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Packers Star Reveals on Instagram Story That He's Retiring After This Season
BY: Thomas Carannante ... 29 OCT 2017
" Tight end Martellus Bennett, who signed a three-year, $21 million contract with Green Bay in the offseason, is apparently going to call it quits after 2017. What a shame, considering we never got to see his full potential with Rodgers as his QB."
This sort of makes sense. At times this season, so far, it seems like he's already retired.
thats great, now we're back to square one at the TE position
oh well, his head wasn't in the game this year anyways
When I saw this in Facebook, I replied "Good Riddance". We didn't give up anything in trade to get him; He's got two years left on his non-guaranteed contract for more money than he's getting this season; And most of all, he's been a big disappointment - IMO anyway.
I'd take Richard Rodgers over either Bennett or Kendrick.
I miss Cook. Bennett was a pro bowler at some point... but screw it. Wish we could make a trade or save his salary for a more productive player.
Jeff Saturday II
Most of us thought this would be an upgrade over Cook; I wonder if TT did, too.
We were wrong.
they should just ask him to retire now and pay him for the year. his heart isn't in it which means the effort won't be in it either. kinda feel he retired during camp. no need for a farewell tour. lol
We was right.:-PQuote:
Originally Posted by Fritz
Bennett is better than Cook right now? What you sayin' Blue Dog?
I was taunting you, declaring there was a different "we" who were skeptical about the switch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fritz
I took the "Cook uber alles" position because I had the great advantage of ignorance. The fantasy football guys said I was a big dummy.
Through seven games (actually played not Week 1-7):
17 199 1 TD
24 233 0 TD
Who is wearing it better?
Let's not even get into whether the 235 lb guy can block as well as the 250 lb guy.
Cook wasn't all that great either. Bennett is the kind of TE we need; He just didn't play up to expectations. In addition to having problems staying healthy, Cook's thing was going deep. What we needed in a TE is a big target possession type guy who can also block. Bennett should have been that - if he just didn't drop so damn many passes.
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Originally Posted by pbmax
Cook missed some time with shoulder injury. He also started season as a backup. Since we don't watch his games, it is hard to say how he is playing, but he looked good on the one nationally televised night game.
Wisconsin's left tackle caught a TD pass yesterday. Maybe we can look for him in the draft.Quote:
Originally Posted by texaspackerbacker
I think a fast pass catching TE - and Cook was really effective for a couple months with Rodgers - is more valuable.
I'd rather flood the field with WR deep threats and have my TE come underneath for a first down if none of the WRs get open, especially if the TE isn't anything special as a blocker.
That is his first seven games, and do not include games played he missed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harlan Huckleby
I don't know what you mean he started as backup. He was never behind DickRod on the depth chart.
I mean for the Raiders.Quote:
Originally Posted by pbmax
Recent Cook report:
Jared Cook's versatility at tight end proving 'crucial' for Raiders
OK. But I am referring to FA Packer TEs, not Raiders. The offense has remained the same, the TE changed, making the comparison interesting at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harlan Huckleby
My point is that it took Cook more than seven plus games to get integrated. Same will be true (maybe even more with Hundley now) for Bennett.
I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by pbmax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C-kBVggFrs
Maybe. But a guy announcing retirement doesn't sound like rising star.Quote:
Originally Posted by pbmax
Not a common trait among veteran FAs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harlan Huckleby
Cook's star is rising in L.A.Quote:
Originally Posted by pbmax
I didn't mean in sense of a sensational player.
So the Chargers really like him?Quote:
Originally Posted by Harlan Huckleby
Or maybe the Rams?
I still say they coulda signed both Cook and Bennett.
The final chapter in Bennett's career has not been written. Who the hell knows, he may just be down because Rodgers is out. Maybe Hotrod throws him a few TD passes in the next coupla weeks and he finds his mojo again. Hell, Bert retired at least 6 years in a row.
I had a brain malfunction. I knew it was Oakland, but was thinking they moved their stadium, which would be S.F., but maybe that is wrong too
VegasQuote:
Originally Posted by Harlan Huckleby
No, I see Oakland still plays in Oakland. Was there talk of them playing their games somewhere else, or is this all just the voices again?
OK, OK, so Cook's star is rising over Las Vegas Strip.
Worse case; we have Kendricks, who is light years better than the Plodder...and about 7MIL more to spend on a TE if TT chooses to do so
What's the over under on number of games after the relocation before some raiders defender is nicknamed the vegas stripper?
^^^^^. Everything with the raiders will require some betting line.
The way he has been playing I can see why he wants to retire. Hope he does and the Packers draft Troy Fumagalli..this kid is always making plays.
I was measuring Bennett against Kelce and Gronkowski - both have around 450 yards and 4 TDs. Why can't Bennett give us that? What the fuck is wrong with him?Quote:
Originally Posted by pbmax
a lot of people think its just a ploy to get traded to a contender
i say do it
he's not helping us out at all
his handsQuote:
Originally Posted by mraynrand
if he had caught half the balls that he dropped this year he would actually have pretty good numbers
Weird, they have him listed as having 3. I thought he had 5Quote:
Originally Posted by red
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/stats?s...Order=1&page=8
Still, I expect every starter and backup to play as well or better than the best person at his position in the NFL, or at least at pro bowl level, so he's way short.
What good have you seen in Kendricks that leads you to say that? I haven't seen him do much of anything good at all for the Packers. Richard Rodgers, on the other hand, I see as a decent and much maligned player - this year as well as in the past.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bretsky