Thread: Bears sign TE Martellus Bennett

To be fair his first few years was behind Olsen, and his first year as a starter was w/Martz who doesn't use TE's. So that isn't really a fair comparison.

This is a very high risk signing. You well could end up w/Dallas' Bennet and not NY's. There were not many players or coaches upset w/Marty B's departure from Dallas, he was a huge distraction.

Originally Posted by The Benjamin

Judge him on his career as a whole, not just last year.

The past is for cowards and losers.

Players mature and they develop and clearly Bennett matured just as Brandon Marshall did.

yes, but we can and will get good players no matter what

Originally Posted by a_miljan

yes, but we can and will get good players no matter what

depends how much Bennett costs us

Originally Posted by The Benjamin

Judge him on his career as a whole, not just last year.

Bennett was behind a freaking perennial Pro Bowler in Dallas and got extremely limited opportunities to shine in that offense. If anything, you judge him on that one season he's had as a true starter without limited opportunities. Big thing here, he's had less drops over the past three years than Kellen Davis had last year.

Originally Posted by Riczaj01

Windy, that's a hard thing to judge, he was in a contract year, and many players(see Moose) have their best years in contract years and fall back into their standard playing. Notice how NY didn't seem to be in much of a hurry to resign him. And that is a smart team, they don't tend to let a lot of talent walk.


Sox he had tons of chances to earn playing time in Dallas, they wanted him to be there and he was a complete flake. He was cut, and not happy about it, and Dallas never looked back.

I see your "Giants are a good organization" and raise you a "Cowboys are a terrible organization."

I'm not sure any of us knows for sure which Bennett we got. But I think we can all agree based on what we had that we just upgraded big time. How big will have to wait until the season unfolds.