Could Elam be packaged in a trade up?

[Ben]

I'm still hoping the injury last year was legit and not just an excuse because there were times in his rookie year where he looked like he was really improving. Might just be my bills bias though 

[RyanC883]

getting a 3rd for him might happen, Bean could perhaps work that.  He has flashed great athletic ability and has 2 INTs in the few games he played, including a nice one last post season v. Steelers.  

[Buffalo_Stampede]

54 minutes ago, Captain Hindsight said:

It is so difficult to find reliable lineman, why would you trade a starter?

Again, either sign him or trade him. 

[Paup 1995MVP]

13 hours ago, BarleyNY said:

What makes you think that?

I think he has some ability.  Once he got comfortable in the playoff game against the Steelers, he made some plays.  He had a nice pick.  

 

Hopefully Rasul can take him under his wing, and teach him the nuances of being a CB in the NFL.  

[QLBillsFan]

1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

I think they’ll extend him also. But it is a great OT draft if they want to get a cost controlled RT for 4 more years.

Got ya just thinking with C/G change then RT might be disruptive. I’m tracking you on the cost control side of it and I see that angle. 

[BarleyNY]

9 minutes ago, Paup 1995MVP said:

I think he has some ability.  Once he got comfortable in the playoff game against the Steelers, he made some plays.  He had a nice pick.  

 

Hopefully Rasul can take him under his wing, and teach him the nuances of being a CB in the NFL.  

 

I get that people want to find something good about Elam’s performance to indicate improvement. And it was the last game we saw him in since he didn’t play against KC. But I can’t get excited about one game against Mason Rudolph. Again, hang onto him, coach him up, hope for the best, but anything we get from him is a bonus to me. 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

I feel like he doesn’t fit this scheme at all. Maybe he’ll have better success elsewhere, but I don’t think he’ll garner much in a trade scenario.

[Utah John]

What I suspect will happen is that Beane will package this years's first rounder, the second rounder next year we got for Diggs (the pick is from the Vikes who will likely suck so it will be nearly a first rounder) plus Elam, to get high enough to replace Diggs with the guy Beane really wants.  That would be almost three first rounders to move up to maybe the mid-teens in the first round.  I think if Beane has a trade partner ready to take that deal, he'll wait to see if the player he wants is available, and then he'll pull the string.

[BBFL]

35 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:

 

I get that people want to find something good about Elam’s performance to indicate improvement. And it was the last game we saw him in since he didn’t play against KC. But I can’t get excited about one game against Mason Rudolph. Again, hang onto him, coach him up, hope for the best, but anything we get from him is a bonus to me. 

Well teams try and attack a weak link in a defense and Elam made plays. That’s certainly something to be excited over regardless of the team and QB. 

[Mat68]

Rumor was Buffalo didnt like what was offered for Elam at the trade deadline.  If there is a run on Dbs early maybe a trade up package.  

[27yankees]

Put him at free safety and have him play deep, like in the 2nd or 3rd row seats.

[stevestojan]

Other teams are allowed to watch our games, right? 
 

Why would anyone give up more than a late round flyer on him? 

[MJS]

Another guy with almost no trade value. Right now he could be traded for a 6th probably.

 

He has more value on the team. Maybe he'll play well the next couple of years. Then he'll have trade value.

[T master]

I'm hoping that being fully healthy this season & showing some flashes that he has when playing that the switch will turn on & he will become the player they thought he would be & our secondary will be as strong or better for it with him coming around !! 

[TheyCallMeAndy]

Never say never is what we’ve learned this summer

[dave mcbride]

My hope (not based on any evidence) is that he's the next Eric Moulds. Moulds sucked his first two seasons because he was lost out there but blossomed to one of the best receivers in the league in his third season. Moulds was a physical specimen, and so is Elam. 

[4th&long]

The first time this guy gets off the bench last year, in a playoff game, he picks off a pass. Huge play. And people want to give up on him? How about we get some good coaching and coach him up?

[wppete]

No much value. 

[stinky finger]

On 4/11/2024 at 2:05 PM, 27yanks said:

Put him at free safety and have him play deep, like in the 2nd or 3rd row seats.

Or, in your case, murderers row. 

9 minutes ago, 4th&long said:

The first time this guy gets off the bench last year, in a playoff game, he picks off a pass. Huge play. And people want to give up on him? How about we get some good coaching and coach him up?

He came off the bench.  He's a first rounder. You call out one play he made and you say coach him up.

 

He doesn't fit here. I think he something to offer, just not here.

[Ya Digg?]

3 minutes ago, stinky finger said:

Or, in your case, murderers row. 

He came off the bench.  He's a first rounder. You call out one play he made and you say coach him up.

 

He doesn't fit here. I think he something to offer, just not here.

But what are you getting for him? Don’t trade him just to get anything, that’s ludicrous. He’s on a rookie deal at a position of need-that being said he was on the bench, he was inactive, and he was on IR last year…so what could they possibly get for him? His trade value has never been lower and will never be lower