He's been motivated. He's taken my seat in the meeting room. He sits next to Aaron. I've been bumped back a row. I think that's a good thing. He's really into trying to learn this offense because I know I've said it a couple times already, he's trying to learn a different language. He's an accomplished football player. I'm glad he's here. He seems very motivated. And I know he's looking forward to playing Thursday.

Mike McCarthy wrote:

I wouldn't treat the Benson signing as any more of a boost than having Grant on the team last year was. Some people are getting a bit to excited about Benson. You know a player besides Grant who doesn't break many tackles or make many exciting plays? Cedric Benson that's who.

Originally Posted by: steveishere 

Ryan Grant has had several exciting runs during his two healthy years as full time starter.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

Ryan Grant has had several exciting runs during his two healthy years as full time starter.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

Doing good stuff 2 years ago is irrelevant. My point was that people often complained about Grant's unexplosiveness and lack of tackle breaking ability (the last couple years) but are now excited about Benson when he's pretty much the same guy.

Though if you do want to talk careers then if anything Grant has been the more explosive exciting runner of the two.

Originally Posted by: steveishere 

Two years ago is irrelevant, but you said Ryan Grant doesn't ... and fact is, he has.



You say this as if you have a list of names. Are you able to disclose the "Complained about Ryan Grant" list and the "Excited about Cedric Benson" list? :)

Bottom line here is Packers fans have every right to be excited about Cedric Benson. If someone tells me I can't be excited about a player, they can sit on a stick sing kumbaya for all I care. To be fair though, how many are excited for Benson simply because they feel he's an upgrade over the current stable of running backs and also what's the realistic chance the Packers run it more than they did last year?

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool