ShulaSteakhouse Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Anyone catch that line about Benson? That pisses me off. You know they tried to lowball him. This is why we're doomed again. Poor Palmer. Poor Marv for that matter. I hate Mike Brown. Every season he makes the decisions I feel it puts us at 10 guys on the field. So sick of it.I am not remotely convinced there is going to be a large market for Benson. His last off-season will be on a lot of team's minds. I think the Bengals can still get him, and won't have to overpay to do it.Hope you're right.And they have plenty of $ to pay him or match.But as stated above, not so sure he's even interested in coming back here, if he has other similar offers/situations.I just wish the Bengals' had a plan going into a draft for once, with their own FA's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAPPYJAQ Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Anyone catch that line about Benson? That pisses me off. You know they tried to lowball him. This is why we're doomed again. Poor Palmer. Poor Marv for that matter. I hate Mike Brown. Every season he makes the decisions I feel it puts us at 10 guys on the field. So sick of it.I am not remotely convinced there is going to be a large market for Benson. His last off-season will be on a lot of team's minds. I think the Bengals can still get him, and won't have to overpay to do it.Hope you're right.And they have plenty of $ to pay him or match.But as stated above, not so sure he's even interested in coming back here, if he has other similar offers/situations.I just wish the Bengals' had a plan going into a draft for once, with their own FA's.Why didn't the Bengals push for at least 2-year deals when they signed Benson and Crocker? Instead, they sign Henry for 2 years. Right now, Ward and Benson are the top 2 UFA running backs available and Benson is 3 years younger than Ward. With the way teams are using the Franchise Tag, maybe the Bengals should've Franchised Ced instead of Shayne. It's going to take at least 4-5 million per to get him back in Cincy, at this point. Maybe Fred Taylor will be a good stop gap for a year or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazkal Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Because Benson and Crocker may have wanted 1 year prove it deals....Why would they wanna sign a 2 year deal for a vet minium if they have a good season and hit the mark a year early vs playing for bare minimum . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentjett Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Benson's not going to get good high coin. He is decent but look at his YPC, it's far from elite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Can Benson play in the 3-4 ?? Sign him NOW !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icehole3 Posted February 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 the big knock on Benson is when Chicago signed him for the big bucks he basically shut it down and started partying and clubs are afraid he'll repeat that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 So Benson DOES fit in the 3-4. Awesome, that would also free up the draft... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
membengal Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 I am not remotely convinced there is going to be a large market for Benson. His last off-season will be on a lot of team's minds. I think the Bengals can still get him, and won't have to overpay to do it. I don't think there will be a large market for any RB, but Benson still looks like as good an option as any back in FA. Furthermore, as popular as it's become to dismiss the level of interest teams will have in Benson due to his past trangressions I can't help wondering why Benson would be willing to return to THIS franchise if he receives a comparable offer.You may be right about Benson being the best option in free agency (now that Sproles is out of reach). And you may be right about the other part, whether he would return here or not. But I still bet that the dollars to get him will end up being less than a franchise tag. Whether it is Cincy or some other team. I guess the question then is whether the Bengals should have franchised him. I would not have, but, hey, I've been wrong plenty in the past. If he ends up leaving and the team does not replace him through FA or the draft and the running game suffers again, I will def be on the wrong side of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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