The Payments have suffered an enormous blow to their secondary forward of Sunday’s AFC Championship Recreation in opposition to the Chiefs.
Payments head coach Sean McDermott introduced Friday that beginning security Taylor Rapp will miss Sunday’s sport resulting from a hip harm.
Rapp, who has been coping with each hip and back-related accidents, has not participated in workforce follow in any respect this week.
The 27-year-old began in 14 video games at security this season for the Payments, recording two interceptions and 82 tackles.
Previous to his harm sustained throughout the Payments’ divisional spherical win in opposition to the Ravens, Rapp picked off Lamar Jackson late within the first quarter.
Rapp additionally gained a Tremendous Bowl as a member of the Rams in 2021.
With Rapp dominated out, rookie Cole Bishop is anticipated to begin on Sunday beside beginning security Damar Hamlin.
Bishop began in 4 video games for the Payments this season resulting from accidents, and entered the sport in opposition to the Ravens following Rapp’s harm.
“Yeah, it’s high,” McDermott mentioned to ESPN concerning his confidence in Bishop. “He’s a young player, but at the same time, he’s grown. He went through an injury in training camp, missed a lot of time — that set him back, set his growth back, delayed it at least — and then came in, and he’s grown through each experience, and confident he’ll continue to do that moving forward.”
The second-rounder out of Utah appeared in 16 complete video games this season, with the vast majority of his time being spent on particular groups.
“It’s easy to say it’s just like any other game, but everybody knows it’s really not,” Bishop advised ESPN. “So being able to just prepare throughout the week, and then once Sunday comes, like you’ve done everything you can, so at that point there is really nothing you can be nervous for. You prepared, and now you’ve just got to go make plays.”
Along with Rapp, the Payments are struggling different accidents on protection, together with beginning cornerback Christian Benford who stays in concussion protocol.
The Payments are hoping to dethrone the back-to-back defending champions in Kansas Metropolis on Sunday.
