Last year, Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett signed a four-year, $28.5 million extension. A year later, Bennett is unhappy with his deal and now he’s taking his frustrations out on ‘mediocre’ quarterbacks.
“Quarterback is the only position in the NFL where you could be mediocre and get paid,” Bennett said on 710 ESPN Seattle. “At every other position, you can’t be mediocre. If I was Ryan Tannehill and the most games I ever won was seven, how could you get a $100 million for that? I guess that’s the value of the position.
“And then it’s like, you’re sitting at home and there’s breaking news and it says that Brian Hoyer is the quarterback of the Texans. I’m like, who cares? That’s not breaking news. It’s really not breaking news.”
Bennett wasn’t done.
“There’s some mediocre quarterbacks in the NFL that make a lot of money,” Bennett said. “You take a guy like Sam Bradford — he’s never played really in the last three years, but he’s made more money than most guys in the NFL.