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I'll be happy to see Bennett do this in preseason:
1. Look like he is comfortable out there, showing command and not just taking off with the ball.
2. Be accurate.
If he doesn't impress then the thinking from the Rams will be "we can get him through waivers." Which will drive the decision to cut him, stick him on the PS, and gain a critical roster spot.
He basically needs to play well enough to end that thought process. And again I am not interested in writing him off just yet.
He's shown an ability to beat out better players in the past, also the fact he's still on the roster and Jimmy is not on the roster speaks in his favor as well.
Why am I not remembering that? lol
Can you please refresh my memory of which "better players" he beat out?
As for him still being "on the roster and Jimmy G is not" is because Jimmy G "moved on" leaving the Rams with no other options. Bennett is still here because our only other option for QB2 is a very green QB who only started 15 games in college and in no where near ready to assume the QB2 spot.
I don't see any teams "hoping" Bennett gets cut so they can "snatch him up" unless they need a good "scout team" QB. lol
He had no business starting over guys who had much more talent than him. Carson Beck for example. Not that Beck's great or anything. But look at Bennett. He's a shrimp of a QB. The only reason he won and held that job, and the reason he won two titles at Georgia is the dude has a lot of heart.
Now I see you got another reply trying to make like I or others are championing Bennett. That is not the case. I am simply giving the dude some credit for what he did in college. He's a runt at the position, and he's unlikely to ever be a starter at the NFL level. But I am not of the mind right now to write him off as QB2. Because, in the end, if you look around this league at QB2s, I don't think he suffers all that much by comparison.
Ideally Simpson will win the backup role. That also frees up a roster spot with the Rams keeping two QBs. Unfortunately we need to wait and see how it plays out, and Bennett may have something to say about it.
Thanks for the reply merlin. I think we see Bennett differently. Not gonna argue about Beck being better than Bennett but if he is better, it's not by much and neither QB seem like good NFL QB's to me.
I was just questioning your comment about him "beating out better players" which I don't think is necessarily true. Plus you said "players" as in more than one.
Fwiw, I was a big fan of Bennett when we got him. He had a ton of college experience and success but that hasn't seemed to translate to the NFL. Throw in Bennett's mental issues since he was drafted and he looks even worse.
I agree with you that his is a "shrimp" but had a ton of heart in college. I am not sure that is still the same in the NFL. Maybe that's due to his mental issues since leaving college, I don't really know for sure.
As I mentioned, Bennett's best ball so far was last preseason so there is that although even considering that, I was not impressed. My expectations were higher for him.
I also hope Simpson can beat out Bennett but if he does, what does that say for Bennett? He got beat out by a kid who only started 15 games in college?
When I compare Bennett to other QB2's around the NFL, I am not sure he makes it out of the bottom 10. We can and should do better than Bennett. Especially on a team that has an open Super Bowl window.
As you said, we will have to wait and see how it all plays out but I don't want either Bennett or Simpson seeing the field this year unless it's during a blowout.
I have seen all I need to see from Bennett. I am ready to move on and see what Simpson has to offer once he gets some good coaching and understands McVay's offense.
Ideally, Jimmy G comes back as QB2 so we can have someone reliable who actually has talent enough to play in this league.
Preseason should be fun to watch them battle it out.
