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QB Brett Rypien, IND (2 Viewers)

The question now is how do folks feel about the Jets DST now as a streamer (in reasonably deep leagues) now with the rookie in at QB?    Gotta give them a bit of a bump I would think with this development to the point where there are marginally startable...

 
hispeedthinmint said:
Would love to see him take the job from Lock. (Not b/c I have anything against lock)

Also, I miss the old days when Mark Rypien played...
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Me too.

I also thought Brett was actually an underrated prospect in that draft. Not saying that he should have been a Day 2 pick, but he went completely undrafted.

Truthfully, I'm glad he's getting his shot. He's already beat the odds and I hope he makes the most of his opportunity. 

 
Loomba said:
The question now is how do folks feel about the Jets DST now as a streamer (in reasonably deep leagues) now with the rookie in at QB?    Gotta give them a bit of a bump I would think with this development to the point where there are marginally startable...
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Technically he's a 2nd year QB. 

I really think (and Broncos fans last year were the ones who brought this up) that he should have been on the active roster last year, but they were just hiding him on the practice squad so no one else would sign him. Not saying he's a stud or anything, but it was shocking they kept giving Allen and these other QB's a shot when he had looked great in preseason last year.

It's been a long road and a lot of sub-par QB's he's had to get through but I hope he has a great week and can get the start for another week over Bortles.  Drew the starter, Brett the developing backup, Bortles the veteran 3rd QB.  Driskell can gtfo haha.

 
How out of his mind would he have to play to force another start?  Even if he has a great game, it's the Jets.  

 
Broncos vs. Jets: 5 Key Matchups to Watch

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QB Brett Rypien vs. DC Gregg Williams

With the Broncos starting a formerly undrafted college free agent at QB in Rypien, there is an opportunity for Williams to dial up some pass pressure and help his defense finally turn things around. A veteran play-caller on the defensive side of the football, Williams will most certainly take note of how the Broncos struggled to protect the quarterback against five and six-man blitz packages. 

However, Rypien possesses a very high football IQ and did well to diagnose the blitzers that Tampa Bay sent last week. It was only one drive, but you could easily see that Rypien was in control of the situation and understood not only where to go with the football, but also what his protection scheme needed to do upfront to keep the rhythm of the offense flowing. 

Where this gets tricky is the physical limitations of Rypien and what Williams can do to force Rypien into bad plays.

Rypien doesn't have elite arm talent, velocity on his throws, or the touch necessary to make all of the throws necessary to be a starting-caliber quarterback at the professional level. He's also limited athletically, so there isn't much threat of him moving the football with his legs. 

Williams would do well for his defense by clogging the middle of the field, taking away quick slants, crossing routes, and other inward-breaking route concepts, forcing Rypien to distribute the ball outside of the numbers and down the sidelines. 

Should Williams force Rypien into throws he cannot make, the Jets defense could limit the Broncos passing attack to next to nothing.
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perfect spot for rypien.  facing a dead team on a short week with no fans, no pass rush, the weakest set of LBs in the league and a bottom 3 secondary.  275, 3tds and 1tip Int.  also, if he can run the jets simply don’t know how to deal with mobile qbs.

 
Faust said:
QB Brett Rypien vs. DC Gregg Williams

With the Broncos starting a formerly undrafted college free agent at QB in Rypien, there is an opportunity for Williams to dial up some pass pressure and help his defense finally turn things around. A veteran play-caller on the defensive side of the football, Williams will most certainly take note of how the Broncos struggled to protect the quarterback against five and six-man blitz packages. 

However, Rypien possesses a very high football IQ and did well to diagnose the blitzers that Tampa Bay sent last week. It was only one drive, but you could easily see that Rypien was in control of the situation and understood not only where to go with the football, but also what his protection scheme needed to do upfront to keep the rhythm of the offense flowing. 

Where this gets tricky is the physical limitations of Rypien and what Williams can do to force Rypien into bad plays.

Rypien doesn't have elite arm talent, velocity on his throws, or the touch necessary to make all of the throws necessary to be a starting-caliber quarterback at the professional level. He's also limited athletically, so there isn't much threat of him moving the football with his legs. 

Williams would do well for his defense by clogging the middle of the field, taking away quick slants, crossing routes, and other inward-breaking route concepts, forcing Rypien to distribute the ball outside of the numbers and down the sidelines. 

Should Williams force Rypien into throws he cannot make, the Jets defense could limit the Broncos passing attack to next to nothing.
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F U

 
PVR'ing the game tonight as I had to miss it.  Ugh.

Will watch later and try to avoid the thread tonight haha

#LETBRETTCOOK

 
Deamon better be getting a game ball.  Just sayin'

:)  

Don't read the spoiler til after the game Deamon.

-QG

 
QuizGuy66 said:
Deamon better be getting a game ball.  Just sayin'

:)  


Don't read the spoiler til after the game Deamon.

-QG
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lol thanks for hiding it.  I turned off my phone and just finished the game now. 

Overall decent game from him.  Clearly made a couple very bad mistakes, but besides those, was accurate and looked solid.  Shoulda had that bomb TD too.

Had a great block, took some cheap shots, hopefully he'll fix those bad throws and play better next week.

WINNINGEST QB IN BRONCOS  HISTORY!  :towelwave:

 
Brett Rypien completed 19-of-32 passes for 242 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions in the Broncos' 37-38, Week 4 win over the Jets. 

Rypien "added" five carries for -5 yards, also absorbing an unruly number of personal fouls from Gregg Williams' dirty defense. Rypien was in rhythm for parts of the second and third quarters but was otherwise a turnover machine lucky to escape with "only" three picks. His "biggest play" was a 48-yard touchdown strike to Jerry Jeudy that should have easily been intercepted by Pierre Desir. Desir later returned the favor with a pair of INTs, one of which he housed for six. Rypien was particularly poor throwing to the sidelines, tossing a pair of interceptions into a swarm of Jets and a third INT on an attempted throwaway. Bad, bad, bad. Rypien had occasional confidence and decisiveness, but nothing about this performance suggested he was worth of another start, let alone an extended cameo. Knowing full well what they have in Jeff Driskel, it is still possible the Broncos go back to Rypien as their Week 5 sacrificial lamb vs. the Patriots.  

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He made a few good throws and some really bad throws. The TD to Jeudy should have been a INT. But he showed a lot of confidence and mental toughness. 

 
Joe Summer said:
I saw a couple of wounded ducks, but he still looked better than Darnold. He showed poise and acted like he belonged.
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That's really not fair; switch the supporting casts and Rypien would've died on the field. Darnold has zero O-line and little WR talent outside of Crowder in that game. He was getting teed off on out there.

hispeedthinmint said:
Is he any competition for Lock, though?
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Competition for Bortles, sure. Driskel? Maybe. Not Lock.

 
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The Frankman said:
That's really not fair; switch the supporting casts and Rypien would've died on the field. Darnold has zero O-line and little WR talent outside of Crowder in that game. He was getting teed off on out there.
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Their WR talent was pretty similar.  Jeudy in his 4th NFL game vs Crowder is close. 

Darnold had no OL help, but Brett's OL can't help him when he constantly got drilled after the whistle.

 
TwinTurbo said:
He made a few good throws and some really bad throws. The TD to Jeudy should have been a INT. But he showed a lot of confidence and mental toughness. 
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Joe Summer said:
I saw a couple of wounded ducks, but he still looked better than Darnold. He showed poise and acted like he belonged.
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That's the main thing.  No one is arguing that his INT's were smart... they were totally bad decisions.  The rest of the game he looked good.  Very accurate, poised, looked confident in the huddle, never looked rattled. 

Remember, all of this is off of maybe ONE practice as the starter in his NFL career?

I don't think he will hold off Lock, but he should easily be ahead of Driskell, and Bortles. 

Lock- Starter when healthy
Rypien- Backup (starter while Lock is out)
Bortles- Vet 3rd QB

Driskell- Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

 
my $0.02:  Reports of Rypiens weak arm were exaggerated.  He could get done what he needed to.  now, it doesn't appear he will be slinging it into tight holes, lasering between defenders.  I think that's ok.  Manning didn't have a cannon either, he just made really good decisions.  Rypien appears to be in that mold.  Obviously, I'm not comparing him to Peyton - I think his archetype is Chad Pennington.

Outside of a few plays, Rypien made good decisions and most importantly, got the ball out on time.  Driscoll really struggled with identifying the blitz and going to his hot routes - Rypien seemed to handle that really well.  Now, he took some shots for sure but he hung in there and delivered.

QB's often look good in their first game, when opposition has no game tape on him.  I'd expect his next opponent to not blitz - minimum rush and force Rypien to find the holes in disguised coverage.

 
Still not convinced that he'll be better than Bortles(people forget how well Bortles played in 2015 and he's still only 28yo) but Rypien still looked much better to me than Christian Hackenberg ever looked who was taken with the 51st overall pick the year he came out. 

I think there are a lot of guys in every draft like Rypien that need to be given a chance. It all depends on where they land, the competition to make the roster, the stability of the coach/gm/coordinator that brought them in. If you were a Lock-truther(I'm not) I would think that you wouldn't want to rush Lock back to take a beating in NE to drop the team to 1-4. Hopefully Rypien gets another start and sinks or swims based on whether he can continue to beat expectations. 

 
Bad news for Brett today.  Think he had a legit shot to beat out Lock next year, but he might have some trouble getting past Russ.

 
Looked pretty good tonight, but tough situation to come into the game after halftime, when the rain is pouring down, after your competition just had a good first half.
Hopefully they let Brett start the next preseason game and see what he can do. He should be the backup.
 
Deamon said:
Looked pretty good tonight, but tough situation to come into the game after halftime, when the rain is pouring down, after your competition just had a good first half.
Hopefully they let Brett start the next preseason game and see what he can do. He should be the backup.
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He played well. I'm pulling for him.
 
Josh Johnson sucked in half 1. Lets see what Ryp can do in the 2nd. Still so unfair that he doesn't get to play with the 2's.
 
Chaka said:
Deamon said:
Unreal drive. Should be the backup and could push Wilson for the starting job if he keeps it up
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Are they playing right now?

That's sarcasm, right?
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They just finished the game. Brett one again got the backseat to Josh Johnson and had to come in at halftime with the 3rd unit. He lead them on their best drive of the game and looked really good. Backup job should be his.
 
Stoneworker said:
Deamon said:
Stoneworker said:
Deamon said:
Denver better not put him on the practice squad, or Carolina is gonna pick him up.
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Being given the start tonight means that a good showing from Rypien will likely win him the job. So he pretty much controls his own destiny at this point.
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Very exciting stuff. Fingers crossed.
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He got this. (y)
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Do you think he did enough? Numbers weren't great, but he played better than the numbers suggest. Really think they need to just finally go for it and have him as their backup. He'd be invaluable on game days working with Russ and seeing coverages/etc on the field.
 
Deamon said:
Do you think he did enough? Numbers weren't great, but he played better than the numbers suggest. Really think they need to just finally go for it and have him as their backup. He'd be invaluable on game days working with Russ and seeing coverages/etc on the field.
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I would say yes. As you say he played better than the numbers. Some drops at the end but also a lot of throws high and behind. Maybe needs adjusting to KJ's speed.

While the INT was not "his fault" due to the tip, it was 1st and goal and the defender was clearly draped all over Hamler. So not a great decision b/c two more downs to get a score. In a real game you don't want to go 90 yards and walk away w/ zero points.

Broncos are in good shape either way. Johnson is Geno Smith/T. Bridgewater 2.0. Way more upside w/ Rypien. Just short of Lock's talent but much better poise and decision-making IMO.

Keep him!
 
Stoneworker said:
Deamon said:
Do you think he did enough? Numbers weren't great, but he played better than the numbers suggest. Really think they need to just finally go for it and have him as their backup. He'd be invaluable on game days working with Russ and seeing coverages/etc on the field.
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I would say yes. As you say he played better than the numbers. Some drops at the end but also a lot of throws high and behind. Maybe needs adjusting to KJ's speed.

While the INT was not "his fault" due to the tip, it was 1st and goal and the defender was clearly draped all over Hamler. So not a great decision b/c two more downs to get a score. In a real game you don't want to go 90 yards and walk away w/ zero points.

Broncos are in good shape either way. Johnson is Geno Smith/T. Bridgewater 2.0. Way more upside w/ Rypien. Just short of Lock's talent but much better poise and decision-making IMO.

Keep him!
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Love it! My thoughts are the same. I'm just glad those bad throws he made got caught somehow! Haha. Hoping coach doesn't deduct him for those, and gives him more credit for the wr drops. A couple were drive killing and frustrating. Would love to see him on the active game day roster, he's earned it and probably knows this offense as good as anyone in the organization. I'm really nervous but cautiously optimistic he makes it.
 
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