Christian Benford is back

[HappyDays]

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Christian Benford had a slow start to the season, but since Week 6, he's back to being elite. 

 

Against his coverage since Week 6: 9 catches on 17 targets for 121 yards with an INT and no TDs allowed.

 

Among the 62 CBs with at least 175 coverage snaps since Week 6, Benford ranks:

 

- 4th in Passer Rating Against (51.3)

- 2nd in fewest coverage snaps per target (10.9)

- 3rd in fewest coverage snaps per reception allowed (20.6)

 

This doesn't even account for his run defense which has also been stellar.

 

Benford got a lot of criticism for his play early in the season, and he deserved it. But he deserves a shout out for getting back to his high standard of play and his contract once again looks like a steal.

 

The future looks very bright with Benford and Hairston, whose respective skill sets complement each other very well.

[Coach Tuesday]

His concussion wore off.

[dorquemada]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

 

This doesn't even account for his run defense which has also been stellar.

 

Benford got a lot of criticism for his play early in the season, and he deserved it. But he deserves a shout out for getting back to his high standard of play and his contract once again looks like a steal.

 

The future looks very bright with Benford and Hairston, whose respective skill sets complement each other very well.

 

get sabb from alabama and we'll have a secondary to envy for the next decade

 

 

[Warriorspikes51]

Rapp & Hamlin aren't on the field to smash his head thankfully 

[SoonerBillsFan]

Now get mad max up to full speed by playoff time

[GoBills808]

benford is elite

 

between benford/hairston and bishop the secondary should be excellent for the next 3yrs

[Simon]

8 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

His concussion wore off.

 

I think this really isn't far from the truth.

I am convinced he beat the absolute hell out of himself over the first couple weeks playing like a wildman, and was essentially a walking bruise for the following month. I also wouldn't be remotely surprised if he concussed himself in the Ravens game in run support, possibly more than once, and didn't tell anybody.

[GunnerBill]

I have been saying this for a while. Joe is right. The first 4 or 5 weeks he was a disaster. Since then he has been really good.

[HappyDays]

3 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

benford is elite

 

between benford/hairston and bishop the secondary should be excellent for the next 3yrs

 

Bishop's out of nowhere improvement is the storyline of the season for me. It's not like he went from below average to functional, he skyrocketed into one of the best young safeties in the entire league starting the week of the KC game and hasn't looked back.

 

The Bosa strip sack happened in part because Bishop took the air out of Metcalf's route and covered him up long enough for Bosa to get home. Bishop was hung out to dry with Benford on a CB blitz and answered the bell. Not the best angle but you can kind of see it on the broadcast footage:

 

 

[GoBills808]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

 

Bishop's out of nowhere improvement is the storyline of the season for me. It's not like he went from below average to functional, he skyrocketed into one of the best young safeties in the entire league starting the week of the KC game and hasn't looked back.

 

The Bosa strip sack happened in part because Bishop took the air out of Metcalf's route and covered him up long enough for Bosa to get home. Bishop was hung out to dry with Benford on a CB blitz and answered the bell. Not the best angle but you can kind of see it on the broadcast footage:

 

 

😂😂that could sooo easily be called illegal contact

[HappyDays]

3 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

😂😂that could sooo easily be called illegal contact

 

Ahh we'll call it 4.5 yards from the LoS 🤏

[ChevyVanMiller]

5 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Bishop's out of nowhere improvement is the storyline of the season for me. It's not like he went from below average to functional, he skyrocketed into one of the best young safeties in the entire league starting the week of the KC game and hasn't looked back.

 

The Bosa strip sack happened in part because Bishop took the air out of Metcalf's route and covered him up long enough for Bosa to get home. Bishop was hung out to dry with Benford on a CB blitz and answered the bell. Not the best angle but you can kind of see it on the broadcast footage:

 

He was so close to getting the right Bosa.

[GoBills808]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

 

Ahh we'll call it 4.5 yards from the LoS 🤏

he bit HARD on the playaction there

 

think Bosa probably saved him tbh

[HappyDays]

Benford was shown on the broadcast 3 times today:

 

Covering Higgins for like 10 seconds

Sack

Pick six

 

He's more than back. He's playing the best ball of his career these past few weeks.

 

Edited 11 hours ago by HappyDays

[Walking Tall]

I love Christian Benford so much I’d let him have sex with all of your wives!

[GoBills808]

12 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

Benford was shown on the broadcast 3 times today:

 

Covering Higgins for like 10 seconds

Sack

Pick six

 

He's more than back. He's playing the best ball of his career these past few weeks.

 

elite

[Jerome007]

We barely heard of Chase so you know Benford was doing it right!

[HappyDays]

 

[Johnnycage46]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

 

 

I literally could not believe the play happened. So often those types of plays are just tips or swat-downs. He just snagged it right out of the air. I think if he just knocks it down we lose for sure. That drive, like almost all other Bengal drives was looking mighty easy for them. It really just completely flipped the script. It was amazing.

[Simon]

2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

 

When you watch the All-22 this week, let me know if Chase is going to the house if Benford doesn't make that play.

With Milano late on a bad angle and no safety in the NFL being able to run down Chase, I think he was gone with nobody in the neighborhood but Bishop.