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

[Low Positive]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:11 PM, whorlnut said:

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. 

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I got curious about this. In 2022, only one team played man at a 50% rate (Saints). Most teams play zone 70% of the time. You can't have a player that tips the coverage just be being in the game.

Edited September 17, 2023 by FrenchConnection

[Augie]

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

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

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He and Josh split?   

[Einstein]

  On 9/17/2023 at 3:59 PM, Royale with Cheese said:

Put the playbook on the plane!

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Good memory. I think the strong value that culture plays on this administration was really drawn to Elam's sales tactic of bringing his notebook to the combine and he drove it home with that playbook on the plane comment.

[RobbRiddick]

Cool, we'll need him for the playoffs...

 

 

 

Actually, I bet the activate him against the Phins so they can use his speed on those receivers 

[jester43]

beane sucks!

[LyndonvilleBill]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:09 PM, FrenchConnection said:

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

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And Airseven would be the richest person in the world.🤣

[jester43]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:13 PM, Einstein said:

 

Good memory. I think the strong value that culture plays on this administration was really drawn to Elam's sales tactic of bringing his notebook to the combine and he drove it home with that playbook on the plane comment.

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which shows the naivete of the bills "braintrust"

[uticaclub]

I thought he’d be a good matchup against Adams. ***** me

[Special K]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:06 PM, Draconator said:

Dalton Kincade says hold my beer 

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So does O’Cyrus Torrence.

 

Beane needs to to the same thing next year with his first two picks: OL and WR.

[John from Riverside]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:15 PM, LyndonvilleBill said:

And Airseven would be the richest person in the world.🤣

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Only to be out done by filthy beast

[SoonerBillsFan]

  On 9/17/2023 at 3:52 PM, Jay_Fixit said:

Who wants to trade for a player that is bad at playing football?

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There is always someone that thinks they can fix them.

[Einstein]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:12 PM, finn said:

He's a good player, just can't play zone well, evidently. 

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Yeah. He made a comment this offseason about how he would stay up nights stressing about how he could make plays in a zone defense.

 

And I think mentally he gets in his own head. This quote is telling:

 

"Last year, I’m coming in with all these high expectations. Not only from the media and the outsiders, but myself as well. If I saw somebody make a play, I wanted to make two, three of them. And if the results didn’t come, then I already added more pressure to myself. If I F-ed up, I felt like I’m letting people down. I’m letting the G.M., the head coach, I’m letting myself down, I’m letting my family down... First 3-4 weeks of training camp I was very consistent. Making a lot of plays on the ball. I feel like that first preseason, I got that holding call that I was in great position. I don’t think I should have even touched the receiver." - Elam

[John from Riverside]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:18 PM, Special K said:

So does O’Cyrus Torrence.

 

Beane needs to to the same thing next year with his first two picks: OL and WR.

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What we need to be doing is drafting the best player available and not trying to draft someone that fits into our team
 

We used a second round pick on Cyrus Kuanjo and Cody Ford

[Cray51]

He went from put the playbook on the plane to please put me on the plane so I can play at all!

[RyanC883]

  On 9/17/2023 at 3:33 PM, FrenchConnection said:

Beans has nothing to do with him being inactive. That’s all McDermott.

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should never have drafted a press man CB for zone scheme.  

[whorlnut]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:21 PM, John from Riverside said:

What we need to be doing is drafting the best player available and not trying to draft someone that fits into our team
 

We used a second round pick on Cyrus Kuanjo and Cody Ford

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That’s just it…Elam didn’t fit what this team does schematically. It was a head scratcher then and especially  now. 

[LyndonvilleBill]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:15 PM, RobbRiddick said:

Cool, we'll need him for the playoffs...

 

 

 

Actually, I bet the activate him against the Phins so they can use his speed on those receivers 

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Good thought. Maybe Cincy as well.

[PatsFanNH]

  On 9/17/2023 at 4:13 PM, FrenchConnection said:

I got curious about this. In 2022, only one team played man at a 50% rate (Saints). Most teams play zone 70% of the time. You can't have a player that tips the coverage just be being in the game.

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That’s probably true, but I’d say a coach like BB got Elam to go with Gonzalez both who excel at man.. the team would then switch to more of a man defense. A good coach plays to his players strengths..

[Solomon Grundy]

  On 9/17/2023 at 3:33 PM, FrenchConnection said:

Beans has nothing to do with him being inactive. That’s all McDermott.

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Why use a 1st rd pick on him if the HC wasn't in on him? Don't they work in concert with each other during the draft? 

[Virgil]

Just because I’m not surprised doesn’t mean it’s not frustrating