Rapp out the year

[HOUSE]

Let's check out every NFL practice squad for a suitable replacement 

3.... 2.... 1......🤪

[H2o]

Hate to see anyone get hurt, but this will be the time Hancock shows he deserves the job long term. 

[Gunsgoodtime]

3 minutes ago, H2o said:

Hate to see anyone get hurt, but this will be the time Hancock shows he deserves the job long term. 

Hancock is lucky, he has a low bar to clear with Rapp being the starter

Edited 15 hours ago by Gunsgoodtime

[GunnerBill]

18 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

Would it change your mind if we got a draft pick in return and saved $15M off our cap?

 

If we were getting a first round pick, sure. We won't. Otherwise, no. Wouldn't change my mind at all.

[JMM]

Now Thompson too?? Good lord...

[Mr. WEO]

Might as well just play 10 on D anyway 

[MiltonWaddams]

14 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

Might as well just play 10 on D anyway 

That has been tried. Didn’t work out that well. But at least they gave that a shot…

[NewEra]

Get well and recover well Taylor.  I hope I’ve watched the last game of you playing in a Bills uniform. 
 

addition by subtraction.  We’re better off

[Kornfed]

People raggin on Rapp ?? …The guy was hurt since game 2…  may have had something to do with his performance.. ya think
 

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

3 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Hate to see any player injured. Wish him a smooth recovery. But on the field, I really believe this is addition by subtraction. Maybe this gets Beane off his hands to go after Simmons or another vet. 

 

Really wish Shaq was playing. Potential big loss there even with Milano and Bernard possibly back this week. 

Wizards like Beane always avoid cap hell, right? 😂😂

[billsfan89]

3 minutes ago, Kornfed said:

People raggin on Rapp ?? …The guy was hurt since game 2…  may have had something to do with his performance.. ya think
 

 

It's very odd how quickly perceptions change. In 2023 he was viewed as a good backup and then in 2024 he was looked at as a solid starter. Now in 2025 he's this terrible weak link. I am not saying that Rapp was good this year he was terrible. But at age 27 coming off a year where you were pretty good I would have to think that you were hurt to be this bad. Rapp's only gonna make 4 million next season but his dead cap is only 600k. Hard to tell if they will want to use his money elsewhere or keep him as a vet competing for a job? 

[BuffaloBillyG]

1 minute ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

Wizards like Beane always avoid cap hell, right? 😂😂

Avoid today, pay tomorrow.

Just now, billsfan89 said:

 

It's very odd how quickly perceptions change. In 2023 he was viewed as a good backup and then in 2024 he was looked at as a solid starter. Now in 2025 he's this terrible weak link. I am not saying that Rapp was good this year he was terrible. But at age 27 coming off a year where you were pretty good I would have to think that you were hurt to be this bad. Rapp's only gonna make 4 million next season but his dead cap is only 600k. Hard to tell if they will want to use his money elsewhere or keep him as a vet competing for a job? 

In 2023 he was a good backup. That I agree with.

10 minutes ago, Kornfed said:

People raggin on Rapp ?? …The guy was hurt since game 2…  may have had something to do with his performance.. ya think
 

Actually, what had more to do with it is he's not as talented as people like to remember. He was by and large a boarder line starter last year as well. But people were more focused on crucifying Hamlin to notice. PFF (yes, taken with a grain of salt) actually had Hamlin rated higher than Rapp last year 

[DrDawkinstein]

I'm fine with Rapp going out and Hancock getting more time. Been waiting for that since the draft.

 

Not sure how I missed the Shaq Thompson news before today. Huge loss. Maybe insurmountable.

[uninja]

4 hours ago, gobills404 said:

Dude was playing like crap on a bum knee and it took them almost 2 months to do something about it

The sequence is weird af, he wasn’t playing well but no one else to replace him either?

 

Is depth at DB for the Bills that much of an issue?

[Buffalo716]

1 hour ago, NewEra said:

Get well and recover well Taylor.  I hope I’ve watched the last game of you playing in a Bills uniform. 
 

addition by subtraction.  We’re better off

This year probably not much of an impact with him out 

 

Last year he was by far our best safety but that's how it goes you play for 6 years to have one good season and right back to mediocrity 

 

He's never getting any faster.. I think this is it for him in Buffalo

[Returntoglory]

So, let me get this straight. We've got a bad Rapp ??

[Dick_Cheney]

2 hours ago, Gunsgoodtime said:

Hancock is lucky, he has a low bar to clear with Rapp being the starter

 

The bar was super low but somehow Rapp always seemed to dive headfirst under it. 

[ProcessTruster]

4 hours ago, Brand J said:

I for one will miss his hesitancy, poor angles, missed tackles, and 4.7 speed in the secondary. 

he just kept wiping out his own guys.... geez

[Doc Brown]

4 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Hate to see any player injured. Wish him a smooth recovery. But on the field, I really believe this is addition by subtraction. Maybe this gets Beane off his hands to go after Simmons or another vet. 

 

Really wish Shaq was playing. Potential big loss there even with Milano and Bernard possibly back this week. 

I think he's fine with Poyer/Hancock out there.  It would SHOCK me if they traded for a safety.

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

Is it illegal to swing a trade with Ohio State for Caleb Downs?