DE Charles Tapper feels 'better than ever', ready to hit QBs

[Satchel89]

I just want to see him on the field, Then I will get excited. It's the same thing with Smith. I want them on the field but I just don't know if we'll see it happen.

 

[revospeed]

The "crickets" party will be epic.

Deon "Cricket" Anderson?

 

[reddyuta]

Let's wait till TC , let's see if he can get through practice before reinjuring his back.I get Holliman vibes from him, he may never play a down in regular season.

 

[Bleu Star]

The only chance this season has is if Tapper, Irving, and Smith are legit, and the draft is a gold mine.

"So you're saying there's a chance"

 

[Bleu Star]

Deon "Cricket" Anderson?

Nah. The cricket chirps from the Negative Nancie's.

 

[erod]

"So you're saying there's a chance"

Only with Austrian girls at the bar who speak Australian.

 

[Seven]

What history is there with pars defect?

Label it any way you want. It's a back issue.

Back issues + DE's = out for 6+ games. "Best I've felt.......ever!"

L.O.L.

 

[Alexander]

Just noticed this on Tapper's draft profile, lol:

Jack Crawford?

Ceiling is that high, huh?

 

[IrishAnto]

From what I can gather, Tapper did nothing but rest the back and improved his conditioning to get back (no pun intended) to where he is today.

Is that going to be enough for him to play a full 16 games?

 

[Alexander]

I just want to see him on the field, Then I will get excited. It's the same thing with Smith. I want them on the field but I just don't know if we'll see it happen.

Same here. Not going to get sucked by fluff pieces and optimistic nonsense until there is something to see with him. At least Smith produced at a high level and gave a glimpse of what he could do pre-injury.

At the end of the day, Tapper was a fourth round pick regardless.

Yes, he didn't produce two gapping at OU and there is the hope that his athleticism translates. But that is not a given.

 

[haleyrules]

Come to me my "War Daddy."

. But, please hurry!!

 

[haleyrules]

Am I the only one a bit skeptical? "Birth defect in a vertebra is now under control" doesn't exactly instill confidence in me. This sounds like something that will possibly flair up at anytime. Extra running in training camp caused him to miss an entire year? No surgery to correct anything, just a year off and some physical therapy as needed? The whole thing spells trouble ahead to me. Hope I'm 100% wrong.

It don't sound that great.

 

[Seven]

From what I can gather, Tapper did nothing but rest the back and improved his conditioning to get back (no pun intended) to where he is today.

Is that going to be enough for him to play a full 16 games?

Experience and my money say probably not.

It's gonna be a 100% deal...............Can he play at 100% for 16 games.

 

[negativecreep]

Please let us salvage this draft pick...I was happy when we got him, Lord knows we need him...

 

[lostar2009]

So do I

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

Actually, Smith is a middle linebacker that Notre Dame would line up wide as a pass rusher on third and long.

Not consistently. They did at times but he played in coverage more than he rushed the passer. Just FYI he had 4.5 sacks in his career at ND, 1 his senior year. He's not the salvation to our pass rush woes.

 

[LocimusPrime]

Just noticed this on Tapper's draft profile, lol:

See so we shouldn't be worried. Old Jack left, and now we got some new jack

 

[John813]

Cautiously optimistic

 

[LocimusPrime]

He reminds me of Kenneth Boatright. Kenneth was also 6'3 270 and had a neck injury while w the Cowboys.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

See so we shouldn't be worried. Old Jack left, and now we got some new jack

You mean this guy?