DEAR TED...SIGN CEDRICK BENSON

[Joemailman]

I agree with JH. The running game will be just fine with 4.1 yards/carry like 2011. It's a non-issue as of now.

Actually 3.9, which was 26th in the NFL. Grant, Starks and Rodgers were actually all slightly over 4.0. Kuhn (2.6) and Saine (3.8) brought the average down. With the release of Clifton, who was the weak link in the run blocking scheme, the run blocking might get somewhat better. Still, the Pack choose their O-Linemen primarily based on pass blocking ability, so I doubt they'll ever be a great run blocking team under McCarthy.

[Smeefers]

I'm not worried about a guy who might touch the ball 10 times in a game. I'm also not willing to pay him a bunch of money. I don't care if it's lynch or if it's Benson. We're not geared to the run, we shouldn't break the bank on it. We have a two RB system now, and MM is going to stick to it. We're just going to have to accept that unless an Adrian Peterson falls into our laps in the draft and we take him at BPA, we're not going to have a stud RB for a long long time.

[MadtownPacker]

I think Green is Ted's shot at a stud RB. It's not worth chasing after one year after year.

If Green doesn't work out, then Ted will draft somebody else on day 2. But Ted's not going to throw pick after pick chasing after "the answer" at RB, when the success of this team is perhaps less dependent on the running game than any other team in the NFL over the past couple of seasons.

I like this post and agree, TT doesnt sign a premium RB because he really doesnt give a fuck to do so. He is down with the RB committee approach which has worked well for several recent SB winners. TT just hasnt been as lucky at RBs with like WRs. I'm betting he hits on one this season.

[Guiness]

Personality is going to matter with a vet RB he picks up. A guy who's had a good career and considers himself a stud RB might have ego problems if he got here and he's not the feature of the offense.

I think Benson is probably humbled by sitting at home with no calls, so maybe not a problem this way. I really have no idea if he or Grant would be a better option at this point, if we wanted a vet back there. Gut tells me Grant, if he can still do it, because he knows the offense and has done a lot more catching out of the backfield.

[Lurker64]

I think that part of the reason that people get on Ted about "neglecting the running back position" is that the running back prospects that people fall in love with every draft season just don't fit with Ted's profile for RBs.

Ted drafts RBs tall (at least 5'10" or thereabouts), thick (210+), and fast (no worse than 4.5).

So why didn't we draft LaMichael James? He's 5'8" 194. Why didn't we draft Jacquizz Rodgers? He's 5'6" 196 and ran a 4.6.

[Bretsky]

DEAR TED

Sign Cedrick Benson ))

[Joemailman]

DEAR TED

Sign Cedrick Benson ))

Didn't know you had this kind of pull with TT. What do The Packer Bikini Girls think of Cedric Benson?