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Chargers to sign Travis Benjamin
The Chargers are adding a big-play weapon for Philip Rivers.
Per NFL Media's Rand Getlin, former Browns receiver Travis Benjamin will sign with the Chargers once deals can become official on Wednesday. Benjamin, who is just 26, was one of the top names in an underwhelming receiver market. He caught a career-high 68 passes for 966 yards and five touchdowns in a breakout year with the Browns in 2015.
Despite a horrid quarterback carousel during his time in the AFC North, Benjamin was a bright spot with a devastating combination of speed and explosiveness. In a new system developed by Chargers coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, he should be one of Rivers' top targets alongside Keenan Allen.
Benjamin received an offer to stay in Cleveland and was reportedly drawing heavy interest in Houston and Atlanta, where he would have been paired with his former offensive coordinator, Kyle Shanahan. None of those materialized, leaving Cleveland most notably without any sound options in the passing game outside of Brian Hartline and Andrew Hawkins.
The news should be positive for the Chargers who have managed to lock up one of the better free agents available despite some uncertainty on their own end in terms of a stadium and future location. They get a veteran replacement for the retired Malcom Floyd and the chance to kickstart an offense that stalled under high expectations a year ago.
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Originally posted by Engine Engine Number 420 View PostI hope he's good. Receiver isn't the first position I would have addressed, but at least we're doing something.
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Originally posted by Engine Engine Number 420 View PostI hope he's good. Receiver isn't the first position I would have addressed, but at least we're doing something.Life is too short to drink cheap beer :beer:
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Originally posted by X-man View PostBetween some of those stud CB's he was regularly beating in that highlight video and from Kyle Posey's evaluation http://www.boltsfromtheblue.com/2016...argets-offense...color me officially excited to see what Travis Benjamin can bring to the Chargers offense. He reminds me of Desean Jackson (when he was that scary Eagles WR who many CBs dreaded the fear of getting badly burned.) I too agree that we still need to shore up some other positions (C, DE or DT, and S) for sure...but there's still plenty of offseason to do that. Hopefully this is a good start to what needs to be a productive free agency period for SD.Life is too short to drink cheap beer :beer:
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He was pretty much the entire Cleveland offense last year. He was good in every game I watched. WR corp improved.Prediction:
Correct: Chargers CI fails miserably.
Fail: Team stays in San Diego until their lease runs out in 2020. (without getting new deal done by then) .
Sig Bet WIN: The Chargers will file for relocation on January 15.
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This is a great signing. Only here would people question the order in which holes were filled, not that a hole was filled. We haven't had a legit deep threat in a while and he has never played with a QB like Rivers.
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Originally posted by SDfan View Postsure, we don't have a real Center or any TEs on the roster, but let's get Phil some new toys first! Next up will be Gates coming back.
Benjamin >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jones...which is why TB should make much more of an impact when he and Rivers get in sync then Jones could ever try to be.
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