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polamalubeast
08-25-2015, 05:17 PM
We're still weeks away from games that matter, but Michael Bennett's mouth is already in midseason form.

The Seahawks' defensive lineman on Tuesday unfurled a heat-seeking riff on the bulging pay scale for less-than-stellar quarterbacks.


"Quarterback is the only position in the NFL where you could be mediocre and get paid," Bennett told 710 ESPN's "Brock and Salk" program. "At every other position, you can't be mediocre. If I was (Miami's) Ryan Tannehill and the most games I ever won was seven, how could you get a $100 million for that? I guess that's the value of the position.

"And then it's like, you're sitting at home and there's breaking news and it says that Brian Hoyer is the quarterback of the Texans. I'm like, who cares? That's not breaking news. It's really not breaking news."

Bennett -- the rare gem in a landscape of warmed-over athlete-speak -- wasn't finished:

"There's some mediocre quarterbacks in the NFL that make a lot of money," Bennett said. "You take a guy like (Eagles passer) Sam Bradford -- he's never played really in the last three years, but he's made more money than most guys in the NFL."

Bennett also pointed to the debate generated by a low hit Bradford took from Ravens pass-rusher Terrell Suggs during Saturday's preseason tilt, calling it just more special treatment for guys under center.


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fansince'76
08-25-2015, 08:18 PM
"The quarterbacks get protected more than any other player," Bennett said. "I mean, he gets hit in his knees and he's about to cry, making a whimpering sound: 'They hit me in my legs.' Everybody gets hit in their legs. Every play somebody tries to hit me in my legs. So what makes him different? What makes his life better than mine? I've got kids. I've got stuff I like to do on the weekend. But because he gets hit in his legs, he gets a flag. He gets up with a sad face like the world just ended because he got hit. I mean, you got hit in an NFL game. Who cares? Get back up and be like, 'Good job.'"

Bennett specifically named Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Cam Newton for the grit they display after taking hits, but not the Johnny-come-lately types, saying: "There's a whole bunch of young guys who haven't done anything in the NFL that are looking for flags."

You have GOT to be kidding me. :rolleyes:

Newsflash, Mr Bennett: all those QB protection rules you bitch about? Exactly who in the fuck do you think they were put in place SPECIFICALLY to protect to begin with?

That dude cries like a PMSing little bitch every time he even so much as whiffs contact from an opposing defender. :coffee:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SutlgkroYSM

Yeah, what "grit." http://www.steelersuniverse.com/forums/images/smilies/jerkit.gif

Naming P. Manning as a guy with "grit" is a joke too.
SteelerFanInStl
08-26-2015, 07:34 AM
He needs to look at his own QB as a prime example of one who's way overpaid.
86WARD
08-26-2015, 08:41 AM
Russell Wilson is pretty mediocre for most of the season...lol.
steel striker
08-26-2015, 09:18 AM
Yeah Bennett has no clue what is talking about and, sooner or later Wilson is going to get smashed while doing the zone read then Bennett will be crying the blues. PLus Brady is one of the biggest cry babies that I have ever seen!
fansince'76
08-26-2015, 10:36 AM
Yeah Bennett has no clue what is talking about and, sooner or later Wilson is going to get smashed while doing the zone read then Bennett will be crying the blues. PLus Brady is one of the biggest cry babies that I have ever seen!

Yep. Eventually Wilson is going to take off running and get absolutely leveled and more than likely wind up with a significant injury. And there isn't a fanbase out there that deserves such a fate more...


Vick was born to be a Steeler. Now he can take the losers of his dog fights, grind them into pulled meat, consume them publicly in downtown Pitt, and wipe his mouth with a terrible towel. I was disappointed that they couldn't draft Winston, but Vick is an adequate backup for that franchise.

http://www.seahawks.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=112389#p1676328

:rolleyes:
BigNastyDefense
08-26-2015, 11:37 AM
Yeah. Fuck Seattle fans. A bunch of whiny bitches up in the Pacific Northwest.
steelreserve
08-26-2015, 01:24 PM
He needs to look at his own QB as a prime example of one who's way overpaid.


First thing that came to mind with this.