02-01-2016, 10:58 AM
(01-29-2016, 06:14 PM)McC Wrote: He got credit for coming off the couch and being better than the mess that came before him.
Fans (including myself) fell in love with Benson when he was pretty much the only bright spot from the '08 team. We signed him off the street 5 weeks into one of the worst seasons in Bengal history. We started that seaons 1-11-1. But over the last three weeks Benson went crazy (463 yards from scrimmage), and we went 3-0. He was our only glimmer of hope over that long off season. His 3.5 avg for that year did not look very impressive until you know that our second leading running back that year, Chris Perry, who started 6 games for us that year, averaged 2.6.
He was a workhorse, but nothing special. Showed some burst on a few long runs early in his career here, but for the most part was nothing but a grinder.
Still has a place in my heart for one of the greatest individual playoff performances by any Bengal ever. His numbers were impressive (21 carries, 169 yds), but you had to see the way he gained them. He was busting tackles and flat out trucking defenders.
