With the possible suspension of Benson, who would you sign?

Laurence Maroney, another 26 year old back, appeared to be a rising star in the NFL, until a couple of bad off the field decisions derailed his career.

Clinton Portis, at 30 years old, has the most mileage on his legs of these 5 backs. He's also the only one to be a NFL marque running back in his career.

Or stand pat with what we have in Scott, Leonard, and Peerman

Poll

If the Bengals were to sign a FA bruising back, who would you prefer:

Clinton Portis

18 votes

Michael Bennett

0 votes

LenDale White

7 votes

Laurence Maroney

18 votes

Larry Johnson

16 votes

Nobody. Use Scott, Leonard, & Peerman

44 votes

103 votes | Poll has closed

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have to go with portis

needs 70 yards to hit 10,000 for his career. suspect he would run hard for 3 games for the bengals.

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by palewook on Sep 25, 2011 11:20 AM EDT reply actions

yeah but what happens after he gets his 70 yards?

The guy was also apparently really out of shape. Combine that with being injury prone then I doubt he even gets that 70 yards.

by M Shop on Sep 25, 2011 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions

theres a clear voting pattern here

people want scott, leonard, and peerman to pick up the slack if benson gets suspended.

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by palewook on Sep 26, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions

One thing to remember is that it's for no more then three games.....

If it was for three, Id have to put my pick for larry just because he has been here before, but in all likely hood its one, maybe two but don’t see that. In that case there should be no one signed. Why do we have peerman then? someone please tell me. He doesn’t do anything on the roster as it is and he is a perfect guy to fill in. I am a big fan of his and will go as far as he could start next year if benson is not resigned again. Let him play in a game and see what he can do! isn’t that the philosophy the team has taken with everyone else on the team?

by BigJungle on Sep 25, 2011 11:47 AM EDT reply actions

+1

by WOOD98 on Sep 26, 2011 2:12 AM EDT up reply actions

peerman?

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by shortstopv2 on Sep 25, 2011 4:43 PM EDT reply actions

+1

by WOOD98 on Sep 26, 2011 2:12 AM EDT up reply actions

Maroney has shown nothing at all since he was drafted

by indesignkat on Sep 25, 2011 9:46 PM EDT reply actions

whats the point of having peerman?

If were not going to use him? Either use him or cut him and use his spot for someone who can contribute more. Why carry 4 rbs and sign another when one goes down?

by JCompton41 on Sep 26, 2011 9:41 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

It would be Scott's turn wouldn't it?

Everyone is always asking “Why won’t Marvin play him more consistently”? If Benson is suspended, now would be a good time to see! And we have both Peerman and Pressley healthy.
Why bring in any old back that doesn’t know the system? From a blocking prespective wouldn’t that just put Dalton more at risk?

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by Law1951 on Sep 26, 2011 12:05 PM EDT reply actions