APRavens safety Matt Elam has been suspended by the NFL for one game that he wasn’t going to play anyway.
The Ravens announced today that the NFL suspended Elam without pay for one game for violating the league’s Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse.
That doesn’t mean much to the Ravens, as Elam is on injured reserve anyway. But it does mean he’ll lose one-seventeenth of his salary this season: Players on injured reserve still get paid, but players under suspension do not. Elam’s base salary this year was $1.02 million, so one week without pay means he’ll lose about $60,000.
Elam was the Ravens’ first-round pick in 2013. He started 26 games in his first two seasons before suffering a torn bicep in August of this year.
Why wouldn’t they wait till he’s eligible to play. I’m sure he learned his lesson .
Good, we’ll count that as a suspension for the BS low hit that broke Cobb’s leg last year.
While not a bust, Elam is still a major disappointment. His coverage skills are nonexistent, and he really isn’t great in the box, either. Coming out of college, he was supposed to be some sort of reincarnation of Polomalu or Rodney Harrison. He’s more like a poor man’s version of his predecessor with the Ravens, Bernard Pollard.
Well, at least he’s not as bad as Brandon Meriwether.
Good, we’ll count that as a suspension for the BS low hit that broke Cobb’s leg last year.
It was actually two years ago, and a legal hit, but hey I guess that axe isn’t ground to a nub yet so might as well keep grinding it.
“Why wouldn’t they wait till he’s eligible to play.”
That precedent was set several years ago when players who were not signed to any team were allowed to “serve their suspension” by missing games that they never would have played in as they weren’t signed to anyone.
Just another example of the league office under Goodell having their collective heads inserted where the sun don’t shine.
Because, you know, the common sense definition that you can’t be suspended from a game you couldn’t have and never would have played in in the first place doesn’t apply in the world of Goodell’s science denying cronies.
Rare bust picked by Ozzie Newsome. He’ll be cut by next year.
Elam is dirty as hell
Why are they still doing news reports for this laughing stock of a team??? Worst team in nfl …. in ozzie we trust hahaha at least you have cute purple jerseys
If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around does it make a sound? Same thing with Matt Elam’s suspension on the field.
Unnoticeable
Florio still wouldn’t post the feel good story about Ray Rice.
Even from IR he manages to hurt the team. I’m a big fan but also willing to admit he’s a bust.
Let me guess. He smoked pot in his spare time. We’re all gonna die.
You guys are so quick to label players bust
Bust With a Capitol B. Can’t Cover Can’t Hit a Moving Target. Can’t Catch. Otherwise a Solid 1st Round Draft Pick
Seems like special treatment for partners in crime.
in Oz they trust
i remember when ravens fans were saying he is the next ed reed…lol child pls
In Oz we trust…Or is that bust?
lol
I bet he and Dion Jordan are playing X-Box together with their “Partially Suspended Salaries” and having a big laugh. Pass the Chips, Brah……
Non-factor for this aging, floundering franchise.
Karmic Implosion*
*Due to the team’s handling of the ray rice situation