UKskins Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Dude can run but he isnt showing anything that indicates he is very good at football. We shouldnt be picking PS fodder in the 4th. Hope he can get up to speed but wow he is a long way off now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Bear Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Practice squad material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Troy Apke makes Reed Doughty look like Sean Taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyst Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 We need more of our top two draft picks to hit and be elite type players and beyond that we need our 3-4 round picks to at least contribute. Can’t keep missing on these picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo'sRangers Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 5 minutes ago, Warhead36 said: Troy Apke makes Reed Doughty look like Sean Taylor. Reed was a good glue player. THAT is the kind of player I like, very much. Hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RansomthePasserby Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 15 hours ago, Riggo'sRangers said: Reed was a good glue player. THAT is the kind of player I like, very much. Hail.  I have to admit, I miss seeing Reed on the field. Especially on special teams. If Apke can get his game together and contribute as a decent safety and a strong teams player, then he’ll be fine. If not, he’s a waste of a draft pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 I think Apke is what many of us thought he was. A gifted athlete, but a very raw football player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofAlvinWalton Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I think Apke is a perfect candidate to be the 4th (behind Everett) or 5th (Ladler, Smithson, or Blanding...in that order) safety and play on all the ST this season. Then next year make that typical (for guys with talent and work ethic) jump from year 1 to year 2 and become a solid backup safety. If he has to play a lot of meaningful snaps on DEF this season it probably won’t be pretty...but that’s not his fault. He didn’t draft himself in the 4th rd and it’s the coaching staff’s job to get him up to speed...as long as he’s willing to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malapropismic Depository Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Apke is the exact opposite of Doughty. Â Doughty had football skills and instincts, but no athletic ability. Apke has little football skills and instincts, but full of athletic ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsGuy Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 24 minutes ago, Malapropismic Depository said: Apke is the exact opposite of Doughty. Â Doughty had football skills and instincts, but no athletic ability. Apke has little football skills and instincts, but full of athletic ability. Â Overall, the biggest thing about Apke is he is just a rookie. Â Coach Gruden made a point to put Apke and other rookies and young players in against Denver's ones and you saw how raw some were. Â If Apke makes the team, he won't do much this season unless it is on special teams. Â Next year will be the time to see how much he has progressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeJacobyHOForRIOT Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I think Apke has played well, why are people crapping on him ? I can't see him starting but definitely worth a roster spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 On 8/25/2018 at 6:06 PM, Warhead36 said: Troy Apke makes Reed Doughty look like Sean Taylor. At this point in their repective careers? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Blaster Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 50 minutes ago, JoeJacobyHOForRIOT said: I think Apke has played well, why are people crapping on him ? I can't see him starting but definitely worth a roster spot   Because 4th round picks are supposed to make the Pro Bowl by their 3rd preseason game or they’re a bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 With Apke (and really any of these guys) we have to remember that the Gruden-led Redskins actually has a track record for 1-2 guys looking pretty bad as rookies and making huge strides as second-year players.  Fuller and Ioaniddis were lost as rookies and considered busts. Maybe it's our defensive scheme, great coaching that kicks on D, or just a normal development...but even if Apke or Settle or anyone else doesn't contribute all year the book isn't written on each guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 55 minutes ago, TD_washingtonredskins said: With Apke (and really any of these guys) we have to remember that the Gruden-led Redskins actually has a track record for 1-2 guys looking pretty bad as rookies and making huge strides as second-year players.  Fuller and Ioaniddis were lost as rookies and considered busts. Maybe it's our defensive scheme, great coaching that kicks on D, or just a normal development...but even if Apke or Settle or anyone else doesn't contribute all year the book isn't written on each guy. Now that we've finally got solid defensive coordinators in place we hit on more late round talent. However I do wish they'd take safety more seriously. Especially FS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Blaster Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 10 minutes ago, Koolblue13 said: Now that we've finally got solid defensive coordinators in place we hit on more late round talent. However I do wish they'd take safety more seriously. Especially FS.  20+ teams are looking for a rangy FS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmiii Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Apke showed athletic skills (you can't teach) and made some bad and late decisions (that he can learn). Â I agree he hasn't looked real good in preseason, but I think his upside is worth keeping him around for another look. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bird_1972 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 hour ago, evmiii said: Apke showed athletic skills (you can't teach) and made some bad and late decisions (that he can learn). Â I agree he hasn't looked real good in preseason, but I think his upside is worth keeping him around for another look. Â Â Â He is practice squad material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmiii Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, bird_1972 said: Â He is practice squad material. I agree. Â I think a year on the PS will show what he's got either way. Â I don't think he's a big risk to be picked up by another team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bird_1972 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 18 minutes ago, evmiii said: I agree.  I think a year on the PS will show what he's got either way.  I don't think he's a big risk to be picked up by another team.  Certainly not the way he's been playing.  Now it ups the ante for us to find a viable FS backup in case our starters get injured since I don't think Apke is that guy this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 He'd better be the one making the tackle on every kickoff and punt cause he ain't ready to play safety yet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericho Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 My concern is that Apke's basically a special teams guy right now. But that's why Deshazor Everett is on this team. For special teams play. We really don't want two back-up safeties who are basically here for their teams play. What if one of the starters does down (and Nicholson has had health issues)? Is there a plan there? It really seems like the team needs a bona fide back-up. Though the other players in camp may not be much better than Everett anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carex Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Jericho said: My concern is that Apke's basically a special teams guy right now. But that's why Deshazor Everett is on this team. For special teams play. We really don't want two back-up safeties who are basically here for their teams play. What if one of the starters does down (and Nicholson has had health issues)? Is there a plan there? It really seems like the team needs a bona fide back-up. Though the other players in camp may not be much better than Everett anyhow.  Everett was going to be the starter last year till Nicholson emerged so, I think they expect him to be more than a ST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericho Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 15 minutes ago, carex said: Â Everett was going to be the starter last year till Nicholson emerged so, I think they expect him to be more than a ST Â Â I suppose, though I'm not sure he's any good as a safety. He wasn't terrible when had to play last year (after Nicholson went down), though he wasn't really good either. But the other point is would Smithson or Blanding or Ladler be any better at this stage in their careers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander -JB- Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Apke looked terrible. Â Probably another mid round pick who ends up on the chopping block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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