Taylor Rapp released

[Process]

Well we're making all of the obvious moves, which is good. 

 

Knox pay cut or release next. 

[Augie]

Maybe a little sigh of relief from his teammates, as well.   

 

I kid (mostly), he seemed to have learned to keep his head up better so he could more reliably focus on hitting the other guys. 

 

Good luck to him, he should have a healthy bank account regardless of what is next. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

14 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

In a corresponding move, the Bills released the contracts of 50% of their medical staff.

 

15 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said:

Hopefully he doesnt injure Johnson on their way out of the building.

 

17 minutes ago, May Day 10 said:

the human kamikaze missile

 

14 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

Goodbye you human friendly fire machine 

 

14 minutes ago, DapperCam said:

Bills DBs can rest easy knowing they won’t be the target of a Rapp heat seeking missile.

 

12 minutes ago, bills6969 said:

the human bowling ball
 

 

well, I see my work here has already been done.

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Made sense

 

I am waiting on the Knox announcement. That’s the one most interesting to me at this point. 

 

I just finished texting that to my son. 

[Taro Nimbus]

He was playing well till he got hurt.   But yeah, all yall will just remember him for a couple freak plays where he hurt someone else.  

[MrEpsYtown]

10 minutes ago, Einstein said:

McDermott to Pegula/Beane: “We really need to revamp this roster”

 

Pegula/Beane: “How dare you! You’re fired!”

 

Pegula/Beane after McDermott is gone: “Ya know, we really need to revamp this roster”

i love it. I will say I don’t think Rapp or Johnson would have been released if McDermott was still here. JMO

[K-9]

Sounds like it didn’t take long for Leonhard to get thru his film study and evaluation. 

[Kirby Jackson]

2 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

I just finished texting that to my son. 

Taron is the only thing so far to happen that’s a surprise and even that is a mild one. 

[uticaclub]

16 minutes ago, Einstein said:

McDermott to Pegula/Beane: “We really need to revamp this roster”

 

Pegula/Beane: “How dare you! You’re fired!”

 

Pegula/Beane after McDermott is gone: “Ya know, we really need to revamp this roster”

Pegula/Beane: “THESE ARE THE GUYS YOU WANTED SEAN!!!”

[Buffalo716]

I don't think rap or Johnson would have been coming back anyways with McDermott either 

 

Long in the tooth, the writing was on the wall but you just can't get rid of your starting slots corner in the middle of the season 

 

I'm pretty sure this was written in stone a long time ago

 

Health reasons and declining pay is the end of every NFL player.. I saw this in December

Edited March 6 by Buffalo716

[Steptide]

Bro had some big plays for the bills, but always seemed to have health issues 

[Yobogoya!]

13 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Made sense

 

I am waiting on the Knox announcement. That’s the one most interesting to me at this point. 

 

I'm hoping they can restructure and keep Knox. 

 

He is an above average tight end, and Kincaid has problems staying on the field. 

[Paup 1995MVP]

24 minutes ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:

Huh I thought that they'd at least wait until camp to see what they have 

Leonhard knew what he had.  Another guy who he did not want as part of his defense. 

 

Bye bye Rapp T Johnson and Samuel.  Hello DJ Walker.  It’s been a good 24+ hours at One Bills Drive. 

 

Let’s keep it going. 

[Walking Tall]

18 minutes ago, MJS said:

Yeah, that is kind of how it goes sometimes. You fire the coach and move in a new direction, then give the next coach everything you can to be successful, something you probably should have done for the one you fired.

What didn’t they do for McDermott that McDermott wanted?

[Mark Vader]

How much cap savings does this give us?

[Kelly No huddle]

Lamar Jacksons worst nightmare....

Just now, Mark Vader said:

How much cap savings does this give us?

3 mil

[Paup 1995MVP]

Just now, Paup 1995MVP said:

Leonhard knew what he had.  Another guy who he did not want as part of his defense. 

 

Bye bye Rapp T Johnson and Samuel.  Hello DJ Walker.  It’s been a good 24+ hours at One Bills Drive. 

 

Let’s keep it going. 

excuse me DJ Moore. my mistake. 

[Kirby Jackson]

Just now, Yobogoya! said:

 

I'm hoping they can restructure and keep Knox. 

 

He is an above average tight end, and Kincaid has problems staying on the field. 

@Simon and I were discussing it in another thread. If he comes back you’re probably still looking at like a $10M cap hit. It becomes a matter of, “is that $10M better used on Knox or Evans or McGovern or whomever?” I like Knox and think he’s a great fit. I just think that money can be better used elsewhere.

[Alphadawg7]

5 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

Where did you get that from? Pegula essentially confirmed it during the press conference.

 

It was actually the opposite

[Back2Buff]

20 minutes ago, MJS said:

11 teams in the NFL pay their kicker 5 million plus. Yeah, that is on the more expensive side, but it isn't like the Bills are alone. If you cut him, you only save half his salary anyway, so if you go sign another kicker you are essentially paying the same amount. Might as well keep him and see how he is doing in camp with whatever competition you bring in, and then cut him if he isn't the clear winner. Then you save more againdt the cap because that would be post June 1st.

 

Cutting him and drafting a kicker saves over 2 million net.  2 million could be a nice vet option like Tre White.