Kelvin Benjamin says he was traded because he didn't want to be here.

[4Corners]

Another ex-panther taking an unnecessary shot at the Panthers after they were let go. Wonder why that is?    

Reminds me of whenever I hear a dude say “it was mutual” when breaking up with a woman. 99% of the time it’s not mutual. 

Best of luck to him, but our WR Corp right now looks like the strongest it’s been in a decade and big surprise Kelvin Entemann’s isn’t a part of it. Big boy better lay of the chicken wings up there 

[mc52beast]

He got what he wanted and the Panthers got better, win-win for both sides. Wonder what he thinks about that rookie qb who will eventually be throwing to him

[4Corners]

20 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

The guy was targeted too much if anything

Agree with this. KB is a respectable WR but Cam def locked in on him. 

[jumpman910]

Really can't understand some of yall knocking him or changing their mind about him over these comments. The new regime(if you will) didn't want him and he knows it. 

Him and a few others in his class put up a rare rookie season in NFL history, of course he thinks he should still be the main guy. Targets went elsewhere and he's speaking bout it after the fact, rather him be honest than give a happy pr type answer. 

[bababoey]

39 minutes ago, Datawire said:

Hard to be a #1 target when you can't get more than six inches of separation.

That's what she said

[LinvilleGorge]

I think he fell out of favor due to laziness. Showing up at camp overweight was a yearly occurrence. That only happens due to laziness and/or lack of discipline. It’s a shame because I really do believe he has the ability to be great if he wants to be.

[SOJA]

this is like when you girl dumps you but later on you tell all your friends you were about to dump her actually before you go back to sobbing into empty ben and jerrys tubs

[jayflip]

Still got nothing but love in my heart for KB and I hope he does well for the remainder of his career 

[Mr. Scot]

Eeeehhh, it's possible, but plenty of guys who get cut or traded say the same thing.

It's a little tricky to reconcile this with the fact that he and Newton were reportedly best friends.

[*FreeFua*]

I don’t blame him one bit, good for him.

If Josh Allen is legit, he’s going to have a monster year 

[bleedsgreenandgold]

Healthy? Wish him the best but that guy is going to be dealing with injuries the rest of his career.

[The Lobo]

Wasn’t he pretty torn up right after it happened? I think I read on here that there were reports that he was  not taking it well.

[Cyberjag]

For a guy who can battle for the catch and bring everything in that's thrown his way, he sure has interesting stats.  In his rookie season he was targeted 145 times and caught only 50% of them.  For comparison, Olsen was targeted 123 times and caught 68% of them.  In 2016 Benjamin was targeted 118 times, or basically two times less per game and was still only catching 53%.  I guess those two missing passes are the WR1 passes he deserved based on reasons?

For perspective, there were 41 WRs in 2016 that got 100 or more targets.  36 of them had a higher catch percentage than Benjamin.

[CRA]

2014 145 targets

2015 hurt

2016 118 targets

2017 was on pace for 100+ targets until he was traded

One thing was factually evident, his production never matched his targets.  Pretty consistently any WR with comparable targets had more production. 

KB's biggest problem is it was almost shocking when there was any sort of play made after he caught a ball.  Almost every single catch was bodying out a defender and the play ending where he caught the ball.