Panthers cut Bene

[PhillyB]

Just now, truthjuice said:

Is TD being PC here or is there something to this? 

imo if he was being PC and was mad about bene he'd be talking about missing him as a player and wishing him the best of luck. even tossing out the snippet about it being more than one game suggests there's been a long-term problem. my guess is he's been malingering since the injury last year and never really brought his game the year. and it's shown.

[pstall]

Admitting not being in shape in week 4 is like one of us saying we didn't read the spreadsheet/report before  a big client meeting to close the deal.

The very core of what a player should do is be in shape. No bueno.

[RumHam]

Any chance we're making room for Cromartie? He played under Rivera in SD.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, Nick_81 said:

Agreed.  Not something you want to hear from TD as a co-worker...

Yep.  And Davis isn't necessarily a diplomat.

Rivera's on in 1 minute.

[Nick_81]

1 minute ago, truthjuice said:

Is TD being PC here or is there something to this? 

Difficult to tell.  Could be a little of both...  I know I would not want to hear that from TD, if I worked with him though...

[JawnyBlaze]

Bene said himself, he was winded after some of the deep plays, must not have been 100% back in shape.  That's the only reason I can think of that would cause any ire toward him within the organization.  He gave up a long TD pass to Julio somewhere in the middle of the game, but just a play or two before that one he made a great play and defended a pass on the same sort of route.  He was literally the only CB we had in that game that put up any semblance of defense against Julio.  This is perplexing. 

[Cpt slay a ho]

Had a bad game vs atl and that wiff on the fb from

The Vikings, but overall he's played decent, being cut is drastic barring some off filed issues,some of you should go back to the offseason thread and look back at how much you were hyping up Bene. He's a solid player this is just another dumb move 

[Bartin]

1 minute ago, truthjuice said:

Is TD being PC here or is there something to this? 

The fact that it's hard to tell is very telling.

[Peppers90 NC]

This is why I know better than to have high expectations for this organization.

[carolinajay]

1 minute ago, RumHam said:

Any chance we're making room for Cromartie? He played under Rivera in SD.

Cromartie is a liability. Bortles & Stafford picked on him. 

[Cary Kollins]

2 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Bene said himself, he was winded after some of the deep plays, must not have been 100% back in shape.  That's the only reason I can think of that would cause any ire toward him within the organization.  He gave up a long TD pass to Julio somewhere in the middle of the game, but just a play or two before that one he made a great play and defended a pass on the same sort of route.  He was literally the only CB we had in that game that put up any semblance of defense against Julio.  This is perplexing. 

 

Julio racked up around 220 yards with Bene covering him

[Kakarot]

Well, Ron did say he was not going to let one player hurt this team. Bene got lit up last week, but if it's true that he gave up on Julio, then I can see Ron letting him go. Bene directly hurt the team when we could've tied the ball game up and he allowed Julio to go 75 yards easy for a TD

[GhostP.]

Feel bad for Bene .. Breaks his leg against Atlanta.. Misses the rest of the season and SB appearance.. Comes back from rehab .. Plays horrible against Atlanta and then gets shown the door.  He'll be picked up sooner than Cromartie will

[chknwing]

I like it nothing says do your job better to the rest of the team than cutting an underperforming starter