Matt Elam

[harfordravenfan]

On 4/21/2016 at 2:44 PM, Deflated Football said:

Who ever said he was elite? Real question.. 

I was wondering that exact thing

[rossihunter2]

best case is elam plays himself out of baltimore because we won't want the fifth year but he'll be too expensive for us to keep on the cheap because he's made too many plays. he's not shown enough in baltimore to get a second contract but my hope is that he plays well enough that we can get a comp pick in 2018

[K-Dog]

1 hour ago, rossihunter2 said:

best case is elam plays himself out of baltimore because we won't want the fifth year but he'll be too expensive for us to keep on the cheap because he's made too many plays. he's not shown enough in baltimore to get a second contract but my hope is that he plays well enough that we can get a comp pick in 2018

I am pretty sure you are right.
This will be a resume year for him.  He is playing for a contract, with someone else.

[jimmypowder]

On 4/17/2016 at 1:02 PM, ALSKAN RAVEN FAN said:

If Elam can make it past the cuts and get on the field at all this year he is going to be filling out his resume for the other 31 NFL teams with his play and so far it's a resume that's seriously lacking. I just don't see him here (any where in the NFL) much longer unless he can turn on some mental  switch to get him playing like an NFL safety.

The question is will he make it past the cuts? The only reason he will is because he's cheap and Ozzie will give the 1st rounder one more chance. 

[Tank 92]

So Elam can start practicing in about 10 days. Think he will make it to the active roster?

[allblackraven]

1 minute ago, Tank 92 said:

So Elam can start practicing in about 10 days. Think he will make it to the active roster?

I'd rather have him on 53 than Powers or Lewis. Lewis in particular.

[flynismo]

On 4/13/2016 at 1:20 PM, K-Dog said:

 Paulamahau.  ( sp. What ever )

 

That wasn't even close lol. 

I miss that guy

[Maryland]

It might depend on if they lose someone of greater importance between now and then, since the earliest he can return is week 9, and you never know who gets injured between now and then. On the other hand, if Weddle or Webb get IR'd for some reason, you can almost guarantee he makes the active roster.

I think it's safe to think he wouldn't be any worse than Kendrick Lewis.

[Tank 92]

4 minutes ago, flynismo said:

That wasn't even close lol. 

I miss that guy

Hairball is much easier to spell.  

[K-Dog]

24 minutes ago, flynismo said:

That wasn't even close lol. 

I miss that guy

Close enough you knew who I meant.  

[Tank 92]

4 minutes ago, K-Dog said:

Close enough you knew who I meant.  

You didn't even try.   lol

[K-Dog]

Just now, Tank 92 said:

You didn't even try.   lol

I didnt google it, no.  But I got the first letter, hit a few random letters, and then went for a strong finish.

 

[Tank 92]

4 minutes ago, K-Dog said:

Close enough you knew who I meant.  

OK.  Spell Obafemi Ayabendejo......wait......... haha

[Tank 92]

46 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

I'd rather have him on 53 than Powers or Lewis. Lewis in particular.

Yeah, I was loving Elam's progress this year before he got hurt. I think he come's back and kicks some butt. 

[allblackraven]

2 minutes ago, Tank 92 said:

Yeah, I was loving Elam's progress this year before he got hurt. I think he come's back and kicks some butt. 

He looked good in preseason. Very unlucky with injuries this and last year.

[K-Dog]

1 hour ago, Tank 92 said:

OK.  Spell Obafemi Ayabendejo......wait......... haha

I would almost certainly attempt to Google that.

Attempt....

[Daft Classic]

Keep Elam, Get rid of Lewis. He was booty when he came in for Weddle

[PurpleCity5]

Elam is just a frustrating player to watch. I'll never forget that play against Cleveland in 2015 when Taylor Gabriel caught that long-bomb and and fell to the ground and all Elam did was look at him and let him run for an extra 20 yards. I was like "GUAAGGGGHHHH, How on Earth!!!???" It was such an bone-headed move. Like, what are you doing????? What were you thinking???? That's all I could ask. Till this day, that tops the list of the worst and just odd plays I've seen in my last five years. 

 I don't see Elam being activated unless someone were to get hurt, in fact wasn't there a report saying that we're planning on cutting him? 

I wonder if we were interested in Travis Frederick? We needed a C with Matt Birk out, I wonder what would have happened if he made it to us. 

[allblackraven]

21 minutes ago, PurpleCity5 said:

Elam is just a frustrating player to watch. I'll never forget that play against Cleveland in 2015 when Taylor Gabriel caught that long-bomb and and fell to the ground and all Elam did was look at him and let him run for an extra 20 yards. I was like "GUAAGGGGHHHH, How on Earth!!!???" It was such an bone-headed move. Like, what are you doing????? What were you thinking???? That's all I could ask. Till this day, that tops the list of the worst and just odd plays I've seen in my last five years. 

 I don't see Elam being activated unless someone were to get hurt, in fact wasn't there a report saying that we're planning on cutting him? 

I wonder if we were interested in Travis Frederick? We needed a C with Matt Birk out, I wonder what would have happened if he made it to us. 

There wasn't a report on any plan of cutting Elam. Ravens just did not activate the 5th year from a rookie contract. He looked fast in preseason games and apparently had good training camp. Made few nice tackles during little time he spent on the field in preseason. 

As far as Frederick goes, I think we were content with Birk's disciple. That's before the season started but it was too late then.

[jdynamite]

Elam 

10 hours ago, PurpleCity5 said:

Elam is just a frustrating player to watch. I'll never forget that play against Cleveland in 2015 when Taylor Gabriel caught that long-bomb and and fell to the ground and all Elam did was look at him and let him run for an extra 20 yards. I was like "GUAAGGGGHHHH, How on Earth!!!???" It was such an bone-headed move. Like, what are you doing????? What were you thinking???? That's all I could ask. Till this day, that tops the list of the worst and just odd plays I've seen in my last five years. 

 I don't see Elam being activated unless someone were to get hurt, in fact wasn't there a report saying that we're planning on cutting him? 

I wonder if we were interested in Travis Frederick? We needed a C with Matt Birk out, I wonder what would have happened if he made it to us. 

Doing the draft process that year, all the analysts was saying Frederick was mid second round pick or possibly early third round and that's why Dallas was kind of laughed at for taking him in 1st round without trading back.  ( now it's worked perfectly and he's been great for them ) 

Now every team has their own grading systems so I guess it would depend on if Ozzie and scouts had Frederick grades that highly or were they went the tv draft media grades in mid-second to early 3rd. 

I have these crazy draft thoughts all the time like what if Dallas hadn't stole Dez Bryant

[AsianRice]

19 minutes ago, jdynamite said:

Elam 

Doing the draft process that year, all the analysts was saying Frederick was mid second round pick or possibly early third round and that's why Dallas was kind of laughed at for taking him in 1st round without trading back.  ( now it's worked perfectly and he's been great for them ) 

Now every team has their own grading systems so I guess it would depend on if Ozzie and scouts had Frederick grades that highly or were they went the tv draft media grades in mid-second to early 3rd. 

I have these crazy draft thoughts all the time like what if Dallas hadn't stole Dez Bryant

I can't never forget that draft when I was about to celebrate that we will get Dez Bryant then Dallas traded up and took him....What a miserable day for me...

[jboy19]

Elam probably gets one more chance realistically. I'm thinking it's him or Carl Davis that gets reactivated, and the DBs have definitely struggled more than the DL has thus far. 

[ALPHA]

25 minutes ago, AsianRice said:

I can't never forget that draft when I was about to celebrate that we will get Dez Bryant then Dallas traded up and took him....What a miserable day for me...

Jerry Jones and Dez watched us win a SB.

[rmcjacket23]

14 minutes ago, jboy19 said:

Elam probably gets one more chance realistically. I'm thinking it's him or Carl Davis that gets reactivated, and the DBs have definitely struggled more than the DL has thus far. 

All depends on his recovery timeline. Haven't heard anything about him thus far, so my guess as of now is that he's not close to returning.

[PurpleCity5]

11 hours ago, allblackraven said:

There wasn't a report on any plan of cutting Elam. Ravens just did not activate the 5th year from a rookie contract. He looked fast in preseason games and apparently had good training camp. Made few nice tackles during little time he spent on the field in preseason. 

As far as Frederick goes, I think we were content with Birk's disciple. That's before the season started but it was too late then.

I think there was a report of the team planning to cut him by Jamison Hensley. I think it may have came from Baltimore Beatdown or something. Anyways, we always hear about Elam preforming well in T.C and the off-season and we never see it pay off. I take anything said about him during the off-season with a grain of salt because it hasn't produced on the field. 

I don't think Frederick was our guy, but I think we could have possibly have interest in him since we liked Arthur Brown a lot and wanted him here in the 2nd round. Maybe we looked at Frederick as a 1st. Who knows. 

[Rav'n Maniac]

17 hours ago, Tank 92 said:

OK.  Spell Obafemi Ayabendejo......wait......... haha

I always went with Oflemy I-am-a-banjo. Everyone always knew who I was referring to.

[Tank 92]

3 hours ago, rmcjacket23 said:

All depends on his recovery timeline. Haven't heard anything about him thus far, so my guess as of now is that he's not close to returning.

He had a bone chip removed, guessing should be good to go. He's not eligible to start practice until 9/14 and can't return until 11/1. Don't really see another candidate to return from IR. 

[rmcjacket23]

1 minute ago, Tank 92 said:

He had a bone chip removed, guessing should be good to go. He's not eligible to start practice until 9/14 and can't return until 11/1. Don't really see another candidate to return from IR. 

At this time, yes, he's the leading candidate to return. The only question is what happens if a starting-caliber player suffers like an 8 week injury in week 6-7. Then it would be a tougher decision.

[RayRayRaven]

On ‎10‎/‎4‎/‎2016 at 3:46 PM, rmcjacket23 said:

At this time, yes, he's the leading candidate to return. The only question is what happens if a starting-caliber player suffers like an 8 week injury in week 6-7. Then it would be a tougher decision.

I think they gave his jersey number away already