jerseyhawksfan79
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All that matters is he shows up for work. The talks of contract and stuff will fall to the side once TC gets underway.
If Bennett thinks (along with other players) he's a team leader then I think it's not good enough to just show up and make all the bitching ok. Leaders don't bitch about their personal situations and don't bitch to their subordinates about higher. Leaders are held to a higher standard of behavior that way.
And he's 30 with 2 more years on his current deal, which means his best football will be behind him when this one is done. If it isn't already. If he gets any sort of substantial pay bump at this point, it'll come across to me as a reward contract....and those typically aren't wise moves in the NFL. If anything develops here, I hope it's just enough to shut him up for a couple years and not enough to cause salary cap issues when he's no longer here and/or playing at a high level.
I've been exposed to enough leaders outside the military that I know better than that. Leadership certainly does come in different forms, but GOOD leadership is pretty easy to spot and it's similar in all walks.It's the military.
Leadership comes in all shapes and sizes in the NFL.
I've been exposed to enough leaders outside the military that I know better than that. Leadership certainly does come in different forms, but GOOD leadership is pretty easy to spot and it's similar in all walks.
Bennett showed up to the first day of training camp and said all the right things. It doesn't sound like a holdout is going to happen, as much as that might disappoint the local media members who were secretly (or not so secretly) hoping he would holdout so they'd have something to talk about.
Seahawks Defensive End Michael Bennett: “I Just Wanted To Show Up And Be A Great Teammate”
Media must have been bored to ask Bennett cause I swear months ago he already said he was showing up to camp. So I wasn't one bit surprised that he showed up.