Comments on: Martellus Bennett: I’m 291 because I “rocked out” in the weight room

By: grhopper

grhopper — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:33:09 +0000

For the last 2 years I kept saying why don’t the Cowboys turn this guy into a tackle, al la HOF Rayfield Wright…who was a basketball player in college. Despite Marty B’s idiosyncracies and other foolishness, he can block…he can’t catch, but he can block! I say put another 15 lbs on and see what happens. He’s only signed for one year, and at 291 you can forget about TE.

By: 2ndaryinsanity

2ndaryinsanity — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:55:20 +0000

Unfortunately for Bennett, he was such a clown in Dallas that no one takes him seriously or believes him now that he’s in New York. No matter how he gained all this weight, I just don’t think weighing almost 300 pounds will make him a very good tight end. However, he wasn’t all that great to start with. Does anyone really believe the Giants would have signed this clown if they hadn’t lost 2 of their tight ends during the Super Bowl?

By: ratedrblazin

ratedrblazin — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:42:42 +0000

@feomax

who won the superbowl last year? Oh yah, thats right The New York GIANTS! ’nuff said.

By: 6thsense79

6thsense79 — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 02:18:38 +0000

paulsmith107 says:Jun 4, 2012 1:29 PM

I am no Marty b fan but the morons in this page who think he should per in a cup cause he put on 25 pounds in 4 months get a clue. I can fluctuate from 190 to about 210 in a six week period by eating and working out hard but I would guess that none of you couch potatoes has a clue that it’s possible. So 25 pounds in 4 to 6 months on a 6-7 frame for a proffesional athelete who prob has a trainer and nothing to do but hit the gym in his off time yeah very possible
———————————–
Anyone can put on 25 pounds in 4 months if they eat enough calories….that’s not what people are skeptical about….they are skeptical because he seems to be claiming that he put on 25lbs of rock solid muscles in 4 months. Sorry…that doesn’t happen no matter what your size. As someone that works out and has played football with various individuals of various sizes that is damn near impossible to do without some sort of chemical help. Even with chemical help tht is hard to do.

By: cowboyscanada

cowboyscanada — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:44:10 +0000

Dallas put up with this guy for a few years. Glad he went to another team! Good luck Giants! Hes better yours than ours!

By: kingcarlbanks

kingcarlbanks — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:02:47 +0000

@feomax

That’s the WORLD CHAMPION NEW YORK GIANTS!

By: Maximus Decimus Meridius

Maximus Decimus Meridius — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:07:11 +0000

Roids

By: stavreafavre

stavreafavre — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:14:43 +0000

A couple of decades ago when I still watched pro rasslin’, whenever a performer came back from “an overseas tour” and was fatter, the announcers would say that he had decided to add some upper body strength.

By: feomax

feomax — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:12:59 +0000

jdandcoke says:Jun 4, 2012 1:30 PM

its funny…..all these posts telling complaining about how horrible a TE this guy is, and yet he’s immensely more talented than any TE the giants currently have. anyone check out jake ballard’s numbers from last year (and prior to last year, jake ballard was a NOBODY who didnt even catch passes in college)?? trust me all ye of little faith…and of no clue…pope will work WONDERS with bennett
———————————————————-
he’s the best one on the team now???? man ,,THATS BAD.I watched him play for the Cowboys and he STUNK……I’d feel sorry for you guys….but…. Its the Giants…………….’.nuff said

By: renaissanceman87

renaissanceman87 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:26:39 +0000

@Paul Smith

You couldn’t be more wrong. A professional bodybuilder, if they train 100% correct, eat 100% correct, rest 100% correct, and manage their hormones 100% correct, can gain a maximum 20 lbs of muscle in an entire YEAR.

Just because you did some curls and drank some protein shakes, and you go on the scale and see the weight going up doesn’t mean it’s ‘muscle’. Most likely it’s water-weight, glycogen stores being filled up and fat, with about 10-15% of that weight being actual muscle.

By: bigshadetree

bigshadetree — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:23:29 +0000

Proven fact that muscle mass weighs more than fat, with that being said, there is no way in 6 months that he put on 30 pounds of muscle without all of the following, very strict diet, living in the gym, and a little “help”… that “do I look fat” quote had juicer written all over it, trust me on this, he might as we’ll had ended his quote with, “bro” …

By: jerryjonesmustdie83

jerryjonesmustdie83 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:11:45 +0000

Better get used to seeing him block giants fans cause Bennett can’t catch a cold butt naked in the snow!

By: schmitty2

schmitty2 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:11:08 +0000

paulsmith107 says:Jun 4, 2012 1:29 PM

25 lbs of straigh weight gain and 25 lbs of weight gain through muscle is 2 different things moron

By: snowpea84

snowpea84 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:06:46 +0000

Until sports do blood testing routinely fans are going to suspect foul play. Everyone is using “supplements”, and very occasionally, they get caught. Fore every one that gets caught how many more don’t?

I remember Joselio Hanson, the Eagles nickle corner. First year or so he was slow to the ball, and when trying to tackle he would be routinely carried a few yards downfield on the oppositions back. Over the next year or so he gt noticeably quicker and stronger. I said to myself, “Guy came form a small school and finally got his hands on NFL quality PED’s.” Obviously he received a suspension within a year or so of this for violating the substance policy…

By: truenblue

truenblue — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:05:33 +0000

LMAO at all the Giants fans thinking their TE coach is going to turn around Bennett. Bennett previously played in the same organization that turned a 3rd round pick Jason Witten into an All Pro TE. This kid has been an underachiever dating back to college, and he’s already ballooned up so fat under Pope that he can’t even practice.

By: zillabeast

zillabeast — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:59:07 +0000

Sweet Jesus, looking at these photos the guy is WWE huge. Did not lie about it being all muscle. Not sure that does him any good on the field.

By: goredskins11

goredskins11 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:51:20 +0000

@paulsmith107,

Thank you. I was wondering if I was the only one feeling as though I was in the Twilight Zone reading all of these bone-headed remarks. Protein Shakes and hard work in the weight room can definitely put 25 pounds on a guy his size.

By: linvillegorge

linvillegorge — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:48:03 +0000

Some guys will never learn that athletica isn’t body building. Having a great beach body won’t necessarily make you better. A great beach body comes from mom and dad as much as it does feom hard work. Many of us couldn’t look like cover models of Men’s Fitness no matter how hard we worked because it’s simply not in our genetic makeup.

By: sportsguygerald

sportsguygerald — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:44:19 +0000

This Giants’ fan isn’t worried. We don’t run a slacker country club like Dallas does, hence why will kill it in January and Dallas crumbles in December. Coughlin will have that dude in tip-top come week 1.

Only if the Giants give him a brain and work ethic transplant

By: rajbais

rajbais — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:22:00 +0000

What happened to the days where you were trying to impress hot moms as a lifeguard at the local pool????

Seriously, you talk about this with Deadspin back in 2009!!!!

If the Giants win the Super Bowl they will show you that character really does not matter!!!! Mr. “291″ = Case in Point!!!

However, it seems like the opposite of what the reality truly is!!!

By: paulsmith107

paulsmith107 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:11:32 +0000

Again all of you body builders who assume he juiced because it’s incomprehensible to add not 30 but the actual 25 he put in in about 5 months. That’s 5 pounds a month oon a 6-7 guy with the right workout and diet it’s more than possible. I wouldn’t expect half of the idiots posting to understand because most of these toads wouldn’t know a real workout or healthy diet if it hit them in the mouth

By: jakek2

jakek2 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:07:12 +0000

By: theclaim

theclaim — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:02:28 +0000

265 or 291, he’s still the guy that took the moniker “Hand Of Stone” away from Roberto Duran. Couldn’t catch a cold soaking wet.

Nice quote but is Duran was Hands of Stone Carlos Rogers is the NFL Hands of Stone. Maradonna was The Hand of God. Bennett sounds like his moniker should be Hands to Mouth.

By: Grulks

Grulks — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:01:24 +0000

Hahahaha! He signed a one year prove it deal, and he’s effing that up by showing up to camp out of shape?

Perhaps by “rocked out” he meant “I’m still pursuing my music career”.

He’s all yours, Giants. No regrets here. -Every single Cowboys fan who has seen him play.

By: unionslie

unionslie — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:56:50 +0000

Well I gues Left Tackels do get paid better than Tight Ends if that’s what he is shooting for… Love the David Boston References…

By: rollinghighwayblues

rollinghighwayblues — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:55:45 +0000

I honestly don’t care how big he is, he is soft. For someone with his physical tools and what everyone thought was “athleticism” coming out of college, he got absolutely shoved around and exposed frequently. He was supposed to be a threatening tandem with Witten but Bennett showed time and time again that he was not prepared for the NFL workload. Good riddance. I sure hope he tanks on the Giants as he did for the Cowboys.

By: xsammy34x

xsammy34x — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:39:58 +0000

Awesome, now he can play Right Tackle

By: bigkeev124

bigkeev124 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:37:51 +0000

The question is that some of you may not know tht i know personally. Is this new steroid freak still trying to pursue his singing career which is why in Dallas he never seemed interested in being a top flight TE. Yes know his manager and the caterer who did his so called album release (listening) party in Dallas, the same year he got hurt….. And now he is in the Big City, where stars are born or others flame out trying.

By: zn0rseman

zn0rseman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:36:44 +0000

30 pounds of muscle in 3 months?

Looks like the NFL needs to poke around the medicine cabinet in the Giants locker room.

By: ajknox88

ajknox88 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:31:35 +0000

The bigger you are the harder it is to get oxygen to your muscles, so as a tight end that probably wasn’t the best idea, and to gain almost 30 lbs of muscle in 6 months is physically impossible w/o juicing.