The answer was in the 2022 Draft... Of course Beane never listens to me... Nor should he I guess... But we now have a CB on IR who cannot beat out Dane Jackson instead of George Pickens who has put up similar-to-a -little-better-stats than Gabe since he's been in the NFL... with nobody at QB. I don't think a single NFL GM would take Gabe Davis over George Pickens...or even a healthy Christian Watson for that matter. But here we are...
McD had to have the notebook guy. And nothing against Elam who was pretty clearly a high-mid 2nd Rd caliber prospect, but a lot of folks liked Tariq Woolen more than Elam anyway. And 5th round pick or not, Woolen has had little problem adjusting to the NFL game in a zone heavy scheme. Cam Taylor Britt has been better, Kyler Gordon has played a lot... Due to injuries I'm not sure there is a single pick the Bills needed to hit on more than Elam, and it's been a massive whiff so far... Pickens was clearly the better player coming out IMHO... He's an alpha... Elam had a notebook...
Anyway...