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Abram Elam (1 Viewer)
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JoeSteeler
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Here is an article from a few days ago that might be helpful. I am glad to see he is getting a chance to start. He is another Kent State guy (from Notre dame) and I talked to him quite a few times and he is a very nice guy.
Elam looks like a find
By Gregg Hayim
Posted Nov 3, 2007
Since day one, the "Tangini" regime has put a premium on their player's character.
A strategy that has obvious drawbacks as the list of hard-hitting choirboy's in the NFL is short, to say the least. The very nature of the game does not lend itself well to this sort of hybrid.
Once a promising defensive talent at Notre Dame, Jets safety Abram Elam was forced to transfer to Kent State when he was convicted of a sexual battery charge that stemmed from an off-campus incident in 2002. Elam received two years probation, and community service, for his role.
Needless to say, given Elam's past, the team's decision to sign the free-agent safety drew quite a few perplexed looks from the folks looking on. But then again, appearances can be deceiving.
"Obviously, there were some issues that happened earlier in his career," Jets GM, Mike Tannenbaum told Newsday. "and Steve [Yarnell, the Jets' director of security] did a lot of work on him and said he was a good person and what happened was aberrational,"
Elam speaks in hushed tones, showing a genuine sense of humility as he interacts with the media. In fact, the more time you spend talking to the twenty-five year old, the less sense it makes that he would be involved in such an incident, and the more sense it makes that the team was able to make an exception to their "character" policy to sign him.
After two career starts, the team is happy that they did.
Impressed with Elam's efforts, Eric Mangini elected to start Elam against the Bengals, a decision that paid immediate dividends.
"That was a coaching decision," Mangini said when questioned as to why Erik Coleman was benched in Cincinnati. "I thought that (Abram) Elam had done a good job (in practice) and had been doing a particularly good job in the running game. (I) wanted to give him an opportunity."
Elam recorded, a team high eight tackles and seemed to constantly disrupt the Bengal's offense. He followed up the strong performance in Cincinnati with seven tackles last week against the Bills.
Defensively, the Jets have struggled all season long. They have had a hard time finding a safety to play opposite Kerry Rhodes, and the emergence of Elam has been a welcomed surprise.
The Jets braintrust has been met with recent criticism as many of their critics feel that they did not properly address their personnel needs over the off-season. Such questioning may in fact be warranted as the team clearly has holes on both sides of the ball.
But if nothing else, the Mangini/Tannenbaum duo does deserve credit for the due diligence work they did in the case of Abram Elam. They dug below the surface and seemingly emerged with a gem.
Elam looks like a find
By Gregg Hayim
Posted Nov 3, 2007
Since day one, the "Tangini" regime has put a premium on their player's character.
A strategy that has obvious drawbacks as the list of hard-hitting choirboy's in the NFL is short, to say the least. The very nature of the game does not lend itself well to this sort of hybrid.
Once a promising defensive talent at Notre Dame, Jets safety Abram Elam was forced to transfer to Kent State when he was convicted of a sexual battery charge that stemmed from an off-campus incident in 2002. Elam received two years probation, and community service, for his role.
Needless to say, given Elam's past, the team's decision to sign the free-agent safety drew quite a few perplexed looks from the folks looking on. But then again, appearances can be deceiving.
"Obviously, there were some issues that happened earlier in his career," Jets GM, Mike Tannenbaum told Newsday. "and Steve [Yarnell, the Jets' director of security] did a lot of work on him and said he was a good person and what happened was aberrational,"
Elam speaks in hushed tones, showing a genuine sense of humility as he interacts with the media. In fact, the more time you spend talking to the twenty-five year old, the less sense it makes that he would be involved in such an incident, and the more sense it makes that the team was able to make an exception to their "character" policy to sign him.
After two career starts, the team is happy that they did.
Impressed with Elam's efforts, Eric Mangini elected to start Elam against the Bengals, a decision that paid immediate dividends.
"That was a coaching decision," Mangini said when questioned as to why Erik Coleman was benched in Cincinnati. "I thought that (Abram) Elam had done a good job (in practice) and had been doing a particularly good job in the running game. (I) wanted to give him an opportunity."
Elam recorded, a team high eight tackles and seemed to constantly disrupt the Bengal's offense. He followed up the strong performance in Cincinnati with seven tackles last week against the Bills.
Defensively, the Jets have struggled all season long. They have had a hard time finding a safety to play opposite Kerry Rhodes, and the emergence of Elam has been a welcomed surprise.
The Jets braintrust has been met with recent criticism as many of their critics feel that they did not properly address their personnel needs over the off-season. Such questioning may in fact be warranted as the team clearly has holes on both sides of the ball.
But if nothing else, the Mangini/Tannenbaum duo does deserve credit for the due diligence work they did in the case of Abram Elam. They dug below the surface and seemingly emerged with a gem.
The Man With No Name
Footballguy
No stats listed on the cheat sheat/projections this week for him.
Rovers
Footballguy
Nice fluff piece on Elam, but I don't know if he will be a long term solution for the Jets at safety, at least as of now. He has made some big mistakes in coverage and with PI calls. I'm inclined to think his playing time is less a coaching decision in his favor as much as it is a coaching decision against Coleman. He is worth a flyer for this year, but beyond that, I'm not too sure. Mangini doesn't like players who make mental mistakes, and Elam has made a fair number if costly ones so far. I tend to think his playing time is more of an indictement of Coleman, as opposed to any solid confidence in Elam's ability to improve. Just my opinion, he may work out long term.... but I have my doubts.
I started him and his 4pts this weekend. Didnt have a lot of choice, but decided to gamble vs a supposedly solid Pittsburgh (Big Ben!) passing game.
From what I see in the box, at least Coleman only got 1 TK.
I will make sure to read the Gradebook given by the Jets beat writers.
From what I see in the box, at least Coleman only got 1 TK.
I will make sure to read the Gradebook given by the Jets beat writers.
