Cedric Benson - A Packer?

[King Friday]

LMAO at all you guys dismissing Starks after one preseason game.

He's just a guy...and I don't need this preseason to tell me that. He's always been just a guy.

[sheepshead]

Love the idea. Starks is a not a starter. Tyler is slow and Green is a 3rd down back. Saine is the only RB on the roster that could handle the rock down after down. He's hurt. Ced Ben has been a very good RB the last couple of years. I really like this signing.

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[LegandofthePack15]

Saine is the only RB on the roster that could handle the rock down after down.

Since when? Saine's only useful on Madden where he's the Pack fastest rb. 3rd down back at best.

But agreed with you regarding Benson. The guy's a poor man Marshawn Lynch.

[Brando19]

I was really hoping to swing a trade for Jonathan Stewart or Jones Drew (no way we could afford Jones Drew, but wishful thinking.) Benson will be our starting back. He's way better than Starks.

[Guiness]

Dude's only 29? I assume he can be had for or near the vet minimum. Would make sense to bring him to camp.

Seems like 20 years ago that he was a *cough* Bear. He's been well behaved since leaving there, so I don't see a problem that way.

[Brandon494]

He's just a guy...and I don't need this preseason to tell me that. He's always been just a guy.

Hes more than just a guy and its cheap, its no way he will not make this roster. Alex Green might be a stud but we don't know yet and Saine is decent but he is no where near the player Starks is right now.

[imscott72]

People are throwing Starks to the trash heap way too early..I remember when Ahman Green had fumbling problems too..He turned out all right..

[red]

interesting

[Bossman641]

Who is the odd man out? No way they give up on Green. MM has been talking up Saine quite a bit. Is Starks on the bubble? Seems like an overreaction but I have no clue how Starks has been practicing.

[RashanGary]

In the famous words of Bretsky. . . "This is a very Hoody-Genius type move." For how many years have the Patriots dominated on offense with less than stellar veteran RBs who do nothing more than get a couple quick yards, catch out of the backfield and protect Brady like their life depended on it?

A true dynamic QB doesn't need a running back to actually run for big yards. A great QB needs 2nd and 7, 3rd and 3. . .. . He needs to have good pass protection. Starks does neither. He gets quite a few negative plays, and he's a piss-poor pass protector.

As long as Benson is going forward (like Grant does) and blocks, he'll keep giving AR alive and in favorable down and distances. Our yards and points come through the air. Benson is a good fit here.

And to Brandon. . . . You are retarded.

[Brandon494]

I'm retarded? Why? Because I'm not overacting after one preseason game.

[Brandon494]

I don't even know why we signed Benson anyway, does TT not know Alex Green will go down as one of the best RBs in Green Bay history.

[RashanGary]

I don't even know why we signed Benson anyway, does TT not know Alex Green will go down as one of the best RBs in Green Bay history.

Because every RB on every roster in the NFL is somewhere near the runner Starks is. He takes a lot of negative runs. He has 2 fumbles in 162 carries. That's good for 3 or 4 fumbles a year, that is if he could ever actually play a year. He has 578 career yards in three seasons. He fucking sucks.

But the real mother fucker for him, the reason he's going to be cut, is because he's a shit pass protector. There is zero room on this team for a RB who can't pass protect.



Now, there's a chance he makes it. I'm not certain of anything, but don't sit here and talk about James "turnstile" Starks like he's some sort of standout NFL RB, a guy heads and tails above Brandon Saine. Just a guy might be a compliment to James Starks. And as pedestrian as his shitty 3-year career has been, if he gets AR killed, everyone on the Packers who decided to keep him around would be shooting themselves in the foot, if not the head.

We have the reigning NFL MVP, the guy voted to be the best player in the NFL by his peers. He's 28 years old, in the prime of his career. WE're talking about putting a guy who can't pass protect on the field because he's such a dynamic (578 yards in 3 years) talent. You're retarded because you talk in such certainties about things you know nothing about.

[BobDobbs]

The James Starks man hunt is on. Grab the torches and pitchforks. He might get cut. It's not like he's facing amazing competition. One guy is coming back from an ACL, one guy is undrafted but has some speed, on guy went undrafted and has no speed, and one guy has to get through the preseason without punching anyone. This is not the wide receiver corps, Starks is going to have a good chance to play himself onto the 53. And he might even be our starter. They've all got three more games to show and prove.

[Upnorth]

Hes more than just a guy and its cheap, its no way he will not make this roster. Alex Green might be a stud but we don't know yet and Saine is decent but he is no where near the player Starks is right now.

While I agree Starks is better than Saine or Green he has never consistently shown any thing to warrant being a starter.
Like other wonder is Benson better than Grant?