Elam a healthy scratch part deux (now part TRES) (now part QUATRO)

[Draconator]

Elam is a unitasker.  Can only play man

[drummernut74]

Medium Baller Beane 🤣🤣

[Royale with Cheese]

Put the playbook on the plane!

[TheFunPolice]

This is a bummer because I thought we would end up with basically 2 Tre Whites on defense, plus all the other guys as amazing depth.

 

 

 

 

[boyst]

  On 9/17/2023 at 3:35 PM, SoonerBillsFan said:

2nd healthy scratch in a row...time to trade him.

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How can we trade him when he has no value to anyone? If he's not on the field contributing no one knows what he can do. It's horseshit. 

  On 9/17/2023 at 3:58 PM, Draconator said:

Elam is a unitasker.  Can only play man

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Who cares? If he has talent and can play he needs to be put ont he field and worked around 

[Draconator]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:00 PM, boyst said:

 

Who cares? If he has talent and can play he needs to be put ont he field and worked around 

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You know better than anyone else that the Bills play primarily zone. The coaches obviously see something in his zone coverage that leads them to this decision.

[No_Matter_What]

Nothing to see here imo. Apparently nothing changed from last week and he is still CB4 on a depth chart.

 

Not ideal (to put it mildly) but as long as Benford plays good it's not a big deal.

[Dr. Who]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:00 PM, boyst said:

How can we trade him when he has no value to anyone? If he's not on the field contributing no one knows what he can do. It's horseshit. 

Who cares? If he has talent and can play he needs to be put ont he field and worked around 

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I think he's so messed up right now he can't even play man coverage well. I feel bad for the kid.

It was up to the coaching staff to incorporate his particular skills. They tried to turn him into something he's not.

[RoscoeParrish]

I wonder if there is something non-football related going on with Kair

[Joe Ferguson]

McD will make sure to draft more defense next year. Screw the o-line and wide receivers.

[Pete]

  On 9/17/2023 at 3:38 PM, FrenchConnection said:

It's really a numbers game, more than anything else.

• Benford beat him in camp and played well last week
• Dane Jackson is the veteran 3rd CB
• Cam Lewis offers positional flexibility because he can play CB and safety in a pinch
• Elam doesn't play special teams

But it is at this point a really poor draft pick

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I agree with everything.  It is a poor draft pick grading opportunity cost.  My eye test Elam looked great in playoffs.  Iron sharpens iron.  Marv said that you can never have too many CBs.  Elam might again be a very useful player- on the field or for in a favorable trade.   I am going to reserve my judgement on Elam

[Draconator]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:04 PM, Joe Ferguson said:

McD will make sure to draft more defense next year. Screw the o-line and wide receivers.

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Dalton Kincade says hold my beer 

[PatsFanNH]

  On 9/17/2023 at 3:46 PM, wppete said:

Wow. Fells like he could be a trade candidate this year. Disappointing. 

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The Bills won’t get much back for him. Maybe a 5th or 6th round pick.. most teams wait for the Bills to cut him next year and then take a flier on him. 

[boyst]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:02 PM, Draconator said:

You know better than anyone else that the Bills play primarily zone. The coaches obviously see something in his zone coverage that leads them to this decision.

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Ok, then why is he on the team? What value does he have? It's equal to everyone else inactive. Hamlin, etc. 

 

It's stupid.

[Draconator]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:07 PM, boyst said:

Ok, then why is he on the team? What value does he have? It's equal to everyone else inactive. Hamlin, etc. 

 

It's stupid.

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We are not paid to coach the Bills. We only complain about them 

[Low Positive]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:08 PM, Draconator said:

We are not paid to coach the Bills. We only complain about them 

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I wish we got paid to complain about the Bills. @newcam2012 would be a very wealthy man.

Edited September 17, 2023 by FrenchConnection

[whorlnut]

Beane should have cut his losses before the season started. It’s got to be humiliating for Elam as a first rounder. Give his the benefit of the doubt and trade him to a team that can use him in their scheme. Instead, we held on to him and now his value is plummeting each week as he’s inactive. Bad look all around. 

[LyndonvilleBill]

I think he was an expensive insurance policy. Not knowing what we were going to get from White and when he would be back. Benford has been a pleasant surprise. Plus letting Wallace go, it was a neccesary position to fill. Was really hoping he could pick up zone concepts better, just hasn't panned out...yet....🤔

[Augie]

  On 9/17/2023 at 3:35 PM, SoonerBillsFan said:

2nd healthy scratch in a row...time to trade him.

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That would certainly guarantee a CB injury and an immediate need to get him back. 

[finn]

  On 9/17/2023 at 3:34 PM, Einstein said:

Yeah, I think it’s obvious that Elam is a bust as far as this team is considered.

 

Maybe he can resurrect his career with a team that runs more man.

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I'm hoping they use him to jam Tyreek Hill when they play the Dolphins. Disrupting their timing be the only way to slow down that express train since Tua gets rid of the ball so quickly. Bonus is shopping him to teams that play mostly man defenses. He's a good player, just can't play zone well, evidently.