Should we give Martellus Bennett some looks at Wideout?

[GhettoxCowboy]

Bennett is a knucklehead, but when he wises up the guy is a beast after he catches the ball. the guy just needs to listen up to coaches and players, and not try to be smart about stuff.

 

[Thomas82]

Don't know how many of those 40 times are accurate, but I don't care. He'd probably be the slowest wr in the NFL if he was a wr. He's got nice speed for a BIG TE, that's about it.

They don't sound far-fetched to me. I did think that Sam Hurd was faster than a 4.6 though.

 

[Billy Bullocks]

Terrell Owens --- 6' 3" - 4.36 40 time
Patrick Crayton --- 6' -- 4.51 40 time
Sam Hurd ------- 6' 3" - 4.61 40 time
Martellus Bennet - 6'6" - 4.68 40 Time

Pat and Sam are not that much faster ...... especially considering Bennett has between 3 to 6 inches on them and 30 to 40 pounds.


And guys I am only talking about a play here and there ..... not a full time switch.

Crayton is WAY quicker. I also would say he has more football speed.

Though I don't disagree with your idea of doing it in a few instances. PUtting him out there on a fade route against a Corner who's only 5'11" or something.

 

[AbeBeta]

Why on earth would we give a guy who is struggling to learn his position something else to figure out?

 

[BAZ]

Terrell Owens --- 6' 3" - 4.36 40 time
Patrick Crayton --- 6' -- 4.51 40 time
Sam Hurd ------- 6' 3" - 4.61 40 time
Martellus Bennet - 6'6" - 4.68 40 Time

Pat and Sam are not that much faster ...... especially considering Bennett has between 3 to 6 inches on them and 30 to 40 pounds.


And guys I am only talking about a play here and there ..... not a full time switch.

Yeah, but because of the extra poundage he will not be getting in and out of the cuts as quick.

 

[zrinkill]

Why on earth would we give a guy who is struggling to learn his position something else to figure out?

I do not think he is .....

 

[Doomsday101]

I'm sure Dallas will split him outside just like all teams do from time to time with the TE. As an all american basketball player at Texas A&M Bennett has some good agility an quickness and with his size he makes for a big target for Romo.

 

[dmoore]

Wouldn't the more obvious solution be to simply use more 2 TE sets? Having him as a TE or even in the backfield as an H-Back is one less WR that we'd have to throw out there. I guess I just don't see the point. Eventually it'll be nice to be able to send him out wide, but it'd be more to give the defense something else to look at than to use him as primarily a WR.

 

[zrinkill]

but it'd be more to give the defense something else to look at than to use him as primarily a WR.

That was my whole point ...

Why would I want to take him away from his natural position.

I was just saying it could be used in certain situations ...... like the one that won the game for the Giants in the Superbowl.

Or just a simple out like Irvin used to do ....

I was just throwing out an idea to get the most out of his natural athleticism and another weapon on the field.

 

[ZeroClub]

I don't much care where Bennett lines up (horizontal), I just want to see him go deep occasionally (vertical).

 

[YosemiteSam]

A 265lbs WR. Thats funny. This has to be a joke. The guy can move, but not even close to the way a WR can move.

 

[cowboys2233]

He isn't *that* fast... And he's too good a blocker to not take advantage of that inside.

Plus, having him as an "official" WR is uneccessary, IMO. Schemes are flexible and Garrett is creative. No reason a TE can't line up out wide occassionally. What his official title is is a moot point. But I could certainly see him being used in that capacity on occasion.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Why on earth would we give a guy who is struggling to learn his position something else to figure out?

I think it's a myth that he's struggling. He's learning just like any other rookie has to. He's looks good blocking and running after the catch. He admits that he has a lot to learn and that atheletic ability alone is not enough at the NFL level, so he knows what he has to do. He appears to be on the right track and not struggling as you say.

 

[DanTanna]

Bennett and VY/6 have about the same 40 time.

"Bennett isn't fast" - yeah, right...

 

[cowboys2233]

I think it's a myth that he's struggling. He's learning just like any other rookie has to. He's looks good blocking and running after the catch. He admits that he has a lot to learn and that atheletic ability alone is not enough at the NFL level, so he knows what he has to do. He appears to be on the right track and not struggling as you say.

There were any number of people calling Ted Ginn Jr. a bust last year, in his very first year. WR and TE are notoriously tough positions to get a handle on in your first year, because it's a lot more than simply running a pattern. Oftentimes, you have to adjust based on the coverage you see in front of you and it takes time to get experience with all the coverages that are out there. Ted Ginn pretty much said the same thing a few days ago on Sirius.

And I would think playing TE would be particularly tough, because there are a lot of blocking schemes you also have to master.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Bennett and VY/6 have about the same 40 time.

"Bennett isn't fast" - yeah, right...

Did you just say Vince Young and Martellus Bennett have the same 40 time? If you did, you're wrong. I believe VY's was 4.58 and Bennett's was 4.68.

While Bennett is agile for someone the size of a TE, he isn't in the same league as Vince Young. It's not even close.

 

[AbeBeta]

I think it's a myth that he's struggling. He's learning just like any other rookie has to. He's looks good blocking and running after the catch. He admits that he has a lot to learn and that atheletic ability alone is not enough at the NFL level, so he knows what he has to do. He appears to be on the right track and not struggling as you say.

He may not be struggling as much as Hard Knocks suggests but the fact of the matter is that TE is one of the hardest positions to transition to in the NFL - it takes most players several years to figure out the nuances of the position. He is struggling as ANY 2nd round TE will do when trying to learn a pro-TE position. He has made a couple of nice plays but he's got miles to go. Asking him to learn another position when he doesn't fully understand TE is silly.

 

[DanTanna]

At the combine VY/6 ran a 4.69. Check it if you want. So I am "correct".

 

[Clove]

If you think he can do damage to a CB, imagine what he can do to a LB, speed wise that is.

 

[cowboys2233]

At the combine VY/6 ran a 4.69. Check it if you want. So I am "correct".

If that is correct, I'm shocked. Considering the way Vince runs around like everyone else (DBs included) is stuck in molasses, I would have thought it to be faster. I know he's tall, which likely impeded his start, but essentially running a 4.7 is pretty slow. Especially considering big guys like San Fran's TE ran so much faster than that.

Just more evidence to my point about hand-timed forties being almost useless and certainly not accurate to within 0.1 of a second.