Martellus Bennett 2011 highlights!

I think that the play in the endzone was a designed back-shoulder fade. The defender just did a good job on that play

He looked good to me. By my count he dropped what, one ball? The fade in the end zone was a bad throw and a good defensive play. He's more athletic than any TE we've ever had. a good blocker, etc. I think he'll be great and get resigned to a long term deal.

Yeah I think your right on that one

Pope will coach him up and Eli throwing to him , he will be fine

Should love our passing game we can't run screens and our TE's get to run deep crossing patterns. He looked surprised when the ball was thrown to him and many of the passes took away his speed and size since he was standing still. He has some nice wheels but they kept him very close to the line of scrimmage. Romo did not help him much but Eli may hurt him due to his lack of knowledge of our passing game. The OT's have to be a blessing for him because it's a completely different offense for him to learn. Shock was the last TE we had with physiacal skills above his but it's show time does he want it bad enough?

Mention that Romo sucks.
No doubt Bennett has work to do but Eli is better than Romo and that will help.
I don't think if Ballard had Romo throwing to him Ballard would have been as good.

he had something like four non-catches in the video. Two of them were clearly on Romo. The deflection for an interception looked like he couldn't see the ball (watch and see him waving his hand over his eyes to the QB). Frankly, after reading how Cowboy fans said he dropped everything, I don't know what they are talking about. He also made a great catch off the deflection.

He is among the best blocking TEs in the game and looks like he can catch the ball.

Add Fleener or a top 2 round WR and we could have a sick offense (again).

Pro Football Focus rated him the #1 blocking TE in the NFL last season, and as a receiver he's good enough to be a significant THREAT. Romo's passing was underwhelming.

He's not remotely a QB that holds back a pass catcher, at any position, and putting MB's general failure on him is the same as the stupidity many showed re: Sinorice Moss and Eli.

especially in traffic. Hopefully being a bigger part of the offense helps. He's definitely an athlete.

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His pass catching skills are marginal to fair, but if he can block like Cross or Bavaro, I'd be delighted, and so too would Reese and Coughlin. The Giants' lack of a run blocker on the right side of the line of scrimmage was costly last year.

this video makes me appreciate how much better a QB Eli is over Romo...on the first pass to Bennett in the end zone against Washington, Eli would make a throw that only Bennett would have caught.

In addition to guys like Austin, Bryant, Robinson and even Owens at WR.

He's an outstanding blocker.. he's athletic and we'll be able to utilize him in ways that Dallas didn't. I think he's more talented than a guy like Ballard and probably Boss as well.. he just hasn't tapped his potential because of the situation he was in. I think Pope will do wonders for him and I think he will have a really solid year here.

It is pretty difficult for most athletes to excel when not used much. His effectiveness will go up as a starter. I'm not saying he won't make mistakes. I'm saying that he is going to be a lot better than what we saw in the video. Our offense has a lot of weapons and we have Eli, a QB that is more accurate than Romo. Do we need another TE? Yes, we do but if all things are equal: Would you prefer the first pick being a LT or a TE?

Fade by Romo was terrible. From Eli that is a TD.

after Pope turns him into a star

That can seal the edge has been missing from this offense since Shockey left. Not talking about shielding or getting in the way but a block that creates movement and creates the flotsam in which defenders pursuit angles are compromised. Talking about DTs and Lb. The Giants won't have to pull OL or motion the FB outside to get that seal as much thus having more flexibility in their blocking schemes.

I wonder how this guy will matchup when they throw a DE over him?