Comments on: Don’t Write Off Martellus Bennett

By: Facts Matter

Facts Matter — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:22:03 +0000

He’s happy with the Giants. The Giants are happy with him. He loves the area he’s living in because of the cultural locations. He is working with the undisputed best TE coach in the game in Mike Pope. He already knows that his former coach does not measure up – and did not support seriously using him beyond a blocking role. In Dallas, he was in roughly 80% of the offensive snaps, yet would get 15 receptions a season and most of those were Romo dump offs at the line of scrimmage to avoid a sack (the exception year was when Kitna was the starter).
And his reception % was actually quite respectable – Dallas fans would have you believe he was lazy and dropped dozens of balls a game while he was there. Blocking is not a skill for lazy TEs to learn.
Martellus has frequently commented about hating Dallas with a passion now. If you really like your former coaches, you don’t rip them. Nor do you leave a place you are happy to go play on a team with that previous coach.
Reese will find salary cap space to re-sign Martellus.

By: hamilton

hamilton — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:02:24 +0000

go get bennet.

By: Oahubuc

Oahubuc — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:26:49 +0000

Want

By: PRBucFan

PRBucFan — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:41:16 +0000

One of Doms biggest mistakes ever if we don’t bring Bennet back.

We spend all those years drafting the position and we finally have a young one in the making, getting better and better and we are going to let him walk???

Lol crazy talk.

By: Sneedy16

Sneedy16 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:32:14 +0000

bombs* I really should proofread.

By: Sneedy16

Sneedy16 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:30:15 +0000

@76buc76

Dom might not be good a drafting, but he is a great at working out contracts. If he booms I’m pretty sure his contract will only be guaranteed for the first 2 years. If the Bucs can fill up the holes that we have with free agency, it will make it possible for the Bucs the focus on defense and get the BPA instead .

By: Tone850

Tone850 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:21:03 +0000

I’ve been saying it since near the end of the season. Bring the Bennett brothers together. The offense only gets better and the defense will be stocked again in the front seven. Defensive ends are hard to find and we can 3 really really good one on the verge of being great and not to mention the back ups that played this year were pretty darn good too. We need depth.

By: Sneedy16

Sneedy16 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:58:44 +0000

@Brandon

I would prefer Ma Bennett at TE to help with the offense. With a big TE that can block and catch makes the offense less predictable. Jared Cook is a big TE but I’m not sure about his blocking ability.

By: 76buc76

76buc76 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:24:37 +0000

What is it gunna cost to sign them.5 mil per for Ma,8 mil per for Mi.I’m not sold on MaBennett what did Kevin Boss do after his big year for the Giant’s.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:22:11 +0000

Yes, unrestricted free agent. Plus, because of the way he is used by Baltimore, we could kill two birds with one free agent stone.

Because he plays OLB for Baltimore nearly half of the time with the Ravens, he could come over to us and play Sam LB on running downs and then line up as a DE on passing downs. I think adding him would be huge.

By: ShayneGoodfellow

ShayneGoodfellow — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:04:19 +0000

@Brandon

Kruger is a FA!?!?!?!? If bennett does not come back, I would LOVE to see this guy on our team. He’s a beast of a pass rushe and not too bad of a run stopper.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:51:12 +0000

I like Michael B.’s work ethic and motor. Perhaps having him paired with Marty B. would motivate the TE to work his tail off. Then again, there are better DE’s available on the market.

DE Michael Johnson is a physical freak that is just coming into his own.
DE/LB Paul Kruger looks like Jackie Chan with his fancy and effective hand fighting and he too is really coming into his own.
DE Cliff Avril was franchised last season and has nearly 20 sacks the psat two seasons.
DE/OLB Connor Barwin had a huge year in 2011 but a dropoff in production this season. He might be, however, the most explosive DE available.

There are better TEs available as well.
Jared Cook, Dustin Keller, and Travis Beckum are all considered better PURE pass receivers than Bennett, though not quite as good at blocking. Myers from the Raiders had a big year catching the ball but is not really a threat down the field.