Does anyone else think Bill Bentley will be great?

SuhPLEX · Joined: 03 Jan 2012 Posts: 626

This may be a bit premature after only one preseason game, and maybe a bit of wishful thinking... but seeing how great his anticipation is, and his quickness, he has the tools to be great. He won a starting job out of camp, which speaks volumes to his skillset. I could see him getting 5-6 picks this year. Out of all of our picks, he is the one I'm the most excited about. Can't wait for a few years down the road when he puts on 10-15 lbs of muscle Shocked

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X_Factor_40 · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 16149 Location: Hockeytown

I think you're right about one thing for sure... talk like that is extremely premature.

He made a few good plays in the first Pre-Season game, but he also made a couple of mistakes. He has a long way to go, and the Browns (no offense to their fans) aren't exactly top competition. Lets see him shut down the Packers WR's, or match up 1 on 1 with some of the better #2's in the league before we get too ahead of ourselves. Also, if Berry wasn't cut... would he really be starting? Maybe. But, right now he's kind of the #2 guy by default so we really need to take a wait and see approach.

I certainly hope he will one day become great, but he has to take it one game at a time and continue to work hard. I hope so though. The Lions have lacked a good defensive backfield for pretty much my entire life.
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TL-TwoWinsAway · Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 24074

I saw flashes from him (the burst and insticts) that are extremely impressive in a young player.
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IDOG_det · Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Posts: 11742 Location: here

I think he can be great. According to reports from training camp he holds a high standard for himself and works to be the best possible every second. He has great physical talents and with his situation and work ethic there's not too much standing in his way.
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lions on top · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 1360 Location: Washington

Two things I do really like from what I've seen with an extremely small sample size, the first, instincts. Skills like that are not very easy to come but are I'd say in the top five needed attributes to be a great corner in the NFL. It's good to see Bentley showing some of that after only one professional game.

Another thing I saw was a short memory, he got burned early and came back and had a much more solid game after that. If you think this is not important just look at the likes of Alphonso Smith, he'll get burnt once early in a game and from there you just know it's going to be ugly all game... he lets it get to him. If BB can continue to show these more innate covering skills I think he'll eventually be a true #1 shutdown corner.

YlionsY · Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 13999

Instincts, works hard, and learns from his mistakes and has the potential to be good.

Sign me up.
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RyanFuller003 · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 19880

The Lions absolutely need one of the CBs they drafted this year to develop into a reliable starter. They can't keep signing free agent band-aids to one-year deals only to lose them in free agency or have them underperform.

Bentley is probably the best chance at that, but great? Ehhh . . . he's got athleticism, but if that were all it took to be a great CB then Chris Greenwood would have been a top ten pick. I understand the preseason hype train, but come on.
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Go_LiOnS · Joined: 07 Mar 2009 Posts: 2229

not sure how you came to this conclusion..ill say he looks alittle quicker than i thought. but lets hope he dont see any big recievers bc i see trouble ther. and to only have 7 college interceptions, in division2 worries me abit. does he have problems locating ball? as far as interseptions/pass breakups it just dont look good onpaper. i mean only 7picks and 20 passbreakups in a career....ther are guys doin that in a season...i dont want to see him forced in to the #2. i think he would be a good playmaker out of the slot,with has quicks.hopen for the best with him tho. i remember i wanted janoris jenkins..then we took bentley who went to same hs as jj..just weird.i just hope he doesnt gamble too much to try an make a name for himself while hurting our team.
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barril · Joined: 22 Apr 2010 Posts: 277 Location: Portugal

Let's go easy on the kool-aid shall we:

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studdogs · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 820 Location: Linden, Mi

In my opinion, he looks to be a physical CB and believe that Gunther Cunningham will make a 'star' out of him!

Nathanakin · Joined: 24 Dec 2010 Posts: 235

Stephon Gilmore had 7 int's and 9 pass breakups. Dre Kirkpatrick had 3 int's and 16 pass breakups. I know they played higher competition.
Dwight Bentley had 12 pass breakups and 4 interceptions in his last two years. They are at least comparable. There was a reason he was taken in the 3rd round and those other guys were 1st rounders, but I think he'll be a good value pickI think he can become a solid starter in the NFL. There are only a few great CB's. If he turns out like fellow UL-Lafayette players Charles Tillman and Ike Taylor, that would be great.

Jrugges · Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 8237

Dude is a straight baller. He'll be our BEST CB this season. Book it. Cool