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Kelvin Benjamin: Panthers a 'bad fit from the get-go'
By Jeremy Bergman
Entering his first full season in Buffalo, Kelvin Benjamin is still going to Carolina in his mind.
In an interview with The Athletic's Tim Graham, the Bills receiver rehashed his tumultuous four-year stint with the Panthers, the organization that drafted him in the first round of the 2014 draft. Benjamin had few fond things to say about his former team.
When asked to assess his time in Carolina, Benjamin said, "I mean, I felt like I would've been even more successful if... Looking back on it, I should've just been drafted by somebody else. I should've never went to Carolina. Truly, I just think Carolina was bad for me. It was a bad fit from the get-go."
Benjamin elaborated on what went wrong with the Panthers, who shipped the former 28th overall selection to Buffalo for two draft picks ahead of the trade deadline in 2017, and appeared to call out his former signal-caller, Cam Newton.
"If you would've put me with any other quarterback, let's be real, you know what I'm saying?" Benjamin explained to Graham. "Any other accurate quarterback like [Aaron] Rodgers or Eli Manning or Big Ben [Roethlisberger] -- anybody! -- quarterbacks with knowledge, that know how to place a ball and give you a better chance to catch the ball. It just felt like I wasn't in that position."
Full Article -- NFL.com
By Jeremy Bergman
Entering his first full season in Buffalo, Kelvin Benjamin is still going to Carolina in his mind.
In an interview with The Athletic's Tim Graham, the Bills receiver rehashed his tumultuous four-year stint with the Panthers, the organization that drafted him in the first round of the 2014 draft. Benjamin had few fond things to say about his former team.
When asked to assess his time in Carolina, Benjamin said, "I mean, I felt like I would've been even more successful if... Looking back on it, I should've just been drafted by somebody else. I should've never went to Carolina. Truly, I just think Carolina was bad for me. It was a bad fit from the get-go."
Benjamin elaborated on what went wrong with the Panthers, who shipped the former 28th overall selection to Buffalo for two draft picks ahead of the trade deadline in 2017, and appeared to call out his former signal-caller, Cam Newton.
"If you would've put me with any other quarterback, let's be real, you know what I'm saying?" Benjamin explained to Graham. "Any other accurate quarterback like [Aaron] Rodgers or Eli Manning or Big Ben [Roethlisberger] -- anybody! -- quarterbacks with knowledge, that know how to place a ball and give you a better chance to catch the ball. It just felt like I wasn't in that position."
Full Article -- NFL.com
