Bills sign a CB, release a CB (now the title is grammatically correct)

[SoCal Deek]

8 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

 

If you read Joe B's article he's not basing it solely on this move - he parses Beane's comments about Elam and posits that there's something going on in practice that has the Bills' coaches not completely sold on Elam.

 

https://theathletic.com/4590651/2023/06/08/buffalo-bills-trade-candidates/

 

However, something is holding the Bills back from Elam being the locked-in starter. Beane mentioned that some inconsistencies in practice played into the equation last year but said Elam “cleaned up a lot of that” in games. Even still, Beane concluded his recent answer on Elam with: “We’re going to make everyone earn it. It doesn’t matter where you were selected or what your salary is.” Beane usually would not say something like that for established starters on his team.

 

If Elam does not progress and is behind Jackson and Benford on the depth chart, the Bills could at least cover that up before the regular season. It would keep Elam’s trade value far higher to an acquiring team, and the other team would see a young cornerback with potentially four years of roster control (including the fifth-year option). If they wait a year and watch him be a backup player, the return value on Elam will decrease quite a bit. Trading him this summer would be a risk in terms of seeing a high pick flourish elsewhere, but if they feel he’s still behind Jackson and Benford and they could recoup a second- or third-round pick for him, it’s something they could consider. The extreme likelihood is they hold on to Elam and see if he can get there in 2023, but it’s at least worth mentioning if the worst-case scenario arrives this summer.

Thanks Coach

I’m sure Joe B has an opinion of Elam just like everyone does. I’m however highly skeptical that this latest CB depth move is related to it. (In a nutshell.)

[Solomon Grundy]

1 hour ago, Coach Tuesday said:

 

If you read Joe B's article he's not basing it solely on this move - he parses Beane's comments about Elam and posits that there's something going on in practice that has the Bills' coaches not completely sold on Elam.

 

https://theathletic.com/4590651/2023/06/08/buffalo-bills-trade-candidates/

 

However, something is holding the Bills back from Elam being the locked-in starter. Beane mentioned that some inconsistencies in practice played into the equation last year but said Elam “cleaned up a lot of that” in games. Even still, Beane concluded his recent answer on Elam with: “We’re going to make everyone earn it. It doesn’t matter where you were selected or what your salary is.” Beane usually would not say something like that for established starters on his team.

 

If Elam does not progress and is behind Jackson and Benford on the depth chart, the Bills could at least cover that up before the regular season. It would keep Elam’s trade value far higher to an acquiring team, and the other team would see a young cornerback with potentially four years of roster control (including the fifth-year option). If they wait a year and watch him be a backup player, the return value on Elam will decrease quite a bit. Trading him this summer would be a risk in terms of seeing a high pick flourish elsewhere, but if they feel he’s still behind Jackson and Benford and they could recoup a second- or third-round pick for him, it’s something they could consider. The extreme likelihood is they hold on to Elam and see if he can get there in 2023, but it’s at least worth mentioning if the worst-case scenario arrives this summer.

Another indictment on the scouting department!! 

[Don Otreply]

2 hours ago, Coach Tuesday said:

 

I know you're fond of telling all of us that we're not the Bills' GM and we're not qualified to be discussing these things, but (i) this is a message board; (ii) it happens to be a relatively sophisticated one - there have been MANY instances over the years of posters being better in their evaluations than the front office; and (iii) it was Joe B. who suggested yesterday that Elam could be traded.

Joe B is wrong, Elam is not going anywhere, 1st round pick coming into his second season,  three interceptions in his rookie year one of them on Mahomes in the end zone iirc, played well in the post season,  come on now,  why on gods green earth would they trade Elam? That’s JoeB click bait, nothing more. 

[ALF]

https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/depthchart/BUF

 

Elam is a starter 

[hondo in seattle]

On 6/9/2023 at 7:53 AM, ALF said:

https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/depthchart/BUF

 

Elam is a starter 

 

Ourlads also have Harty starting ahead of Shakir and Rousseau starting ahead of Floyd.  

 

Maybe all that comes to pass.  Camp will be fun this year.