Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Just now, Aussie Joe said: In your opinion… Obviously McDermott feels differently… does he have much of a history identifying talent at Safety? He also went into a season with Jaquan Johnson and Damar Hamlin as his only backups. He isn't unfallable. 1 Quote
Danger Mouse Posted March 7 Posted March 7 I don't really like this deal. But McDermott knows safeties better than me. Quote
CSBill Posted March 7 Posted March 7 It's always good to have someone back there that puts a little fear in a WR's head. I like it. Now we need a very good, athletic, smart compliment to him. Quote
NickelCity Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Surely we don't plan to have Rapp as a starting safety in a conventional two safety package? Quote
bmur66 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 I thought he got better as the season went on. He plays with his hair on fire. I like it. 1 1 Quote
colin Posted March 7 Posted March 7 my read is we run a scheme that takes away the big long stuff and is open to being misdirected and eaten up underneath (see all of our playoff losses vs reg season stats) so i think our brain trust figures they can scheme decent guys up to run the system, but need play making ability because if we don't make plays we just get ground up. rapp seems to be out of place in coverage but has a green light and brings some lumber, so i suppose they figure he's going to improve in the former, but keep the latter in his second season w us. our safety play was garbage in the kc home game, save one lucky hit by poy to get that turnover. Quote
Steptide Posted March 7 Posted March 7 To the people that think this is bad, go back and look at the comments when we signed Poyer and Hyde. Nobody thought those 2 would end up being what they were. Beane and McDermott arnt gonna sign a guy unless they think they can have an impact. Obviously it doesn't ALWAYS work (sherfield and Harty) but generally speaking, I trust beane and McDermott to know what they're doing. Nobody thought Bernard was gonna be good at middle linebacker, yet somehow every season we keep winning. So, let it play out 2 Quote
GunnerBill Posted March 7 Posted March 7 13 minutes ago, Steptide said: To the people that think this is bad, go back and look at the comments when we signed Poyer and Hyde. Nobody thought those 2 would end up being what they were. Beane and McDermott arnt gonna sign a guy unless they think they can have an impact. Obviously it doesn't ALWAYS work (sherfield and Harty) but generally speaking, I trust beane and McDermott to know what they're doing. Nobody thought Bernard was gonna be good at middle linebacker, yet somehow every season we keep winning. So, let it play out So I liked the Hyde signing. A lot actually. I didn't know anything about Poyer. On Rapp we have seen him in this defense. He isn't a total liability on the field but he os what he is. A replacement level starter. 1 Quote
Back2Buff Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Another case of this regime just getting married to a guy they have seen before and not going for the better option out there. Rapp was not good, and to put the cherry on top, dude was always hurt when he had to play. I don't even know how he fits McDermott's scheme. All the guy does is give up long plays. Quote
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