Davante Adams Calling OUT RAPP!

[balln]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38449406/davante-adams-criticizes-control-safety-taylor-rapp

 

love me some drama

[Low Positive]

He’s not exactly wrong. But the backups in on D were really trying not to give up that garbage time TD.

[scuba guy]

Well I have moved on 

 

Much worse happened to Josh when q of the the jets sat on his head from behind and fell on him

 

[balln]

I didn’t think anything of it . Didn’t think it was egregious. Hard football play. Why that’s flagged and the hit on Kincaid in end zone wasnt makes no sense

hey Adams - yea you’re getting blown out and backups are in on D - you guys don’t need to be airing it out. He’s a diva that is on a sucky team and Father Time catching up and he knows he’s going to be irrelevant REAL quick

[boyst]

If his team won he wouldn't have anything to say.

[Ya Digg?]

On the flip side, if this happened to Diggs there would be a lot of people not happy with the raiders safety

[transient]

Pretty harsh criticism/sour grapes... who's hoisted more Lombardis, Davante, you or Rapp?

[Simon]

I'm sure nobody wants to hear it but he's absolutely right and during the game I immediately thought Rapp owes him an apology.

I'll cut/paste what I said the day after because it fits better here:

 

Agreed that D Adams should not have been on the field at that point.

But Taylor Rapp needs to learn to hold his water.

 

I get that he doesn't get a lot of snaps and wants to do something with the ones he does get, but you need to be game aware and respect other people no matter what jersey they're wearing. That game was for all intents and purposes over at that point and there is no need to be out there trying to murder people when you're just running out the clock. Who gives a damn if he catches that ball at that point, it's not going to affect the game one way or the other; just give him a tap on the hat on the way by to ensure he's down by contact and move on to the next play. Going for killshots like that can literally mess with people's lives, and there's no need for it at that point in a game that is all but over.

I hope Rapp gives Adams a call this week, checks up on him and apologizes for getting caught up in the moment.

 

 

[Gisele]

Adams was also playing in garbage time.  Just sayin'

[Beck Water]

12 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:

On the flip side, if this happened to Diggs there would be a lot of people not happy with the raiders safety

 

If you're watching, you'll see that Diggs gets hit elbowed and kicked in the head a lot.  Often after he's down.

 

There's a reason other receivers backs and OLmen scurry over like their feet are on fire.

 

But Adams is not wrong that it was an unnecessary hit and a foul.

3 minutes ago, Gisele said:

Adams was also playing in garbage time.  Just sayin'

 

That's true, but it doesn't change the fact that the hit was a "bad Rapp"

[Solomon Grundy]

39 minutes ago, balln said:

I didn’t think anything of it . Didn’t think it was egregious. Hard football play. Why that’s flagged and the hit on Kincaid in end zone wasnt makes no sense

hey Adams - yea you’re getting blown out and backups are in on D - you guys don’t need to be airing it out. He’s a diva that is on a sucky team and Father Time catching up and he knows he’s going to be irrelevant REAL quick

Or the hit on Josh 🤷

[Solomon Grundy]

48 minutes ago, scuba guy said:

Well I have moved on 

 

Much worse happened to Josh when q of the the jets sat on his head from behind and fell on him

 

The hit on Josh in the Raiders game when he was sliding down

Edited September 21, 2023 by Solomon Grundy

[billsbackto81]

19 minutes ago, Gisele said:

Adams was also playing in garbage time.  Just sayin'

Looks like he was more interested in padding his stats than calling it a day on a game that's well out of reach. 

[Wayne Arnold]

Rapp was just trying to make a play. Adams is being a baby.

Edited September 21, 2023 by Wayne Arnold

[Maine-iac]

Adam's comments aside, from what I've seen Rapp has not played very well in any aspect run or pass and doesn't need to be getting penalized.  That penalty might not matter in a game when we're way ahead but when he does it in the 4th quarter of a close game it'll just be another reason he shouldn't be on the field.

[BuffaloBillyG]

I'll start by saying, yes it was a penalty. And Rapp will likely be fined for it. As he probably should.

 

But I want to compare that hit to the hit Travis Hunter took the night before in the Colorado/Colorado State game. That hit was vicious. That hit was uncalled for. And the next day Travis Hunter basically said, "Hey, it's football. It happens.". 

 

Adams really could have handled it mich the same way as this kid did, with some professionalism. Instead he goes in on Rapp personally a bit. While I hate to see those kind of hit happen, Hunter is correct. It's football an those collisions will happen. It sucks for sure....but it's always been and always will be part of why a WR gets that paycheck.

[BuffaloRebound]

Dude’s trying to make a living.  Don’t try to pad your stats in garbage time against the guys you’re making fun of who play in garbage time.  

[KDIGGZ]

That might have been Damar if he dressed. Does the narrative on him change if he knocks someone's head off? Is he allowed to play hard or is he a cheerleader at this point?

[LeGOATski]

1 minute ago, KDIGGZ said:

That might have been Damar if he dressed. Does the narrative on him change if he knocks someone's head off? Is he allowed to play hard or is he a cheerleader at this point?

This doesn't have to be about Damar

 

Overall, Bills DBs toeing the line of hard hit/dirty hit is a theme of the McDermott era. They're coached to do it. It's football.

[Scott7975]

1 hour ago, Ya Digg? said:

On the flip side, if this happened to Diggs there would be a lot of people not happy with the raiders safety

 

I wouldn't but I also realize that these plays happen a lot, not all of them get flagged, not all of them are from backups, and even the supah stars do this.