Benford injury killed us

[JerseyBills]

One of the biggest story lines not being talked about,  already down our S, and we lose our CB1 .

Essentially went from an advantage to Elam, who was a liability 

[davefan66]

Elam better be outright released ASAP.

 

He will never be a quality NFL corner…ever.  Looked bewildered out there. Couple him with Damar on the field?? What did anyone expect.  
 

Rapp and Benford need to stay. Douglas didn’t look great but still believe he can be good.  Damar can hit the bricks also…done with him.  Need a new starting safety and better backups.

 

Problem is you need a quality pass rush to give the dbacks a chance.  Don’t get that from our line.

 

 

[BuffaloRebound]

Please.  Defenses always suffer some injuries especially soft undersized ones.  It’s a garbage scheme when it depends on every single player being healthy or we completely crumble in big games.  

[oldmanfan]

It hurt.  I thought Bishop played OK as did Hamlin.  Kelce wasn't really a factor.  I am surprised they didn't put Ingram in for Elam.

Edited Monday at 01:39 PM by oldmanfan

[NoSaint]

12 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:

One of the biggest story lines not being talked about,  already down our S, and we lose our CB1 .

Essentially went from an advantage to Elam, who was a liability 

should’ve swapped coverages sooner still

 

we were fine enough once we did 

[K D]

Elam is the worst draft pick I've ever seen. If he wasn't picked in round 1 he would have never made the team at any point. We have drafted and released late round and undrafted guys that are better. How can you miss THAT badly? 

[WNYFAN1]

I sure hope they didn't "rush" him through the concussion protocol. Not saying they did, but boy that was was a BAD look.

 

Hope he's ok

[bmur66]

Should have told Elam to just go get the ball. 

Edited Monday at 01:41 PM by bmur66

[Buffalo_Stampede]

Elam was neutered by the coaching staff. Horrible development of the kid.

[notpolian]

I was wondering if they would try Ingram yesterday at some point.

 

I'm glad Benford has several months off.  He didn't look good.

[dma0034]

Injuries happen. In a week where Benford didn't practice much to have Elam not remotely ready is on coaching

[T.E.]

We could've had an in-his-prime Deion Sanders replace him, and our coaching staff would've still put him in a position to not make any plays on the ball. 

[stlbills13]

Elam was awful

Bishop other than one or two plays was actually pretty solid

I thought Hamlin was awful

[Back2Buff]

I dont understand how Elam goes from consistently inactive to the 3rd CB.

[St. Kitts Bills Cru]

4 minutes ago, notpolian said:

I was wondering if they would try Ingram yesterday at some point.

 

I'm glad Benford has several months off.  He didn't look good.

He couldn't have played any worse than Elam did. 

[MasterStrategist]

6 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Elam was neutered by the coaching staff. Horrible development of the kid.

For a coaching staff that has developed far less "pure talent", coaching isn't the problem.

 

Elam has a slew of others problems, but on the field primarily it's his "handyiness".  If anything, he needed those neutered.

[davefan66]

11 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

It hurt.  I thought Bishop played OK as did Hamlin.  Kelce wasn't really a factor.  I am surprised they didn't put Ingram in for Elam.

My son was screaming at the TV to put Ingram in every time Elam was on the end of a bad play.

 

How much worse could he possibly have been??  Thought he’s played pretty well.

[Buffalo_Stampede]

Just now, MasterStrategist said:

For a coaching staff that has developed far less "pure talent", coaching isn't the problem.

 

Elam has a slew of others problems, but on the field primarily it's his "handyiness".  If anything, he needed those neutered.

From day one they said he was too physical with WRs. They neutered him. Now he’s bailing on everything.

 

[notpolian]

3 minutes ago, T.E. said:

We could've had an in-his-prime Deion Sanders replace him, and our coaching staff would've still put him in a position to not make any plays on the ball. 

I get your frustration.  But we played a lot of man to man yesterday.  Which is what we needed to do against KC.  Problem is we don't have the players with sufficient talent to play man to man. 

 

Ol Prime was quite the man coverage dude.  I was amused when I heard him say recently "Prime don't play no zone".

[JerseyBills]

14 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

It hurt.  I thought Bishop played OK as did Hamlin.  Kelce wasn't really a factor.  I am surprised they didn't put Ingram in for Elam.

Ya I forgot about Ingram. Elam was getting smoked out there, unbelievable,  what a bum.