Ravens safety Matt Elam seems to know how fleeting fame is, and how he needs to take advantage of the opportunities he has been handed.
The Ravens' 2013 first-round pick has had a checkered career so far, one riddled with inconsistent play and, throughout the past two seasons, biceps and knee injuries that have kept him off the field since the final game of 2014.
The latter ailment, in which a bone chip came loose from his knee during a preseason game in Indianapolis Aug. 20, required arthroscopic surgery.
A one-game suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy served as a further hindrance.
