Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett shoots from the hip often and he was at it again on Tuesday.
The veteran defensive end expressed his frustration with the number of “mediocre” quarterbacks signing high-priced contracts and not providing much on the field in return.
During an interview with 710 ESPN Seattle, Bennett discussed their contracts and how protected quarterbacks are by the rules:
“Quarterback is the only position in the NFL where you could be mediocre and get paid. At every other position, you can’t be mediocre. If I was Ryan Tannehill and the most games I ever won was seven, how could you get a $100 million for that? I guess that’s the value of the position.”
Bennett did not stop his verbal assault on quarterbacks at Tannehill. His other targets proved to be Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford and Houston Texans quarterback Brian Hoyer:
“And then it’s like, you’re sitting at home and there’s breaking news and it says that Brian Hoyer is the quarterback of the Texans. I’m like, who cares? That’s not breaking news. It’s really not breaking news.”
“There’s some mediocre quarterbacks in the NFL that make a lot of money. You take a guy like Sam Bradford — he’s never played really in the last three years, but he’s made more money than most guys in the NFL.”
Did Bennett stop there? Nope. He didn’t appreciate Bradford’s conduct during the controversy involving the Terrell Suggs:
“Then quarterbacks get protected more than any other player. I mean, he gets hit in his knees and he’s about to cry. ‘They hit me in my legs.’ Everybody gets hit in their legs. Every play somebody tries to hit me in my legs. So what makes him different? What makes his life better than mine? I’ve got kids. I’ve got stuff I like to do on the weekend. But because he gets hit in his legs, he gets a flag. He gets up with a sad face like the world just ended because he got hit. I mean, you got hit in an NFL game. Who cares? Get back up and be like, ‘Good job.'”
Unfortunately, Bennett’s Seahawks do not play the Eagles, Dolphins, or Texans during the regular season.
Don’t ever change, Michael.
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