Wenhawk":of0v4qtb said:
I think Bennett is being way undervalued by everyone. If you made this a poll about who deserves to get a new contract, I think Kim wins hands down, he deserves one simply because he is already 2 full seasons through his deal and has been All-Pro during that time. Bennett just signed his deal last year and although he did outplay his contract he is not the sack machine like a JJ Watt or Mario Williams and worthy of top $.
I am sure there are some stats out there (baseball style stats) that show the increased win percentage a player has on his team. I believe I have seen one for QBs before.
Great question though and it makes for a heck of a debate.
Bennett is a monster working in tandem with Cliff Avril and we saw how those two controlled Brady ' s play in SB49. When Avril went down went down we weren't nearly as effective and Brady looked masterful in a comeback.
If anyone is truly and consistently UNDERVALUED on that Dline it is Cliff Avril.
Because of his quiet demeanor he doesn't get the exposure or the hype of Bennett.
Take Avril away and Bennett is less effective.
Can we say the same about Kam?
In this age of heavy passing offenses to have an intimidating tone-setter in the secondary who neutralizes big receivers/TE is crucial. Few people play like Kam but on this team ET is probably mini Kam on speed.
Its close but my vote is Kam.