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NFL superstars embrace Los Angeles Rams QB Stetson Bennett, underdog no more
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NFL superstars embrace Los Angeles Rams QB Stetson Bennett, underdog no more
ATHENS — Stetson Bennett appears on his way to big things in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams after some reportedly strong opening practices and interaction with veteran players.
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I’m pulling hard for Stetson. Hope he goes on to have an awesome NFL career. I’ll be watching.
GO STET!
GO RAMS!
GO DAWGS!
It's funny I watched him play more than 20 times in person in high school and kept telling my brothers this kid can play. They eventually came to see him and all said, "He'll make a good division II QB. LOL now here he is in the NFL. As you said
GO STET!
GO RAMS!
GO DAWGS!
Lol...no big surprise here. He just needs to stay healthy. Getting drafted by the Rams was huge, for Bennett. Just being talented, athletic and a good football player...isn't enough, for ANY QB to succeed, long term, in the NFL.
As a young Rookie quarterback (Bennett)...to achieve "long term success" in the NFL...you absolutely have to have the support of the team and the coach...and preferably the guy you are backing up (Stafford). The HC/OC need to be willing and able to build the offense around their QB's attributes. That's why you rarely see a backup QB come in and perform at a high level.
The offense is designed around the "Starting QB". Having a backup that can function in "ANY type of offense", is pure gold...and, that's what Bennett was to UGA and is to LA. I'd bet my bottom dollar, the plan is to install a Bennett-friendly offense that allows for an expanded perimeter game.
Bennett is fortunate in so many ways, to be in LA...but, one of the biggest IMO, is...the Rams were successful BEFORE he arrived. Their fans aren't depending on HIM turning their organization around. They're just looking for him to add to it, when he and Stafford are ready to make the transition. In other words, he's got time to develop and learn the system, as well as helping design the one, he will be running, post-Stafford.
I'm not looking forward to Stafford retiring...but, when he does...LA has it made at the quarterback position. I'm looking for the Rams to make a big move, in next year's draft, and go after Bowers. Kupp and Bowers with Bennett handling their mail. Lol...Holeee crap...that's gonna be fun to watch.
What bothers me, is...I used to hate the Rams...and the Steelers...and the Eagles. Now, I like THEM more than the Falcons. What the hell is happening to Atlanta? And, I'm not talking about, "just the team". Lol
I’ll be so proud of and for Stets if he can be a success in the NFL. And I honestly think he can be. He’s allot better QB than many outside the UGA fanbase realize. And given the opportunity I think he’s gonna Show that in a big way. The back home crowd is pulling for you Stets. Go in there and Show Em what an ole small town South Ga. Boy can do !! You got this !!
Lol...even if he doesn't "make it" in the NFL...Bennett will NEVER have to buy another meal or drink in the State of Georgia.
The more Dawgs, Kirby puts in the NFL...the greater his recruiting success. It's like wipin' your butt with a wagon wheel. Lol...it won't end till Kirby leaves...maybe. The UGA paradigm may have been forever reshaped, under Richt and Smart. Richt got em to the top of the hill...Kirby put em over the top.
It took a looonnngggg time to undo the damage Ray Goff did to the Program...but, in fairness, Dooley was AD, and right there with him. So, maybe it was a lot Goff's fault...and, a little bit Dooley's fault, too. Anyway...they're out of that hole, now...and, i don't see any danger of em falling back in.. That's what counts.
Ha! So true. I’ve completely shaken up my NFL teams that I’ll be watching this year. If you’d have told me 20 years ago I’d be watching the Eagles, Rams, and Steelers on a regular basis, and actually rooting for them, I’d have told you that you were nuts 🤣🤣🤣. The times they are indeed a changin’ 👍
Hilarious! (Given what sooo many, including many from within the Georgia fan base, have said about Bennett—even just prior to the NFL draft.)
I guess the proverbial ‘worm has turned’?
Now… ‘suddenly’, it appears he has a legitimate chance of becoming a starter in the NFL? This is simply a manifestation of what many of us knew years ago. 🤣
Will Bennett go on to have a successful NFL career? Who knows? 🤷🏻♂️
I, for one, will be pulling fir him.
Go Stetson! Go Dawgs! 😎
To be fair, Goff is a good guy, just not so much a head coach. And, it you look at the Dawgs from 1985 to 1988, they had some issues.
I hear you. I still have trouble loving Philly and LA for the cities (never been to Pittsburgh). I agree with you also about Atlanta. I've lived in ATL for most of the last 50+ years and love it less and less as days go by.
I can see Stetson starting sooner than later - Stafford will certainly miss a couple of starts this year during the season due to various ailments, and wow, isn't it cool that it will be a fellow Bulldog to take over for him while he is out - this could not have been scripted better! I wonder if this has ever happened before??
I agree 100%. I like Ray. I met him when I was a kid and he played for Moultrie. They were playing Glynn Academy in the AAA Regional Championship in Moultrie. My Dad introduced me. Lol...needless to say...he was my hero when he played at UGA.
I don't mean any disrespect. Ray even jokes about the damage done while he was there and his future coaching prospects. Lol...he'll tell you...he's farmer, plain and simple. And, a good one.
Everybody I've talked to, that like you, were longtime residents of Atlanta, have told me the same thing. We were coming back from Knoxville a little while back, on I75. Stopped twice, for gas and Cracker Barrell. There were bars on EVERY window...2 inch plexiglass between the counter and customers...with a little window to slip your money through.
Fort Knox should be so secure. Lol...a little gas station had greater security than ANY bank, I've ever been in. I'm not used to seeing that.
I asked if they were having that much trouble up there and an elderly lady told me, it was really bad. She mentioned "the change", that you referred to, with fear and wariness in her eyes.
It looked like we were driving through a 3rd world Country with citizens on-guard. The only cops we saw, were writing "speeding tickets". It was sad to see...and one of the reasons, I have a hard time, getting in a twist over UGA Players' traffic violations.
The ATL is a ticking time bomb. It's like the long-time citizens there....are akin to so-many frogs sitting in a pot of water on the stove...slowly cooking and not realizing it.
I'm thinking the same thing. With Bennett as his backup...he won't be as reluctant to sit out a game here and there. 17 games is a looonnnngggg football season. Then throw in the playoffs...and, that's a LOT of physical wear-and-tear on a 34-35 year old. I don't care who ya are.
Lol...there's a reason, the military has a cutoff age of 32 years old. Or, it used to be 32 YOA. They may have raised the age cap to 42 YOA in order to "meet quota" after some of the political moves I've seen happening in and around Military Bases.
Let me end with a ....."Go Dawgs" skit'em. Lol