Do you remember who our starting CBS were slated to be going into that 2022 draft?
Tre was coming off his ACL and wouldn’t even play until 1/2 way through the year. Dane Jackson was there, Siran Neal, Cam Lewis, Nick McCloud, Olijah Griffin, and Tim Harris.
Beane would have been unforgivably negligent to not draft a cornerback early-especially that draft which had a lot of highly rated CB prospects.
So Elam didn’t work out. Neither did 1/2 the other picks in the first round. It happens. It doesn’t mean Beane stinks or is incompetent. He picked the wrong guy…just like every other GM has done at some point in their careers (but without all of his success too)