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Potential Jets: RB Cedric Benson

EAST RUTHERFORD NJ - NOVEMBER 25:  Cedric Benson #32 of the Cincinnati Bengals runs with the ball against the New York Jets at New Meadowlands Stadium on November 25 2010 in East Rutherford New Jersey. The Jets defeated the Bengals 26-10.  (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)

Reports this morning indicate that the Cincinnati Bengals will not offer RB Cedric Benson a new contract, thus leaving the veteran as a free agent. Benson has had several criminal issues in the past, however he is still a good running back and may be in a position to contribute to the New York Jets.

Benson is 29, on the cusp of the inevitable breakdown of running backs. Last year he ran for over 1,000 yards, showing that his tires still have some tread left on them. It's possible that we could sign Benson, who normally plays very well against the Jets, for a relatively cheap contract. I would imagine that he could be used much in the way Thomas Jones was milked to get the last possible juice from those legs (that sentence looks grosser than I imagined it).

I don't think Benson is the right way to go for the Jets, even if the contract would only be for a year or two. As we saw with LaDanian Tomlinson, the team needs young, fresh legs with speed. Despite that, Benson might be valuable in the short term to compliment Shonn Greene.

What do you all think? Should we pursue signing Cedric Benson?

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Yes - at any cost
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No way
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Bengals fan here

You don’t want Benson, unless you guys like players with bad attitudes. He has vocally expressed he frustrations about not getting the ball enough, even though he has been in the top 5 for carries in the past 3 years.

Benson is looking for a place to starte and a “big” pay day. If you look up most of his interviews, he somehow slips in how he wants to get that “big” pay day.

Just a heads up on this guy.

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by AMAS85 on Feb 22, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Thanks

I wasn’t interested anyway, and now really am not interested.

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by joeklecko on Feb 23, 2012 12:50 AM EST up reply actions  

Benson will be a feature back for an offense next year, and he will not come cheap

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by Bro Namath on Feb 22, 2012 11:23 AM EST reply actions  

for cheap.... a guy who I'd love to snatch up

Mike Wallace. Pittsburgh is severely over the cap, but we are tight on cash too. Wallace would be awesome with holmes and kerley

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by jets4life24 on Feb 22, 2012 11:26 AM EST reply actions  

He’s a restricted free agent, IIRC. I believe the tender on him is a first rounder. So we’d have to give up a first rounder and then sign him to a contract, which will probably be what, 6 mil a year?

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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Feb 22, 2012 11:29 AM EST up reply actions  

For cheap I'd like to snatch up Drew Brees

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by Bro Namath on Feb 22, 2012 11:31 AM EST up reply actions  

Wallace will be the polar opposite of cheap.

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by John B on Feb 22, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions  

there are rumors of mike wallace going to the evil up north

dunn dunn dunnnnnn… muhahahahahaha (people screaming). seriously though, that’d be a nightmare for the rest of the afc.

by darshv3 on Feb 22, 2012 12:30 PM EST up reply actions  

Apparently he was on the radio today talking a lot about the 49ers. That would make them terrifying.

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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Feb 22, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions  

No. Mike Wallace needs to stay in Pittsburgh

That’s just my humble opinion

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by MDGeekyGrl on Feb 22, 2012 1:34 PM EST up reply actions  

Lol

Mike Wallace will not come cheap, only if you consider two first round picks cheap.

by JetKing55 on Feb 22, 2012 1:40 PM EST up reply actions  

You forgot the contract in the Holmes neighborhood of value also.

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by John B on Feb 22, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Agreed

He’s slow as molasses and not worth the money

by King P on Feb 22, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions  

I guess he's worth a look if he'll come cheap

not much of a reason to have too much interest though.

by darshv3 on Feb 22, 2012 11:32 AM EST reply actions  

I’m with dole. Investing in a power back coming off three straight seasons of 270+ carry workloads is a bad idea. That pounding is going to catch up with him sooner rather than later.

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by John B on Feb 22, 2012 12:22 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah, I’m just afraid of the 30-year old wall that he’s about to hit.

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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Feb 22, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions  

drafting a player doesn't automatically mean they'll play well or even at all

I’m not very high on Powell.

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by Bro Namath on Feb 22, 2012 1:15 PM EST up reply actions  

well if that's the case

anyone else like chris polk from washington? I’m thinking our ideal first three rounds would be courtney upshaw, then harrison smith, then chris polk.

by darshv3 on Feb 22, 2012 1:24 PM EST up reply actions  

drafting a player doesn’t automatically mean they’ll play well or even at all

It doesn’t, but it does indicate the front office and/or coaching staff are high on the guy and quite likely to give him a contributing role.

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by John B on Feb 22, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions  

It already has

He has no burst. He’s inefficient fodder at this point. Rushing for 1K doesn’t mean anything.

by J-Nasty on Feb 22, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Pounding?

Hello from a Bengals fan, btw.

I don’t mean to be rude, but you’re completely wrong about Benson. The biggest misconception about him is that he’s a power back. He almost never breaks a tackle or gets extra yardage. He’s only called a power back because he gets a lot of carries and isn’t very fast. Despite his mediocre speed, he really is a speed back. I say that because he only gets as many yards as he can pick up before contact. As soon as he’s touched he drops. The media thinks he’s the heart of the ofense but in reality he’s a poor runner who can’t convert short yardage, doesn’t make anyone miss, rarely gets into the end zone, and never breaks a tackle. He occasionally will bother to try, but often when he tries to get extra yardage he fumbles.

In addition to the on-field problems, he’s a cancer in the locker room. He will get 15 carries for 35 yards and then cry that he didn’t get enough carries. Early this season he had some good games because our run blocking was actually very good. Once Bobbie Williams (our old but good run blocking RG) went down to injury, Benson’s performance went into the toilet. It wasn’t a steep drop.

Benson had one good year in Cincy back in 2009, but even then it wasn’t anything to do with power. The run blocking was very solid then and he had enough speed at the time to break off some 20-30 yards runs fairly often. Other than that one season, he’s never been worth half a fart at the NFL level.

by indesignkat on Feb 24, 2012 1:02 AM EST up reply actions  

I don’t mean to be rude, but you’re completely wrong about Benson. The biggest misconception about him is that he’s a power back. He almost never breaks a tackle or gets extra yardage. He’s only called a power back because he gets a lot of carries and isn’t very fast. Despite his mediocre speed, he really is a speed back..

With all due respect, no, I’m not. When you carry it over 270 times three straight years primarily between the tackles, you aren’t a speed back. If you have mediocre speed, you aren’t a speed back. When you carry it that much between the tackles, you take a pounding. He might not be a great power back, but he certainly isn’t a speed back.

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by John B on Feb 24, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions  

Not interested.

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by King A! on Feb 22, 2012 12:48 PM EST reply actions  

Same here

The guy has violent tendencies ( he beat up his roommate) and he can be a bit of a drama queen and there are enough of them in the Jets locker room already. But I have to admit the guy is a pretty good RB.

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by MDGeekyGrl on Feb 22, 2012 1:38 PM EST up reply actions  

I say no way.

Way too much baggage with him, and he is really a similar back to Greene. Would ather get a RB like Polk, David Wilson, or Doug Martin in the draft. A guy with speed but who’s durable too.

by JetKing55 on Feb 22, 2012 1:39 PM EST reply actions  

Stay far, far away from him

Given all the locker room discord we already have, why would we want to add another known troublemaker with a bad attitude?

by Fartman on Feb 22, 2012 2:06 PM EST reply actions  

Hell no!

Benson has nothing left.

by J-Nasty on Feb 22, 2012 2:43 PM EST reply actions  

Not a chance

We need to develope our young guys. Give McKnight the chance to be the shifty scat back everybody thought he’d develope into. Teach Greene to look for the damn hole… Maybe draft another; everybody seems high on Polk.

by Imiss28 on Feb 23, 2012 12:29 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

Or go for L. James or Adonis Thomas.

by Imiss28 on Feb 23, 2012 12:31 AM EST via mobile reply actions  

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