Taylor Rapp to IR

[aristocrat]

Xavier watts would have been a nice draft pick 

[RobbRiddick]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

 

 

eeny meeny miny moe...

[dave mcbride]

13 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.

Yeah on all of this, but "winning the game" is a pretty big thing and you're probably right about that. If that's a TD instead of a pick, I suspect the Bills lose that game.

[Gunsgoodtime]

26 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.

At most positions 

[Brand J]

2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Gotta be between Poyer and Hancock. Scary thing is, the last we saw of Poyer in a Bills jersey a few years ago, he was completely washed. We were celebrating when he moved on. He’s many years removed from “All-Pro Po,” but can he be better than Rapp at this point is all that matters. I’d like to see them gamble on the rookie, Hancock, provided he knows the defense well enough.

[kkim0904]

28 minutes ago, Success said:

 

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

 

This guy cannot tackle RB.

[corta765]

Makes sense and Rapp has been beyond disappointing this year. Bishop I think is having some ups and downs but can be a quality starter in the future. 

 

The fact Beane ignored though this position and didn't bring in a legit vet to compete sucks. Kevin Byard was available in 2024 and he would have been great to have next to Bishop, the Bears have loved his play the last two years.

 

All the years of stability and great play from Poyer/Hyde show now with how bad our backend has been.

[Rousseauisnoschmo]

9 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

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.

Everybody said the same thing about that Josh Allen bum and look how he turned out.

[Success]

1 minute ago, kkim0904 said:

This guy cannot tackle RB.

 

The Bijan play?

 

Some of the best players in league history have had plays like that when a top RB is at full speed. 

 

[Allen2Moulds]

WOW....the football gods must of heard us.  All we need now is Max to hopefully replace Tre in a week or 2, and Hancock to be the solution to our safety problem.

 

I for one, have high hopes for Hancock.  The Bills did, what ironically the old regime was smart at doing.  Getting guys that were CB's in college, and drafting them to be a safety in the NFL.  I believe that happened with both Jarius Byrd, and Aaron Williams.

 

Hancock was a starting CB for Ohio State, and although not highly regarded as an NFL CB prospect, he seems ideal to start a safety. 

He's6' tall and 195lbs, ran a 4.42 at his Proday.  Likely would've been in the low 4.5s if it was the combine.  Good vertical.  I know it was only preseason, but he popped, in the limited action we saw. 

 

This is a question for any Ohio State fans on here.

 

#1  How was his tackling in college?

#2 Was he asked to play a lot of zone coverage in college?  

[billsfan714]

One thing for sure, Poyer is not a FS

[Gunsgoodtime]

29 minutes ago, Process said:

Yea that's likely it for him as a Bill

Should have never been giving a contract to be our starter after he was backup

[colin]

i see this as a shadow benching.

 

rapp lost his courage, i think the concussions have him doubting if he want's to play or not.  mcd will not tolerate that, so he made a drastic move.

 

i really really hope hancock ends up being a total db gem.  gosh we could use it.

[Urban Achievers]

Roll with Bishop and Hancock!  The new generation. Take the good with the growing pains. And let them evolve together.
 

Also sounds like a good law firm name.

[Einstein]

34 minutes ago, Success said:

 

I think Bishop is really progressing

 

 

[Simon]

12 minutes ago, kkim0904 said:

This guy cannot tackle RB.

 

Bishop is second on the team in tackles behind their only LB that has played all 6 games 

[Einstein]

8 minutes ago, kkim0904 said:

This guy cannot tackle RB.

 

Tackling isn’t really his problem (though he missed the one last week).

 

His angles are his problem. It’s like they stuck Hamlin’s ability to judge angle of pursuit in a more athletic body

[boyst]

37 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

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

glass half full kind of guy, eh? lol

 

i kid, i kid.

 

this season is something else to all of us.

[HappyDays]

15 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

Yeah on all of this, but "winning the game" is a pretty big thing and you're probably right about that. If that's a TD instead of a pick, I suspect the Bills lose that game.

 

To be fair he also tried to lose the game for us on that 4th quarter drive where New Orleans got into the red zone with a chance to take the lead. Cooks got wide open in the endzone and Rattler just missed the throw. Always hard to tell for sure who in the secondary is at fault for a coverage bust but to me it looked like Bishop was late to get to his spot.

 

I know he is super athletic and that INT was the one example you can point to where the athleticism made a difference. But in the modern NFL and especially in McDermott's defense safeties need to be more cerebral and technical than athletic. I've only seen slight development from Bishop in those areas.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by HappyDays

[Process]

I hope Hancock gets a shot, I am excited about him.