Film Room: Christine Michael

[JIGGYFLY]

oh BS. His idea of being himself in no way included being a professional football player that a team would be able to trust.

How can you be considered one of the best blocking TE's and be regularly assigned blocking DE's 1 on 1 in passing downs and not be a professional football player who you cannot trust?

He was never asked to block in college but made himself into an elite blocking TE, does that not take some work ethic?

 

[lostar2009]

Out of all the rbs available for possible trade, FA, draft , etc we choose this guy. All we need is a focus guy who can give us 1,000+ yards and can stay healthy.

 

[HellCrowe]

Out of all the rbs available for possible trade, FA, draft , etc we choose this guy. All we need is a focus guy who can give us 1,000+ yards and can stay healthy.

Out of "all" these rbs available, christine came cheap and has potential. Idk who else you wanted but out of the 3 that was mentioned; Michael, Ball, and West I like what cmike offers the most.

 

[ShiningStar]

“I didn’t have room to be myself,” Bennett reflected. “They always told me, ‘Do it like Witten. Be like Witten.’ I think they had a guy who played tight end the right way and they wanted me to do it exactly like him. But really if you try to imitate someone else, you can never really be who you are.

Stupid comment by Bennet. Nobody was asking him to be Jason Witten. They were telling him this is how you play the position and model it.

There is a big difference that he probably still does not realize.....

stupid stupid stupid stupid belongs to the Cowboys on this one. Unless its a self taught TE who knows what to do, Dallas has been failing at this as well, Bennett was a red zone threat and we let it walk away.

 

[Doc50]

Picture this; an ultra-talented, athletic, former second round pick from Texas A&M is drafted to eventually replace a future hall of famer, but he struggled with consistency and never lived up to the insane amount of hype. His inconsistency in practice, ball security and questionable character fit in the locker room eventually lead to his departure from the team, which had such high hopes for him. People i the media were now questioning his talent in the first place and doubted that he would ever become a serviceable player again. However, the talented, yet troubled athlete wound up in one of the most ideal situations for him and his NFL success where he eventually found success and went on to become a pro-bowl player and one of the best players at his position. Almost sounds made up, right?

Could you guess whose story I was telling? Before you say it, no, I wasn’t predicting the future of recently acquired running back in Christine Michael. Instead, I was actually describing the career arc of former Dallas Cowboy tight end Martellus Bennett.

Read the rest here: http://all22breakdown.com/?p=3545

Well, Neon.....you diverted all of from CM by bringing up an obviously still-festering boil in Marty-B.

As I mentioned in a previous post, emotional maturity is a common liability early on. CM may have finally seen the light, and it probably looks just like the daylight that he'll be successfully running to behind our OL.

I think he'll do well, not because we have suddenly discovered and utilized his real talent, but because of the passage of time and consequences.

 

[Gaede]

Typical dismissive attitude toward a disliked former player.

Bennett likely felt that the organization wanted him to be or act or play like somebody he wasn't. I'm sure most of us have felt like that at a job--that the organization was not using us to our strengths and pushing us in a professional direction that we did not want to go. No surprise that he flourished after leaving. Real or imagined, the pressure was significant enough to keep him from doing or giving his best here

 

[darthseinfeld]

What I like about playing Michael over Randle is that I believe Randle can get the yards the line gives him, but thats about what he is gonna get. I think he is a player you can say " If I give Randle 250 carries, he can give me 1,000 to 1,100 yards" I think he is somewhat limited to that range. With Michael, I believe the sky is the limit to what he can do behind our line

 

[muck4doo]

Being the Bears' MVP is like being the skinniest kid at fat camp.

He's a clown.

He's not fat, but he was the Valedictorian of summer school.

 

[Idgit]

What the heck. I'll bite a little bit on the Bennett comparison. Here's a quote from him I hadn't heard before:

“This is the NFL,” Bennett said. “I’m going to break it down to you in layman’s terms. Every single year, there’s a lion coming out of college. And every single year, there’s an old buck in the NFL who’s a gazelle. And every single morning the gazelle wakes up and goes out and has to run. Otherwise the lion catches it. So every single day, the lion wakes up and chases that gazelle. In that situation (in Dallas), I was the lion.”

Bennett paused and smiled. “I didn’t catch the gazelle, though,” he said with a chuckle. “I had to go to another jungle.”

Pretty funny. When the Bears came back to Dallas last time, Bennett had some pretty nice things to say about the organization and about Jason. I think he was just a different dude, and the position he wanted in Dallas was already taken, so he had to go someplace else. It happens.

As far as the OP is concerned and the comparison to Michael goes, I hope it's accurate. I can see how it could be an issue for a guy like Michael to play behind a guy like Lynch. I'd feel better if Michael had been able to pass Turbin, but maybe it's a case where he comes here and does everything right and earns the snaps. He's definitely got a world of potential. There are a lot of young players who never manage to get their heads right, though. If it's going to happen anywhere, we've got as good an environment as anybody for straightening him out.

 

[muck4doo]

What the heck. I'll bite a little bit on the Bennett comparison. Here's a quote from him I hadn't heard before:



Pretty funny. When the Bears came back to Dallas last time, Bennett had some pretty nice things to say about the organization and about Jason. I think he was just a different dude, and the position he wanted in Dallas was already taken, so he had to go someplace else. It happens.

As far as the OP is concerned and the comparison to Michael goes, I hope it's accurate. I can see how it could be an issue for a guy like Michael to play behind a guy like Lynch. I'd feel better if Michael had been able to pass Turbin, but maybe it's a case where he comes here and does everything right and earns the snaps. He's definitely got a world of potential. There are a lot of young players who never manage to get their heads right, though. If it's going to happen anywhere, we've got as good an environment as anybody for straightening him out.

Yeah, I don't hate Bennett either. But he's a Bear, and it's fun to make fun of them.

I'm hoping CM can turn into the next Ahman Green.

 

[theogt]

Picture this; an ultra-talented, athletic, former second round pick from Texas A&M is drafted to eventually replace a future hall of famer

Is Lynch really considered a future Hall of Famer?

If he had three more 1,000 yard seasons, he'd only barely even pass Steven Jackson in the all time leading rusher category, and no one even thinks about considering SJ a hall of famer.

 

[NeonDeion21]

Is Lynch really considered a future Hall of Famer?

If he had three more 1,000 yard seasons, he'd only barely even pass Steven Jackson in the all time leading rusher category, and no one even thinks about considering SJ a hall of famer.

Yes.

 

[CATCH17]

What I like about playing Michael over Randle is that I believe Randle can get the yards the line gives him, but thats about what he is gonna get. I think he is a player you can say " If I give Randle 250 carries, he can give me 1,000 to 1,100 yards" I think he is somewhat limited to that range. With Michael, I believe the sky is the limit to what he can do behind our line

Agree to some extent.

I think there is something to be said for a runner like Randle that has such vision and patience.

Randle is very good at reading his blocks and sometimes it just looks like he is only getting what is there but you give a guy like Murray or Michael that same play and all they may do is cram it in there and go down.

Also, Randle has shown that he does have homerun / big play potential.

 

[muck4doo]

Is Lynch really considered a future Hall of Famer?

If he had three more 1,000 yard seasons, he'd only barely even pass Steven Jackson in the all time leading rusher category, and no one even thinks about considering SJ a hall of famer.

A few more solid seasons from him and Charles, and they can start being discussed, but this point? No. The only one who can be discussed like that right now is Peterson. The only other one from the past 10 years is Tomlinson who should be a lock.

 

[NeonDeion21]

Yes.

Jerome Bettis just made the hall of fame and Marshawn is twice the runner he is.

 

[BigStar]

What year are we on with Escobar? Fasano before Bennett? Yeah, there's no smoke there...(this org blows at incorporating the 2nd TE into the offense). Like the development of Williams/Beasley so it seems the WRs have a chance to develop, etc. Coaching or scheme, either way, just stop drafting them early if you have no idea how to use/develop them!

 

[theogt]

Jerome Bettis just made the hall of fame and Marshawn is twice the runner he is.

Jerome Bettis is the #6 all time leading rusher. Lynch isn't even in the same ball park. He'd need 5 more years of 1000 yard seasons to surpass him.

You've got a huge amount of recency bias going on here.

 

[NeonDeion21]

Jerome Bettis is the #6 all time leading rusher. Lynch isn't even in the same ball park. He'd need 5 more years of 1000 yard seasons to surpass him.

You've got a huge amount of recency bias going on here.

I don't think it's a stretch to say Lynch is a better player than Bettis.

 

[NeonDeion21]

Jerome Bettis is the #6 all time leading rusher. Lynch isn't even in the same ball park. He'd need 5 more years of 1000 yard seasons to surpass him.

You've got a huge amount of recency bias going on here.

Lynch also has a SB ring, two Super Bowl appearances and multiple Pro-Bowls.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Is Lynch really considered a future Hall of Famer?

If he had three more 1,000 yard seasons, he'd only barely even pass Steven Jackson in the all time leading rusher category, and no one even thinks about considering SJ a hall of famer.

He gets a lot of MVP votes and was the bellcow and offensive MVP of a super bowl campaign. If his career ended today it likely would be difficult. He was still playing at a high level last season though.