I Bet Willie Jackson Feels Pretty Stupid Right Now!

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(02-04-2022, 12:43 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: Well Chris Henry no fault of the team was hit or miss if he would be available. We let TJ get away on what I remember as being a silght difference in pay. Even TJ made comments about regretting leaving for just a little bit more money. I mainly meant after TJ left I think we could've done more as far weapons specifically in the passing game. 

It may have been a bit more money but I'm pretty sure TJ left because he thought he could be the #1 receiver on a team and then got to Seattle(?) and realized that he couldn't handle all the attention being on him on the field or off. I say off because I remember him chiming in on the Chad Johnson holdout when it had nothing to do with him (I think that's right?).

(02-04-2022, 01:06 PM)grampahol Wrote: TJ was absolutely a beneficiary of Chad Johnson pulling coverage his way..Not that that in and of itself is a bad thing.. He was never going to be the number 1 anyway. He just seemed to drop off to nowhere when he left. I dunno..I don't really follow former players on other teams..

Exactly. TJ was a possession receiver and there's nothing wrong with that because he played a big role in our offense and helped keep the chains moving.

(02-04-2022, 02:48 PM)samhain Wrote: Benson absolutely carried the 09 team.  Chad was slowing down, Henry was, well, deceased, and they had like 5 tight ends go down in camp.  It was Benson's one great season, but he was a monster throughout it.

Yep but '09 was when Marvin wanted to dedicate to the run so Bratkowski took that as running the ball on first and second down no matter what, keep the game close, and then have Palmer win us games in the two-minute drill. That team could have been special with even decent coaching.