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Nice! Sounds like Elam to IR could be one corresponding move if they make 1 of them active roster. Not sure what would be done to get a second active roster spot, should that be the plan.

Whoa… ok, if the Bills turned down a 3rd Round Pick for Elam, this curious case of Kaiir Elam becomes even curiouser…

Linval Joseph is a guy the Cover1 people keep saying they'd like.

We’ll see what they do with Gabe and/or a surprise Mitch Morse cut, but outside of those two.. the rest of the Offense is coming back. -Allen -Diggs, Harty, Shakir, Shorter -Dawkins, Brown, Van Demark -McGovern, Torrence, Anderson -Morse, Bates -Cook -Kincaid, Knox If we let Gabe walk, I’d hope our RD1 pick is WR, but it’s likely going to be a heavy defensive draft at DL, S & CB. Cut Tre for 6M & extend Douglas at least gives us Douglas, Benford & Elam. No need to reach for CB, imo. DL is going to have to be addressed in a big way, without much foreseeable cap to do so.

Tim Settle was a miss. We banked on him breaking out once he's not buried on a roster behind two elite DT's and he has not... at all. Beane can't predict Jones does down to injury. That contract, along with Oliver's contract... if Daquan stayed healthy were very much worthy of praise. Phillips and Ford are on cheap deals as vets because we are cap strapped. I don't know that I can fault Beane a ton for the DT situation.

I mean, ok.. but Spencer Brown is healthy now and looks pretty good. Ed Oliver has become a top tier DT.

He just stated that he's looking at adding a DT. Suh would be my guess. Off ball linebacker should not be a make or break position. It's the least important position on the Defense.

Sounds like DT is incoming. Can't imagine Beane would publicly address him looking at adding someone in his press conference if he didn't think he had something lined up.

Beane speaking on Elam dealing with an ankle injury and the potential of shutting him down to let him heal.

I know you didn't ask me, but I'll answer.. because I think this is the key to our season. Kincaid needs to become a #2 option and Gabe Davis needs to show more of what he did last week, i.e. a more well rounded WR2 skill set. If we get that from them moving forward, this team can win it all. If not.. or if it's erratic again.. it's going to be a slog.

Bengals looked great against SF, but SF is also looking rough lately. Cousins torched them the week prior, without Justin Jefferson. They also should've lost to Seattle the week before that if Geno Smith wasn't out there looking like an abject dumpster fire anytime they got inside the Bengals red zone.

The talk this morning from the Packers reporter stating Douglas is a guy who should transition to Safety very well later in his career is pretty interesting..

Elam is easily the most confusing player I've seen in recent memory. He was bad against Jax, but I would hope the Bills could admit that they set him up for a failure with being inactive all year and then starting him, under those circumstances, against the Jags in London. Outside of that game, he's been just as good.. if not better, than Dane Jackson.

Have to wonder if the Packers wanted to do him a solid. Locker room leader, a guy beloved in the community and having his best year to date.. However, he is 28 and likely not a part of their rebuild, so maybe they wanted to do right by him when Beane made the call.

Sure, it could .. maybe people who have some strange doom complex can provide more detail as to why they think this will happen … or they can just make themselves feel better by posting negativity, absent explanation, about their team. I actually wouldn’t pick us to win this game if I had to make a choice. I absolutely think we can, but we haven’t shown anything in terms of player execution, consistency and coaching this year, or against this team, that makes me confident in that. …but I’m not going to plaster social media with “this might get ugly” posts so that I can cope better. This team deserves better than that and if they want to be taken seriously, will come out and win Sunday Night.

This is the “embarrassing defeatist talk” I referenced. Talent wise, there is no reason that should happen. It would be a major red flag reflection on Allen and the coaching staff. Von is still working back, Douglas will be getting acclimated, Allen healing up from a shoulder injury and Knox is out, but coming off a mini-bye, they have enough healthy talent to win this game…and they ****ed around enough already this season that the excuses have run out. ….and they also know that.

The defeatist talk from some is embarrassing, but it’s definitely a “show me” game for a lot of us. Bengals losses can be blamed on Burrow’s injury. Bills losses are blamed on… what? Offense has been healthy and is an inconsistent mess. Defense has injuries that, Rasual Douglas aside, will have to be worked through. We showed we couldn’t stop them for a game and two drives last year. Our offense made their DC look like an evil genius. It’s in Cinci. We’re absolutely talented enough to beat them, but we need to see a lot more from this team than they’ve been showing.

I wouldn’t have moved Elam for anything less than a 4th, so if the offer were less .. I’m good with it. He’s likely the inactive CB4 from here on out and then we’ll see if Year 3 Kaiir Elam can become anything. Would rather take a shot on something finally clicking for an elite athlete at CB than give him away.

No offense to what Tre used to be, but Rasul Douglas is better than what he was this year pre-injury.

There seems to be whispers of a potential Suh signing at some point. It does seem interesting that reports are we were so heavy on CB before the deadline and next to zero reports of us on a DT/LB.

If we aren’t trading for an elite/elite potential corner, Rasul Douglas is the next best tier. Straight up G who should excel in our scheme. Douglas/Benford makes outside corner, at the very least, solid .. at best, a strength.

So we now have a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6? That’s a lot of Day 3 picks…

Yea, I don't think they have to be an either/or... Especially if Elam does get traded.