The Seattle Seahawks go against the Detroit Lions this Saturday in a Wild Card matchup that should be pretty entertaining. As both teams prepare Seahawks DE Michael Bennett gave his thoughts on the Lions teams and pointed out how good HB Zach Zenner is.
Zenner had a stellar college career as had three straight seasons with 2,000 yards, he’s been in and out of the running back rotation as the Lions have been trying to improve their running game all season. Zenner has had two pretty good weeks after running his career high 69 yards Sunday against the Packers. He has been the kind of spark the Lions need in the back field around this time. Bennett says that out of the few “white” running back there is Zenner is clearly the best one:
“I think the running back, man, he’s – there’s not many white running backs in the NFL but he has to be the best right now,” Bennett said. “He’s doing such a great job of cutbacks and hitting the hole. He’s a really good back. I know all the stuff he did in college, three straight seasons of 2,000 yards. I don’t care where you’re at, if you can do that you have got amazing talent. And I think he’s just an amazing running back, the things he can do with the ball. He got good balance, he can spin, he can catch it out of the backfield. I think he fits the offense perfectly.”
Bennett makes a good point about Zenner being one of the “only” few white running backs in the league, but it degrading in the fact that it should only matter if he’s a good football player or not. Race shouldn’t come into the place, only production on the field. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t trying to degrade Zenner as he explained how much respect he has for him, but maybe he should have changed the way he presented the answer and just acknowledge the fact that Zenner is surprisingly good.