Coach Herm Edwards has really gotten this team beating on each other for a spot. Longtime veterans and regular starters may be taken aback, but if they do, they cant for too long. It now may be time for them to step up.
Every one was concerned for months, will or will not Carl Peterson make some moves in the off season to make the changes needed to get this team to turn the corner? Everyone all spring was speculating that they need this, they need that, just one tweak here, maybe one there. Yes, sure the "retirement" of Willie Roaf has presented another new obstacle to overcome.
There are important quesions and interesting speculations. I dont know, tell me, am I going off on some tangent here or do I see that change is not just a tweeking here and there or a fine tuning, isnt this getting close to a what may be a major overhaul?
How many new numbers may take the field in the fall? It looks like GM Carl Peterson and Coach Edwards have been given a green light at least to some degree to actually rebuild this team. Now, I know it is being done slowly, like I said, I may be imagining it- but there are alot of new faces. Alot of veterans have been added, those who have played into thier prime or just past but they are journeyman who just happen to have the "strengths" to challenge quite a few of those hopeful, comfortable veterans from last year.
Willie Bennett is a good example. Even though it is said that he will play only when the Chiefs feel a need to rest Johnson, Bennett will play more with the Chiefs than he would have with the Saints, okay. They say again and again that there will only be so much work for Bennett. Bennett’s playing time with the Chiefs will not be as productive as Holmes, but similarities between the two are intriguing. They are almost identical in size: Bennett is 5-feet-9 and 207 pounds, Holmes is 5-9 and 213.
One key difference here- Holmes doesn’t have Bennett’s speed. Coach Herm says of Michael Bennett, “He’s different than all the guys we have,” Edwards said. “He’s a speed guy. He can break a big run. We’re going to have to put a package in for him when Larry needs a blow.”
Notice that? Put in a package for him. Not just 'insert him' into the play that was always made for Holmes. No, a package actually made for him, Michael Bennett. Is he any less of threat to "Larry's team" than Priest was? I dont know. They seem very happy with the hands that still hold the record 80 yrds reception by a Minnesota RB. They seem to think his 4.25 breakaway speed that has produced an 85yd record scamper, will offset any loss of power comparisons with Priest Holmes. I risk blasphemy here. Is Bennett a step up from last years running back duo? Just a question.
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