How the hell does salaam even deserve a opinion. he was an ok player for like a year…. but then ruined his life. and by the way sounds like a real winner now.

Lets recap:
A team who builds around the draft, draft a running back 4th and elect to play a back who was on his third team. then they tell him to be a complement for another year and he produces nicely towards the end. They work with him and the line in 07 for more ypc and gets more yards. they asked him to loose weight and he has.

I think its time to change the pace in bear land and wait on the season to unfold before we tear this guy up. i agreed with him last year. I dont know what he did wrong. if the staff calls this a running football team then they cant surround him with the 07 line and griese and his five yard slants at qb. Cedric loves rex because you cant stack 8 and he is going to love his new line.

with some points the other side of the benson topic but last year and 06 his best performances came when rex was at the helm. When Rex was reinserted into the lineup, benson spoke out about how he was excited about less guys stacking the box given rexs arm. I dont blame him for not wanting to take the fall for that 07 mess.

If ever the job should have been “given” to cedric it should have been 06. Angelo and lovie were just upgrading trade stock. Jones had some great moments in 06 no doubt, but we are talking about the possibility of developing a franchise back. Inserting him into the lineup with an aging line and experimenting with a washed up veteran qb, doesnt shout possible “franchise rb being developed and groomed”. It doesnt matter who you draft, you have to give him a chance to flourish. simply rotating people in a lineup doesnt do the team any good.