I agree TJ ran well yesterday but not well enough to win the game..We all can see what benson means to this team...peterson can play the role of TJ..benson deserves the shot next year. He's the better back..
What can we all see about Benson?
Exactly. I am not sold on Benson's game at all. Yes he runs hard, but I believe with a fraction of the vision Thomas Jones has. He is constantly getting hit because he doesn't cut. He runs where the hole is suppose to be. I have also said on many occassions that I think Benson is soft. It doesn't take much to get him off balance and go down. Many have argued with me so it could be my limited times seeing him. He is supposed to be a brusing back (in the form of Bettis, etc), but he is also undersized for that role in my opinion. I think this is a case where college stats don't equal NFL success. Players were smaller in college so Benson could easily be a bruiser. He could also bounce off the smaller bodies better. And he ran behind a great offensive line so he had a huge burst of speed built up before getting hit. I don't see this guy ever being very good on this team. I don't doubt that Jones goes and Benson is handed the starting job (based on dollars they are paying him), but I fully expect Benson to be a below-average back. Add the stuff about him not getting along with his team, etc and this has a bad ending written all over it.
