Former Buffalo Bills cornerback Kaiir Elam’s time with the Chiefs was cut short after Kansas City released him as part of its roster cuts over the weekend.
But Elam doesn’t appear to be leaving the AFC West.
Elam is Heading to the Chargers
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported on Monday that Elam is joining the Los Angeles Chargers practice squad.
The Bills drafted Elam in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, and it didn’t go well.
Elam only appeared in 29 games, starting 12 in three seasons in Buffalo. The Bills traded him to the Dallas Cowboys last offseason, and he wasn’t there long either.
Brandon Beane, the Bills’ president of football operations, took full responsibility for the Elam pick.
“Ultimately, it’s on me,” Beane said last March, via Bills on SI’s Ralph Ventre. “I made the selection that didn’t work out and I own that. You don’t want those to happen but man, I’m rooting for Kaiir, I really am.”
The Cowboys waived Elam last November and then signed with the Tennessee Titans shortly after.
Elam has bounced around in his first five NFL seasons, and maybe he’ll figure it out with the Chargers, or this could be his last stint with any NFL team.
Elam Took a Little Shot at the Bills Last Season
When the Bills traded Elam to the Cowboys last season, it felt like he took a shot at Buffalo on his way out the door. Elam thought the energy in Dallas was something that he had never experienced before.
“I feel like the energy here is something I’ve never been a part of,” Elam said last offseason, via the team’s website. “I love the enthusiasm, and also I would just say the energy from the coaching staff, they actually make you feel like they care, and that’s something that’s very exciting.”
It never felt like Elam was going to work out for the Bills after his rookie season, and Buffalo moving on from him last offseason seemed to be the best move at the time.
The Bills turned around a month after trading Elam to the Cowboys and took a cornerback in the first round. Buffalo drafted Maxwell Hairston out of Kentucky.
Hairston didn’t have the best rookie season after injuring his LCL in training camp, which affected him during the regular season. However, he now seems fully healthy, and he may show the Bills this season why they spent a first-round pick on him last year.
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