[CBFF] Benson gets another unappreciated rest

[Dwayne]

It would also seem to appear that if a particular play works, Turner will
not go back to it for weeks, let alone during the game.

Vice vesely it also appears that when a play does not work, Turner will go
back to it three more times during that game, with my guess being Turner
must think the opposing defense will not look for a play that was a failure
the first two to three times it was ran.

D

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Westmalle van 't vat" <westmalle at comcast.net>
To: <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [CBFF] Benson gets another unappreciated rest


On 10/16/07 9:35 AM, "mom2iancal" <senzigx4 at charter.net> wrote:

> "Cedric ran the ball well, and he helped us set a lot of things up,"
Turner
> said. "We want to get Ced going, but we feel like we have to get the other
> guys out there, too. It was just a timing thing."
>
> After gaining 26 yards on his first four carries, Benson slowed up a bit.
> But he still had a 10-yard dash in the second quarter and wound up with 46
> yards on his first nine rushes (5.11 yards-per-carry average).
>
> He jogged out of the game at the 10:10 mark of the second quarter.
Peterson
> and Wolfe spent the next quarter carrying the running back load. Benson¹s
> next carry came with 12:58 remaining in the third quarter.

I'm sorry, but this is lame.  Really lame.  Ron Turner has got to stop
tinkering with the RB position.  It really feels like outthinking yourself
and your players.  The rap on Cedric is that he gets better with
repetitions--heck, it is true of most RBs.  I can feel the difference when
Benson comes back in the game.  He is cold and he has to get warmed up again
to the hitting and feel of the game.  Things like rhythm and repetition DO
matter with running backs.   If Benson were a high energy guy who's always
'on,' so to speak, I could better understand this approch.  But he's
motivationally not very tough and isn't apparently able to turn it 'on' and
'off' at will.

Leave him in the game, Ron.

Steve



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