Packers Star TE Martellus Bennett Reveals on Instagram Story That He's Retiring After This Season

[Harlan Huckleby]

Cook's thing was going deep. What we needed in a TE is a big target possession type guy who can also block.

Wisconsin's left tackle caught a TD pass yesterday. Maybe we can look for him in the draft.

I think a fast pass catching TE - and Cook was really effective for a couple months with Rodgers - is more valuable.

[texaspackerbacker]

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.

[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.

That is his first seven games, and do not include games played he missed.

I don't know what you mean he started as backup. He was never behind DickRod on the depth chart.

[Harlan Huckleby]

That is his first seven games, and do not include games played he missed.

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.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Recent Cook report:
Jared Cook's versatility at tight end proving 'crucial' for Raiders

[pbmax]

I mean for the 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.

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.

[Harlan Huckleby]

My point is that it took Cook more than seven plus games to get integrated.

I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.

[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.

Maybe. But a guy announcing retirement doesn't sound like rising star.

[pbmax]

Maybe. But a guy announcing retirement doesn't sound like rising star.

Not a common trait among veteran FAs.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Not a common trait among veteran FAs.

Cook's star is rising in L.A.

I didn't mean in sense of a sensational player.

[pbmax]

Cook's star is rising in L.A.

I didn't mean in sense of a sensational player.

So the Chargers really like him?

Or maybe the Rams?

[mraynrand]

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.

[Harlan Huckleby]

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

[mraynrand]

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

Vegas

[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?