Colts fan here running through trade deadline options at CB. I was hoping to get info straight from the source to bring back to my people — what is the deal with Kaiir Elam? 2022 1st round pick and is now seems to be getting limited snaps even with a Tre White season ender. Is he just bad?

  • EmployUnfairB
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    1 year ago

    Don’t put a playbook on the plane put the rule book on it. If you know you know.

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    Most people in Buffalo don’t like him, say he’s a bust, think he’s he has too many penalties.

    However, I fell very differently. I think the Bills have done him a disservice by not giving him the reps.

    He’s very athletic, kept up with Hill/Waddle I’m terms of footspeed the 2 games last year he played.

    If you look at some advanced metrics, he’s actually played well.

    He’s not perfect and the game he played this year after not playing at all was against the Jags and Riddley torched him.

    It’s really unfortunate and I think this will be (once again) a guy wr trade away and watch him flourish somewhere else.

    Here’s a Twitter thread from a local radio station host that shows some of those advanced metrics.

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    He’s at his best in man coverage, but we mostly run complex zone in our defense. The coaching staff hoped they could teach him our system, and while he seems motivated to learn, he seems to get inside his own head and hesitate on the field.

    I think he could thrive in a man-coverage scheme. Really, his only weakness there is that he’s sometimes too physical. His physical traits are still good, he has good athleticism. Once he builds some confidence I think he could be a good press man corner.

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    He has a great build and the skills to be excellent. He works his butt off as well. Unfortunately, we tried to convert a man corner into our zone based system and it seemed to mess with his head. Like everyone else said, a fresh stsrt may help him get some confidence back

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    1 year ago

    Played tons of man at Florida, but the Bills run base nickel, and tons of zone.

    He just hasn’t made enough progress picking up the zone scheme here.

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    1 year ago

    Yeah, if we could get a bag of candy corn for him, I’ll be happy. (We can give that to the kids that come trick or treating)