Greatest Bengal Short Timer

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(05-20-2018, 03:55 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Benson stabilized the RB position after the Chris Perry disaster, but he was the definition of average. All his numbers really prove is that we gave him the ball a lot and he stayed healthy. Look at his YPC rankings by year:

2009: 30th of 50 qualifiers (this is when we ran unbalanced lines and everyone thought Benson was the shiz)
2010: 43rd of 47 qualifiers
2011: 41st of 53 qualifiers

YPC is as close to "QB rating" as it gets for RB's. With what we know now about PA and the run game, I do think Ced would've been better with a decent line, but the performance itself was all quantity with little quality. He also brought very little as a pass catcher and had a bit of a fumbling issue (although I'll admit it was blown out of proportion a bit).

I get your point with these comparisons, but compared to what other RBs on our team had done with that line, I thought he was a solid contributor and a tough runner.  I remember one of those rare games where we had TJ, Henry, and Chad all healthy with Benson in the backfield (at least I think we had all three of those WRs...I remember Henry had a big day) against his former team, Da Bears.

The Bengals absolutely destroyed them and Ced was pretty emotional afterward.  He loved playing here.