Comments on: Martellus Bennett “Grinding” In Slowtown Tampa

By: Tomcin

Tomcin — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:37:43 +0000

I say cut Q Black & Wright & sign Bennett 7.5 mil 3 yrs & still have money left over.

By: teacherman777

teacherman777 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:55:04 +0000

Please don’t refer to Tampa as “the south” again.

It will remind people of Doug Williams getting death threats from racist fans.

Tampa Bay is now a Melting Pot.

By: gotbbucs

gotbbucs — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:38:10 +0000

@ Jonny
I’m with you in resigning Bennett if he’s not trying to shoot the moon.

By: Capt. Tim

Capt. Tim — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:51:48 +0000

Sure hope that bus load of Angels arrives here soon. Nobody else is worthy of being a Buc, apparently

Aren’t some of you the same idiots that kept talking up the total waste- talibum?
And crying to draft the Honeybum- the drug addict who benched 4 times and the combine? Didn’t even bother to get in shape?

Michael Bennett has played great both last year.

Marcellius is an upgrade over what we have

I, unfortunately, have to go to NY city occasionally. To get from point A to point B is a monumental task, that requires planning. Everything is an intensive chore.

By comparison, Tampa is a relaxed, enjoyable place to live.

But the pace is totally different, when first arriving here

By: Jonny 3.3

Jonny 3.3 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:55:47 +0000

@gotbbucs: I said Bennett COULD get better than what he already is and he is at the moment a good DE. He should get paid as much as the good DEs of the NFL make, which is a few Millions less than the elite ones. Any contract that averages less than 8 Mil/yr is a good contract for Bennett.

I actually agree with your logic that great DEs don’t take years to develop. This is the reason we must hold on to Bennett who has proved he can be good at least. Bowers and Clayborn meanwhile have been mediocre at best thus far. We should not let Bennett go hoping these 2 injury prone hustle players can replicate his production.

By: zam

zam — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:54:00 +0000

Pass, thanks. We’re not talking about an elite tight end, and we’ve had enough so-so players who ran into trouble because they craved excitement.

By: gotbbucs

gotbbucs — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:52:30 +0000

@ Jonny 3.3

‘Who knows, may be Bennett still has a lot of room to grow as last year was his first full year as a starter since he has been in the league.”

How much are you willing to pay to find out?

They invested in a 1st and 2nd round DE with Bennett already on the roster. Great DE’s don’t take years and years to develop, neither do TE’s for that matter. I’ll pass on both boys if they’re looking to make this their big “life-after-football” contract.

By: Jonny 3.3

Jonny 3.3 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:40:19 +0000

@bucfat Anyone that is implying that Bennett played as well as he did last year because it was his contract year is just being an idiot. Bennett was a UDFA and had to bust his ass to see increased playing time year after year. In 2011 when he started you never saw him take off plays or be ineffective. He was very effective as indicated by PFF’s stats of 2011, he just did not have as many sacks as he did in 2012.

And don’t forget that players need increased playing time to get better at their trade. Who knows, may be Bennett still has a lot of room to grow as last year was his first full year as a starter since he has been in the league.

By: SirustheVirus

SirustheVirus — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:11:35 +0000

Both Bennetts are 1 year wonders and I’d rather take any of the top 5 TE in the draft over him. He’s not that good and drops to many passes. Bucs would be smart to just move down the draft as much as they can to aquire more picks(anything they can get that’s fair) and just draft one if the late 1st round. This way they have a 4 year deal with a 5th year option and can take CB in the 2nd. I don’t think Rhodes is going to be there at 13 anymore. Titans or Miami will probably take him. Milliner won’t make it past the Browns. If we aren’t going to use Blount I’d like to see him on the trading block.

By: bucfat

bucfat — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:04:50 +0000

Coach Garrett heard enough bad mouthing from Bennett in Dallas. think he is promoting signing Bennett. NOPE!

By: Big Rob

Big Rob — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:04:16 +0000

We do not ask our NT to rush the passer. It’s just not what our defense requires. Stop with the pas rushing NT garbage. Our NT just needs to take up blockers so McCoy gets 1 on 1′s and the linebackers are kept free of blockers. That’s something that should be pretty easy to replace.

By: bucfat

bucfat — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:00:56 +0000

Martellus Bennett is a knucklehead. and i know his thug personality wont cut it with coach Schiano. so im not worry. lets get football players who love the game and not just chasing the money.