Darren Howard

Tapp is also a rookie comming out of college who's play you are only talking about in 1 game. He was a dominating force in the college game and usually players like that make it far in the league

like desmond howard? like any of the 200 QBs (akili smith, ryan leaf, tim couch, etc)...

when he played better competition he had problems. He was in the right place, but he's short (for deflecting passes) won't win foot races (so no, i don't think he'll ever play OLB) and he got pushed bac a lot (though that's an easy problem to fix). He could be successful, but i highly doubt it'll be this season or even the next. He probably needs to bulk up too.

also in my last post that you quoted i didn't say anything negative about tapp, just the fact that freeney IS much faster and a bit stronger than him so that projecting one's success on the other is a huge mistake.

Shallyshal brings up a good point. but we need to begin to get ready to move springs because he's great but not getting any younger. he did have an injury issue at seattle. and he got injured this year too.something to think about

like desmond howard? like any of the 200 QBs (akili smith, ryan leaf, tim couch, etc)...

when he played better competition he had problems. He was in the right place, but he's short (for deflecting passes) won't win foot races (so no, i don't think he'll ever play OLB) and he got pushed bac a lot (though that's an easy problem to fix). He could be successful, but i highly doubt it'll be this season or even the next. He probably needs to bulk up too.

also in my last post that you quoted i didn't say anything negative about tapp, just the fact that freeney IS much faster and a bit stronger than him so that projecting one's success on the other is a huge mistake.


things run in cycles.. like large receivers now.. guys like freeney are rare. just because someone like tapp is similar in size does not mean he will end up the same player

thanks for the link.. i knew the DEs, but that seems to have a good rundown of every other position too. Too bad it doesn't have stats and such though :/

If we sign howard I think it might end up like hugh douglas, where he'd only work on 3rd downs, he'd be useless on counters and against many running plays and he'd be retired in a year.

fiore, vaghn, barrow, harris, springs, noble... those are the injury history guys we've gotten in the last few years. first 3 never played a down, next three had a great 1st seasons and very spotty 2nd seasons (noble never played, harris was awful, and springs was still good, but missed a good amount of playing time). Also once coles got injured he went from a great #1 to an average #1 (kennison level).

Its just a risk I wouldn't take on an older player. If he were 25 it'd be different. Lavar has missed 2 years due to an injury and just now is starting to look like he can be effective again. Daniels missed a year and came back to play the best ball of his career (while slightly out of shape) though, so there's always a chance he could be good. If he's near vet min its much easier to justify it cause if he sucks it up in camp he can be tossed without much thought. He's had 4.5 good years out of 6 though.

I'd want this guy:
http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/302065

how many DEs get 80+ tackles in a year?

kampman is a very fine young player.

but howard can be a 3 down player as well.he can play inside and has done it.

the only questions are his health and the size of his contract

like desmond howard? like any of the 200 QBs (akili smith, ryan leaf, tim couch, etc)...
also in my last post that you quoted i didn't say anything negative about tapp, just the fact that freeney IS much faster and a bit stronger than him so that projecting one's success on the other is a huge mistake.

First~ Your comparing offensive failures to a defensive player. If I would compare him to anyone, it could be people like Zach Thomas, David Pollack, Kenechi Udeze,Troy polomalo Dwight Freeny... Players on defense who were undersized at their position and had the reputation similar to Tapp in college. ~Hard workers with high motors that always produced.

Second~ Dwight Freeny is 6-1 268, and has played in the NFL for 4 years ofcourse he is stronger and faster its a step up! At Syracuse Freeny emassed 34 sacks in college career. Tapp has 29.5 only, Freeny only has 4.5 more sacks than Tapp. To think Tapp was in the stronger division ACC and did this is a true accomplishment. These guys are very comparable especially given that Tapp has posted a 4.75 40 time. Is Tapp going to do what Freeny has done? I have no idea, but Tapp is worth a nod during draft time.

things run in cycles.. like large receivers now.. guys like freeney are rare. just because someone like tapp is similar in size does not mean he will end up the same player

grr, i wish people read better. I was saying not to project him as the next freeney cause I had seen other people saying that in the media and in forums. freeney works on pure speed, something tapp doesn't have, hence a huge difference that renders that sspecific comparision worthless.

First~ Your comparing offensive failures to a defensive player. If I would compare him to anyone, it could be people like Zach Thomas, David Pollack, Kenechi Udeze,Troy polomalo Dwight Freeny... Players on defense who were undersized at their position and had the reputation similar to Tapp in college. ~Hard workers with high motors that always produced.

Second~ Dwight Freeny is 6-1 268, and has played in the NFL for 4 years ofcourse he is stronger and faster its a step up! At Syracuse Freeny emassed 34 sacks in college career. Tapp has 29.5 only, Freeny only has 4.5 more sacks than Tapp. To think Tapp was in the stronger division ACC and did this is a true accomplishment. These guys are very comparable especially given that Tapp has posted a 4.75 40 time. Is Tapp going to do what Freeny has done? I have no idea, but Tapp is worth a nod during draft time.

they may be comparable in records, but not in projected success. Freeney is VERY fast, tapp can't make up ground on qbs, he's very average speed. Freeney posted a 4.38 40 time, thats a world of difference. Freeney has the speed to play safety, tapp would struggle at OLB (he's got a good initial burst though). Pollack and udeze have had average stats at best (and that being generous), and i would definately NOT classify those two as always producing. There's a reason he's not a first round pick, he's not terrible, but comparing him to freeney is insane though. freeney works on pure speed, something tapp just doesn't have.

howard is a good team player thats injury prone.maybe coming here and fitting into a rotation would keep him healthy but exactly what kind of money are we talking?too much above the veterans mininmum and i say no

this staff is VERY willing to extended low price contract to injruy risk players... overall it hasn't worked out great, but we haven't been burned either. springs, harris and noble gave us an insane year and then all got hurt and missed time this year :/ springs contract is below his healthy play though, when you're paying people to sit on IR though... fiore/vaughn/barrow were guys that just never worked.