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  1. 1. Elam v Jackson, who played better against the Phins?



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Far be it for me to tell our coaches how to run the secondary..  If there's anything they should earn out trust on, it's being able to coach up the secondary.. but for the love of Christmas, just let Tre and Elam finish out the season and see if they can gel going into the Playoffs. 

 

No reason we can't have a poor man's version of what the Jets have in Sauce & Reed. 

 

I say "poor mans" because it remains to be seen if Tre can get close to 100% by the Playoffs and Elam just doesn't have the reps yet. 

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32 minutes ago, Mark92 said:

Honestly those were really tough wide receivers to play against and the fact that we didn't hear either of their names that often is good.  The dolphins were testing White all game long and he played a solid game.  I really like Elam and he will eventually become CB2 in this defense.  Bills don't play rookies much unless they have to.  

Every Bills first round picks has started the majority, if not all, of their rookie year since McD has arrived.  Except Elam

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2 minutes ago, NewEra said:

Every Bills first round picks has started the majority, if not all, of their rookie year since McD has arrived.  Except Elam

Yeah this narrative has come out of nowhere lol.

 

I think the rationalizations about the Cody Fords and AJ Epenesas of the world has gaslit Bills fans into a false reality.

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17 minutes ago, bobobonators said:


Tre definitely made some plays. But if I recall he got torched 2x - the first time by Waddle where Waddle literally ran right by him. The second was the TD pass to Hill. Two great WR, but Tre got abused those two plays. 

 

He didn't run "right" past him, he was tricked by the double move.

So It was more a mental mistake he probably thought he had help over the top but he had not.

In case of Hill, he tried to jam him at the line, but his "push" contacted only the air and the leverage and the speed of Hill easily carried him three steps beyond.

I am sure Tre will get better game after game, he already showed glimpses of his greatness.   

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Whatever they are doing to be on a 5 game winning streak, works for me. As for the Miami game and getting burned a few times, those 2 guys are pretty good and have been burning just about everyone. Waddle avgs 18 yds per reception, Hill avgs 14 yds per reception.

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6 hours ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

As was pointed out in one of the articles I read yesterday, Elam and Jackson kept rotating 2 series each, then the other one.  But at the end of the game, when it should have been Jackson's turn, they stuck with Elam.

 

This analysis says the most. 

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5 hours ago, NewEra said:

Every Bills first round picks has started the majority, if not all, of their rookie year since McD has arrived.  Except Elam


 

Many reasons to argue, but not sure this is really true.

 

Rousseau last year did start every game per ProFootball Refence, but played only 49% of Defensive snaps.

 

Ed Oliver in 2019 start 6 games and played 54% of the defensive snaps as a rookie.

 

Elam is currently listed as starting 6 of 11 games and playing in 59% of the Bills defensive snaps on the season.

 

As far as I can tell - Elam is right on pace with their last 2 first round picks in percentage of defensive snaps. 
 

Now with Tre back and giving 100% of the snaps on one side - I expect he will see a minor decrease, but it seems he is playing a lot more Man situations - especially against weaker running teams.

 

I would expect versus Chicago- you will see more Jackson as their WRs are not burners and Chicago can run, but against Cincinnati- I would expect more Elam with that WR room.

 

It seems to be all about matchups and I don’t think the Bills are doing anything different with him versus their recent #1 picks - get them around 50-60% of snaps and let them work in with the veterans.

 

 

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Elam is definitely the correct answer to this question.

 

BUT...I would like to point out people are over exaggerating Tre "getting beat bad" multiple times.  Tre had a good game, and lets not forget we are talking about Hill and Waddle here who beat corners every week because they are exceptionally fast. 

 

End of the day, no CB is going to make every play, especially against talented WR's with elite speed.  People tend to focus way too much on a play or two rather than the whole game.  From start to finish, I was really impressed with what I saw out of Tre White and Elam.  

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15 minutes ago, Rochesterfan said:


 

Many reasons to argue, but not sure this is really true.

 

Rousseau last year did start every game per ProFootball Refence, but played only 49% of Defensive snaps.

 

Ed Oliver in 2019 start 6 games and played 54% of the defensive snaps as a rookie.

 

Elam is currently listed as starting 6 of 11 games and playing in 59% of the Bills defensive snaps on the season.

 

As far as I can tell - Elam is right on pace with their last 2 first round picks in percentage of defensive snaps. 
 

Now with Tre back and giving 100% of the snaps on one side - I expect he will see a minor decrease, but it seems he is playing a lot more Man situations - especially against weaker running teams.

 

I would expect versus Chicago- you will see more Jackson as their WRs are not burners and Chicago can run, but against Cincinnati- I would expect more Elam with that WR room.

 

It seems to be all about matchups and I don’t think the Bills are doing anything different with him versus their recent #1 picks - get them around 50-60% of snaps and let them work in with the veterans.

 

 

We play a rotation on the DL, I don’t have to tell you that-  if you think that’s a fair comparison, I would have to disagree.  mcdermott plays his starting corners 💯 of the game-  he plays his starting DL 60% of the game.  
 

To start the season, he was being platooned with a rookie 6th rd pick.  And that’s only because Tre was out.  The dane and Benfords injuries contributed to more snaps.  He was benched a game for a Dane (who had been the weakest link on the D) and a almost retired street FA.  McD said he has to do things the way they want.  He’s clearly not doing that and that’s why he wasn’t suited up.  

 

The other 1st rd picks not mentioned. 

tredavious started at corner as a rookie-  he played every snap. He played 98.6% of the snaps.

 

Edmunds started and played 91% of the snaps.

 

He’s not on par with our other 1st rd picks in terms of importance or trust.  
 

agree to disagree

 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, NewEra said:

We play a rotation on the DL, I don’t have to tell you that-  if you think that’s a fair comparison, I would have to disagree.  mcdermott plays his starting corners 💯 of the game-  he plays his starting DL 60% of the game.  
 

To start the season, he was being platooned with a rookie 6th rd pick.  And that’s only because Tre was out.  The dane and Benfords injuries contributed to more snaps.  He was benched a game for a Dane (who had been the weakest link on the D) and a almost retired street FA.  McD said he has to do things the way they want.  He’s clearly not doing that and that’s why he wasn’t suited up.  

 

The other 1st rd picks not mentioned. 

tredavious started at corner as a rookie-  he played every snap. He played 98.6% of the snaps.

 

Edmunds started and played 91% of the snaps.

 

He’s not on par with our other 1st rd picks in terms of importance or trust.  
 

agree to disagree

 

 

 


 

I totally agree - except even to start the year and through the last game - the Bills have been rotating the DB’s most of the season and then the after Tre came back - they still have been platooning the alternate CB.

 

I agree in the past they used 100% for each CB, but Elam is built and plays well in more man situations, Dane and Rhodes are better tacklers and zone players.

 

Therefore at the present time - what they have done in the past at DB is irrelevant because they had little Depth behind White and Wallace.

 

This year they have Jackson, Beneford, Elam, and now Rhodes and White outside and they have been rotating the first 3 off and on all year while they were healthy.  
 

I think that is a fundamental change to the defensive approach to help keep teams from getting tendencies over and over within a game.  You have seen this guy for a few snaps over 2 series - Bam now a different player is covering you while the first guy sits and studies.

 

I think they are playing it very similar to the DL.  
 

Plus your original statement was:

 

“Every Bills first round picks has started the majority, if not all, of their rookie year since McD has arrived.  Except Elam”

 

I totally agree that White, Allen, and Edmunds all started and played a majority at a time the team was growing.  I also believe the 2019 and 2021 1st rounds picks do not fit your quote because the DLine rotates and the Bills had much more depth than early on.

 

I get what you are saying and I just don’t think it has any reflection on Elam.

 

 

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One problem I see with Dane, is sometimes he's in good position to make a play on the ball but just starts tackling the receiver as the ball arrives, as if conceding the catch. I was always taught to wrap the body with the far arm & use the near arm to try & knock the ball away, that way you're still in position to tackle if he still catches it. Would love too see our guys do this with more consistency, I find myself yelling "go for the ball" way too often in the past few weeks.

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