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.... trust me.Benson is Antowain Smith with dreads. Serviceable, but nothing special.If I'm clearly wrong in a year or two, I'll come back to take my medicine like a man.
Hardly. I literally watch about 25 college games every Saturday in the fall... (see bottom sig for the NFL setup... I'm three times that busy on a Saturday.) I've seen Benson play perhaps 30+ times. He doesn't strike me as a difference maker. Will he be a 1,000 rusher in the NFL? Well... sure. But Aaron Stecker would also rush for 1,000 yards if he started 16 games. You mention him not doing too well in this game. Let me ask you something. Which defense more closely resembles an NFL defense... Michigan or Baylor?I'm not saying the guy is without talent. I'm simply claiming that, in the end, he will not perform to a level which justifies how highly he'll be selected.
Maybe Benson has gold chicklets.Before the start of the game the announcer were comparing him to Edgerrin James...very interesting after reading all of this...
I'm a UT season ticket holder and I've followed Benson since he was a sophomore in high school at Midland Lee High. I highly doubt anybody on this board has seen Benson play more than I have. Yet, despite having seen Benson play so much, I admit I am no NFL scout. My talent evaluating skills are that of an armchair quarterback, just like all of you on this board (though some of you act as if you are NFL GM's/head of the scouting department). I do know firsthand Benson is a dynamic runner, with a nice burst to turn the corner, the vision to run inside, and the power to move the pile. He's no Clinton Portis, but he's also no Antowain Smith as someone ridiculously suggested earlier in this thread. If I had to compare him to somebody it would be a blend of Edgerrin James and Willis McGahee. Benson will get you the tough yards, and occasionally break a nice 30 yard gain. I wouldn't expect to see him break many 60+ yard runs like a Tomlinson or Portis. Nevertheless, Benson on the right NFL team can be a productive back in the NFL, I suspect. For anybody to definitively suggest one way or the other at this point is talking out of their rear.
nice call slash!! 
If you threw this out there last year, I would have agreed with you 100% but this year he's been a completely different man.He's run with purpose, and more importantly, power this season. Always had the talent but has never shown the will until now. May be just playing for that NFL contract, guess we'll see.. but if he takes what he brought this year with him to the big leagues he'll be a difference maker, a load carrier.
He works in the home electronics department at Best Buy.How do you manage to pull off 75 hours of TV watching in a 24 hour period?
9 games at once, is how. Check my bottom sig. Thank you.How do you manage to pull off 75 hours of TV watching in a 24 hour period?
I can only speak for myself, but my evaluation of Benson was my opinion. Certainly, I'm not the only one who has ever shared an opinion in this forum, nor will I ever apologize for sharing my opinion in this forum. I forgot that you need to be a former NFL GM in order to offer an assessment of a player.
That would be me. So you're saying you disagree with my comparison? So be it. If you recall, Smith shot up draft boards prior to the 1997 draft. He was very highly regarded. Now, eight years later, he is an afterthought. I don't think it's unfair in the least to suggest that Benson could be another Antowain Smith. It's not like I'm comparing Benson to some undrafted free agent. Smith was a 1st round draft pick.
That's your opinion. I don't agree with it, but I respect your right to voice it... even if you don't afford me the same courtesy.
Why? Because you're a Longhorns fan? Because you saw him in person? I suspect that if this was January 1, 1998, and I suggested that Ryan Leaf would not be a terrific player, I would have gotten similar grief.
Last I checked Antowain Smith has a lot more superbowl rings then Clinton Portis.....Not a
And Trent Dilfer has more than Dan Marino.Your point?Last I checked Antowain Smith has a lot more superbowl rings then Clinton Portis.....Not a
Keep the crap out of the shark pool boys, none of us care whether you're 42, live with mom, have 30 TVs, watch 9 games at a time (I'm not sure you can really see the finer points with that anyway), etc. I am interested in Benson and the reasons he will or will not be a successful RB in the NFL. I like what I saw despite his injury yesterday, but McGahee/Edge comparisons seem a little more farfetched than the Antwain Smith comparison (btw, Smith was a decent RB, not elite, but very solid).
