Taylor Rapp to IR

[HappyDays]

 

[KentuckyBillsFan]

Shadow benching.

 

It's 2025 and Jordan Poyer and Cole Bishop are the starting safeties. Just a complete failure of team building at this position.

[strive_for_five_guy]

[Success]

Just now, KentuckyBillsFan said:

Shadow benching.

 

It's 2025 and Jordan Poyer and Cole Bishop are the starting safeties. Just a complete failure of team building at this position.

 

I think Bishop is really progressing & will be very good for us by season's end.  But otherwise, agreed.

 

[Coach Tuesday]

Doubt we see him again unless things somehow get even worse back there.  

[SCBills]

2 minutes ago, KentuckyBillsFan said:

Shadow benching.

 

It's 2025 and Jordan Poyer and Cole Bishop are the starting safeties. Just a complete failure of team building at this position.

I’m fine with Bishop.  He has legit talent. 
 

It’s up to the staff to figure out how to unlock it consistently.. and up to Bishop to keep himself healthy. 
 

I have hope that a legend, even at his age, that would probably give his life on the field for the Bills, can be more of a steadying presence to help Bishop along than whatever Rapp was doing out there looking like the Monstars drained all his ability to play football overnight. 

[Dick_Cheney]

Finally some good news. 

[Process]

Just now, Coach Tuesday said:

Doubt we see him again unless things somehow get even worse back there.  

Yea that's likely it for him as a Bill

[HappyDays]

1 minute ago, KentuckyBillsFan said:

Shadow benching.

 

It's 2025 and Jordan Poyer and Cole Bishop are the starting safeties. Just a complete failure of team building at this position.

 

There was a clip going around from one of the practices this week that appeared to show Jordan Hancock on the field with Cole Bishop and getting 1 on 1 coaching from McDermott after the rep... Probably shouldn't read too much into that but maybe they'll give the rookie a shot.

 

I do expect Poyer to be activated to the roster, we have two open spots right now. No way Poyer can be worse than what Rapp has shown so I can live with it if he ends up starting.

[BuffaloBillyG]

2 minutes ago, Success said:

 

I think Bishop is really progressing & will be very good for us by season's end.  But otherwise, agreed.

 

Yeah, it's seems like every week Bishop is becoming less and less of an issue on the field. Still a lot of knee jerk disrespect for him on the boards IMO.

 

As far as Rapp to IR goes, I hate to see any player injured. However, this feels like an "addition by subtraction" moment. Maybe he takes a month off to get right and come back better. Maybe this a long with Hamlin being IRd earlier for es Beane to look outside the organization and make a move be it a trade ord a FA signing.

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

Just now, HappyDays said:

 

There was a clip going around from one of the practices this week that appeared to show Jordan Hancock on the field with Cole Bishop and getting 1 on 1 coaching from McDermott after the rep... Probably shouldn't read too much into that but maybe they'll give the rookie a shot.

 

I do expect Poyer to be activated to the roster, we have two open spots right now. No way Poyer can be worse than what Rapp has shown so I can live with it if he ends up starting.

Yes a platoon could be in order in regard to Poyer/Hancock at some point soon.

[SectionC3]

8 minutes ago, KentuckyBillsFan said:

Shadow benching.

 

It's 2025 and Jordan Poyer and Cole Bishop are the starting safeties. Just a complete failure of team building at this position.

It’s possible.  I just saw him in civilian life a couple of days ago and he looked pretty good to me - 

[billsfan89]

I think this team is gonna make a trade in the secondary. The talent is just far too depleted. I'm fine with Cole taking his lumps at one safety position Cole has talent he just needs a better feel for the game (and experience can help with that) but they need to find a competent vet next to him. 

[HappyDays]

8 minutes ago, Success said:

I think Bishop is really progressing & will be very good for us by season's end.

 

Meh. I think Bishop has skated by because Rapp has been so horrifically bad it's hard to look elsewhere. But he hasn't been very good this season either. Not a total liability like he was at times in his rookie season but still too many lapses in coverage, too many bad angles, and too many missed tackles. He might have won us the Saints game so I'll give him that.

[NewEra]

Things are on the right track!!

[Utah John]

I see part of the problem as wasting spots on the practice squad for sentimental reasons. I think the Bills believed the hype about them steamrolling through the season, so they signed Tre White, Gabe Davis, and Jordan Poyer to find a way to get them a ring, finally.  How nice.  But those spots should have been used for younger players who can help the Bills win, now.  Putting White and Poyer onto the field as starting DBs is a disaster.  Yes it's good the Bills have them available but they could instead have had young players who can still run, in position to fill those starting spots.  

[BuffaloBillyG]

5 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Meh. I think Bishop has skated by because Rapp has been so horrifically bad it's hard to look elsewhere. But he hasn't been very good this season either. Not a total liability like he was at times in his rookie season but still too many lapses in coverage, too many bad angles, and too many missed tackles. He might have won us the Saints game so I'll give him that.

Well if they bring Poyer up to play next to him I think having a guy who is basically a coach in the field can be an asset to Bishop. He seems like a smart kid. Just needs reps and experience. I think the tools are there.

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

22 minutes ago, KentuckyBillsFan said:

Shadow benching.

 

It's 2025 and Jordan Poyer and Cole Bishop are the starting safeties. Just a complete failure of team building at this position.

Welp, what are you gonna do ? We have a punchers chance with Josh Allen and Cook. I’m not giving up on the season. The Bills need to A) get in the playoffs B) get hot. That’s it. We just have to hope the Bills can coast on their offense to win enough regular season games and hope McDermott figures out the Safety position by the postseason. Very uncharacteristic of him as he usual gets the most from his defensive backfield. I don’t play fantasy football so I couldn’t care less about stats & rankings. The good thing is the AFC is just a bunch of very good teams, but no one really jumps out as “elite” to me YET. 

Edited 4 hours ago by ChronicAndKnuckles

[HappyDays]

 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Did Justin Simmon sleep with one of Beane's or McDermott's relatives???