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Coy Bacon
I think Rapp had talent for playing closer to the LOS. It seemed to be a common understanding that he was a very good tackler but poor in coverage.

I have no real criticism of Rapp and I'm sad to see him go because he was experienced with the Rams.

Instead, as the other poster pointed out, he was used poorly by the D-coach. A poor coach/manager/leader fails to use the strengths of his players and forces them to perform in their area of weaknesses. For a few years Rapp has been known to be weak in coverage but he continued to be used there over and over. Why didn't that get fixed by either cutting him, trading him, or changing the scheme? The only reason I can think of is that there were bigger continuing challenges for Morris to fix and the coaching staff hoped that Rapp would get better in coverage.