Would this be the week to give Elam a chance.

[margolbe]

Dallas has some good wide receivers.  Couldn't we use a corner who could potentially cover them?

[CaptnCoke11]

Which corner is going to be benched for him?

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

Without an injury?  I don't see it.  Benford didn't have his best game in coverage but he forced a fumble.  

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

Elam is finished. They should try to get a late round pick while he has some kind of value. It’s too bad the Chiefs drafted  McDuffie in front of us. 

[Captain Hindsight]

1 hour ago, margolbe said:

Dallas has some good wide receivers.  Couldn't we use a corner who could potentially cover them?

Well then it’s probably not Elam we use 

[H2o]

 

^^^ This means it's an absolutely excellent idea ^^^

[Success]

1 hour ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

Elam is finished. They should try to get a late round pick while he has some kind of value. It’s too bad the Chiefs drafted  McDuffie in front of us. 

 

He's "finished?"

 

The guy is 22, played pretty well in his moments last season, and supposedly was nursing an ankle injury when he played this season.

 

He's not finished.

[Pete]

30 minutes ago, H2o said:

 

^^^ This means it's an absolutely excellent idea ^^^

I’m not sure airseven is a Bills Fan.  Hes anti pro Bills posts often 

[billieve420]

If not this year he will get another shot in training camp next year barring injury. So you hope this year was related to the ankle injury and he turns the corner. I thought he was showing some promise end of last season.

[gonzo1105]

[JohnNord]

I honestly don’t believe that the Bills regard him anywhere as high as fans do. 
 

The only way I see this happening is if Hyde can’t go and you replace him with Cam Lewis at S.  Freeing up a spot for Elam to replace him at CB.

 

[RyanC883]

I hope he is active.  Provides another option.  Defending Lamb will be difficult. 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

17 minutes ago, Success said:

 

He's "finished?"

 

The guy is 22, played pretty well in his moments last season, and supposedly was nursing an ankle injury when he played this season.

 

He's not finished.

He’s been a healthy scratch most of the season despite massive injuries to the secondary. He’s finished in Buffalo. Maybe he can catch on somewhere else

[BigDingus]

He's gotten chances. If he's improved, then sure. Give him another shot.

 

I'm still salty Dallas got Gilmore for only a 5th, and he's playing fantastic for them this season. 

[WhoTom]

21 minutes ago, Success said:

 

He's "finished?"

 

The guy is 22, played pretty well in his moments last season, and supposedly was nursing an ankle injury when he played this season.

 

He's not finished.

 

I agree, but to the OP's point, I don't think he's a better option than the CBs ahead of him on the depth chart. I see no reason to suit him up for the Cowboys' game.

 

 

[Big Turk]

1 hour ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

Elam is finished. They should try to get a late round pick while he has some kind of value. It’s too bad the Chiefs drafted  McDuffie in front of us. 

 

If they thought that he would have been traded at the deadline. Beane gave it "no thought"

[Dillenger4]

Where was Dane Jackson last night? Did he even play??

We need him and Douglas this week with Benford as filler.

[BananaB]

1 minute ago, Dillenger4 said:

Where was Dane Jackson last night? Did he even play??

We need him and Douglas this week with Benford as filler.

Benford sucks. Dane sucks and Elam sucks. 

Edited December 11, 2023 by BananaB

[Dillenger4]

4 minutes ago, BananaB said:

Benford sucks. Dane sucks and Elam sucks. 

OK then. Back to reality - we need Dane back this week.

[SoCal Deek]

Why would we play our First Round pick when we can watch Taron Johnson run around aimlessly bumping into his own players? Hmmmm?

[BigAl2526]

If the Bills were to activate Elam and drop one of their other CBs, the obvious candidate is Cam Lewis.  I'm not being anti-Lewis here.  He's a decent utility type guy in the secondary, but he's undersized and doesn't have special athleticism or anything.  They could probably sign him to the PS.  Elam does have some man coverage skills to go with his plus athleticism.  McDermott used some man coverage in the KC games.  It really depends on what he wants to do scheme wise in the Dallas game.

[Special K]

[kjack151]

Elam was clocked at 4.39.   We have no one else on the team this fast.  We will need him to cover Hill later…try to cover Hill.  Activate him

[Punching Bag]

9 hours ago, Pete said:

I’m not sure airseven is a Bills Fan.  Hes anti pro Bills posts often 

 

So are a lot of other posters - just not so transparent,

[Einstein]

9 hours ago, Big Turk said:

 

If they thought that he would have been traded at the deadline. Beane gave it "no thought"

 

I just assumed that was code for “we didn’t get the offer we wanted”.

 

Id be genuinely surprised if he is on the roster next season.

[Solomon Grundy]

10 hours ago, JohnNord said:

I honestly don’t believe that the Bills regard him anywhere as high as fans do. 
 

The only way I see this happening is if Hyde can’t go and you replace him with Cam Lewis at S.  Freeing up a spot for Elam to replace him at CB.

 

Cam Lewis has NO BUSINESS on a NFL roster!! 

[somnus00]

10 hours ago, Pete said:

I’m not sure airseven is a Bills Fan.  Hes anti pro Bills posts often 

I'm surprised it wasn't the eye roll emoji.

[GunnerBill]

6 hours ago, Solomon Grundy said:

Cam Lewis has NO BUSINESS on a NFL roster!! 

 

This isn't true. He is a bottom end of an NFL roster / PS level player. And that is the role he serves. 

[CSBill]

Somewhere, John Lennon is singing: "All we are saying is give Elam a chance."

[Kirby Jackson]

2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

This isn't true. He is a bottom end of an NFL roster / PS level player. And that is the role he serves. 

I agree with you Gunner. To take it a half step further, his ability to play multiple positions make him an ideal candidate to be active on game days. It allows the team some flexibility with other game day decisions. 

[Bill from NYC]

18 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

Elam is finished. They should try to get a late round pick while he has some kind of value. It’s too bad the Chiefs drafted  McDuffie in front of us. 

Yep, that pick simply had to be a corner, even if it involved trading up. Screw wide receivers and/or blockers. We needed a first round corner to play in a zone at all costs. 

Now, Tre might be shot due to his injury. Perhaps McDermott and his lapdog will run to the podiun in 2024 and grab another corner in the 1st. It wouldn't surprise me.

[The Jokeman]

20 hours ago, CaptnCoke11 said:

Which corner is going to be benched for him?

Cam Lewis

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, CSBill said:

Somewhere, John Lennon is singing: "All we are saying is give Elam a chance."

The 'other' Elam.  Never can tell who he's watching.

[Dopey]

41 minutes ago, Bill from NYC said:

Yep, that pick simply had to be a corner, even if it involved trading up. Screw wide receivers and/or blockers. We needed a first round corner to play in a zone at all costs. 

Now, Tre might be shot due to his injury. Perhaps McDermott and his lapdog will run to the podiun in 2024 and grab another corner in the 1st. It wouldn't surprise me.

Beane has done a damn good job building this team. For every pick people here complain about, there’s 2 excellent picks. In the Elam draft alone, we have 4 solid contributors not named Elam. 
“Cook sucks “ “Cook looks slow”

”Oliver sucks”

”Bernard suck”

”AJ isn’t an nfl player “

”Groot sucks”

There’s more I can note for you, but you get the picture. 
 people like you who don’t know 💩 about drafting, acting like you know what you’re doing. After the fact. 

Every gm has misses. Find one that doesn’t. You can’t. 

“This post sucks”

[Bill from NYC]

38 minutes ago, Dopey said:

Beane has done a damn good job building this team. For every pick people here complain about, there’s 2 excellent picks. In the Elam draft alone, we have 4 solid contributors not named Elam. 
“Cook sucks “ “Cook looks slow”

”Oliver sucks”

”Bernard suck”

”AJ isn’t an nfl player “

”Groot sucks”

There’s more I can note for you, but you get the picture. 
 people like you who don’t know 💩 about drafting, acting like you know what you’re doing. After the fact. 

Every gm has misses. Find one that doesn’t. You can’t. 

“This post sucks”

Wow, that was nasty. In any event, my compliments for living up to your well deserved screen name! 👍👌

[Mr. WEO]

21 hours ago, margolbe said:

Dallas has some good wide receivers.  Couldn't we use a corner who could potentially cover them?

 

 

This would rule out Elam.

[BearNorth]

19 hours ago, BigDingus said:

I'm still salty Dallas got Gilmore for only a 5th, and he's playing fantastic for them this season. 

Once Gilmore left us - doubtful he would ever return, esp when he was desired by the wealthiest franchise in the game.

[T master]

20 hours ago, BigDingus said:

He's gotten chances. If he's improved, then sure. Give him another shot.

 

I'm still salty Dallas got Gilmore for only a 5th, and he's playing fantastic for them this season. 

 

Just one more reason why i hope the Bills blow them off the field I can't stand Dallas mainly because of their owners huge ego but when you have a guy like Gilmore on their team it's just added motivation to get the win this week . 

[FireChans]

2 hours ago, Bill from NYC said:

Yep, that pick simply had to be a corner, even if it involved trading up. Screw wide receivers and/or blockers. We needed a first round corner to play in a zone at all costs. 

Now, Tre might be shot due to his injury. Perhaps McDermott and his lapdog will run to the podiun in 2024 and grab another corner in the 1st. It wouldn't surprise me.

We barely had a starting corner on the roster and they had one with a first round grade.

 

Are you arguing they should have taken what they believed to be was a lesser player solely because they weren't a DB?

[gobills404]

Dallas is a top 2 passing offense in the league and they don’t have the dynamic speed at WR that would warrant Elam playing. This honestly might be the worst possible week to play him.