Cedric Benson overused?

[Harlan Huckleby]

Why aren't the other running backs getting some snaps? Benson is no spring chicken, need to protect his body and legs for playoffs.

The Vikings are spelling AP with Toby Gerhardt, the Bears mix Michael Bush with Forte.

[mmmdk]

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[Fritz]

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Overusing Benson? I thought he got better with more carries.

I say use him up like a slutty college party girl.

[mmmdk]

Overusing Benson? I thought he got better with more carries.

I say use him up like a slutty college party girl.

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[Brandon494]

Once Starks comes back he'll take some of the carries away but Benson is use to carrying a big workload.

[mraynrand]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AecspmmEUrA

[Cheesehead Craig]

Don't we have to use Benson a lot to worry about his wear and tear?

[Freak Out]

What happened to the future most dominant running back in Packer history? Still hurting?

[gbgary]

Don't we have to use Benson a lot to worry about his wear and tear?

this! he's not even close to being overused.

averaging 18 carries a game. that's less than 5 per quarter. that's nothing.

[Bretsky]

What happened to the future most dominant running back in Packer history? Still hurting?


He's picking flowers with Sherry....our future pro bowl LT :)

[red]

whats he averaging? like 15 carries per game?

yeah, they're really killing him

[Harlan Huckleby]

this! he's not even close to being overused.

averaging 18 carries a game. that's less than 5 per quarter. that's nothing.

18 carries is not nothing. The backups are kept rusty when they get no carries. I'd like to see a second back groomed for action, which will also take some of the injury risk off Benson.

[HarveyWallbangers]

He's only averaging 16.0 carries/game. We run so seldom that there's barely enough carries to keep a primary back happy. I'm okay with Benson getting 16 carries/game. The guy is a horse. He's averaged 18.2, 20.1, 23.2, 17.8, 17.8 carries/game in his last 5 years. He's just plain better than our other RBs, so use him as much as you can. It's not like he's a young guy that you want to keep low mileage on for future years. He's on a one year contract. Might as well wear the treads off his tires.

[Tony Oday]

The rest of the RBs on this roster suck. We will draft an RB and a WR 1-2 next year.

[Harlan Huckleby]

The guy is a horse. He's averaged 18.2, 20.1, 23.2, 17.8, 17.8 carries/game in his last 5 years. He's just plain better than our other RBs, so use him as much as you can. It's not like he's a young guy that you want to keep low mileage on for future years. He's on a one year contract. Might as well wear the treads off his tires.

Benson is also being targeted frequently as a pass reciever, so he's taking a lot of hits.

The idea is not to preserve him for next year, the point is to keep him healthy for later in this season. And the other issue is to have a 2nd back who is game ready and getting better.

[Patler]

Starks isn't ready.
They seem concerned with Green's knee.
Sain is Sain, and also had a hamstring issue late in camp.

Benson is the only one full healthy, and needs as much work as possible to familiarize himself with the offense, to become comfortable with it. The are killing two birds with one stone, letting the other three backs get as healthy as possible, and getting Benson as comfortable as possible as quickly as possible. I expect in the upcoming weeks we will see other backs playing more.

[pbmax]

McCarthy said the practice week determines who is active on Sunday when asked about Starks. Starks doesn't play a lot of Special Teams, so he has to make it as backup RB. M3 usually uses this line to emphasize the need to show performance in practice, so he could still be bothered by that toe or rusty.

[Fritz]

Starks isn't ready.
They seem concerned with Green's knee.
Sain is Sain, and also had a hamstring issue late in camp.

Benson is the only one full healthy, and needs as much work as possible to familiarize himself with the offense, to become comfortable with it. The are killing two birds with one stone, letting the other three backs get as healthy as possible, and getting Benson as comfortable as possible as quickly as possible. I expect in the upcoming weeks we will see other backs playing more.

I am curious mostly about Green's lack of snaps. Are they nursing him because of his knee, are they afraid he'll fumble or botch assignments, or is the offense going in a different direction than his strengths would play to? All of the above? Some?

I thought he'd get maybe four to seven snaps per game, just to ease his way in.

[Bossman641]

I am curious mostly about Green's lack of snaps. Are they nursing him because of his knee, are they afraid he'll fumble or botch assignments, or is the offense going in a different direction than his strengths would play to? All of the above? Some?

I thought he'd get maybe four to seven snaps per game, just to ease his way in.

X 2. The way they were increasing his snap count during the preseason and talking him up has me really confused as to what exactly is going on so far.

[George Cumby]

X 2. The way they were increasing his snap count during the preseason and talking him up has me really confused as to what exactly is going on so far.

Keeping him in reserve for later in the season, the same way they did with Starks during the SB run?

[Harlan Huckleby]

I don't get it, your #2 back should be getting 5 snaps a game with the offense, just to keep your insurance policy current.


Part of what has happened is Cedric Benson has proven to be a capable pass catcher, did he ever show that skill on other teams? Green's opportunities as a third down back are out the door.

[Brandon494]

What happened to the future most dominant running back in Packer history? Still hurting?

I'm going to mark your words on that.

[pbmax]

I'm going to mark your words on that.

Speaking of Alex Green boosterism, where the heck is Justin? :)

[MadtownPacker]

I'm going to mark your words on that.
Well dont piss on your screen.

BTW - Love the lil Brandon avatar! Made me laugh.

[Bretsky]

I'm going to mark your words on that.


Are you sayingh he's going to be a dominant RB or are you just stating you'll remember this so you can call him out just in case he's wrong ?

[Freak Out]

I was poking fun at JH. Mark away all you want though 494. :)

[George Cumby]

Well dont piss on your screen.

BTW - Love the lil Brandon avatar! Made me laugh.

I repped him and told him that was the Best.Avatar.Ever.

Fucker didn't even give me a reach around.

Dick .:-)

[rbaloha1]

No.

Benson is still getting timing down with o-line and finding the cutback lanes.

Agree that Benson is the type of back which wears down a defense and gets more yardage later in the game.

[KYPack]

I repped him and told him that was the Best.Avatar.Ever.

Fucker didn't even give me a reach around.

Dick .:-)

Reach around?

Check w/ Golden Tate.

On Ced, when he was still an FA, there was a thread on whether to sign him or not.

I said no.

I was referring to Bad Ced. He can be a real grumpy fucker when he doesn't get his carries.

Good Ced is a good hand to have around. He is a gut bucket runner, as everyone can see. He wasn't that great at pass pro when he came to Cincy, but man, he worked at it and that's a strong part of his game. He's an OK reciever, he has poor hands, but again he's put in the work to make himself an NFL pass catching back.

The other thing about Ced is he has serious Bear hate. They fucked him over pretty good in Chitown. Ced lights up like a Christmas tree when his side is playing the Bears.

Guy has kept his mouth shut, put his head down and works his ass off.

So, I'll say I was wrong. Ced was a good sign & I'm glad we did it.

[mraynrand]

Reach around?

Check w/ Golden Tate.


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