re: I don't agree with benching Penning

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This is the type of reasoning that has you extended players like Peat to massive deals (since he was a 1st round pick) and letting guys like Hendrickson walk because Peat has all of your money

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When Peat's contract was signed, Hendrickson had not yet had his monster season. He had 4.5 sacks in 2019 in 13 games, the most he had played. from 2017-2019 he played in 30 games, had 6.5 sacks and 30 tackles.

In 2020, after Peat was already signed and in Hendrickson's contract year, he played 15 games and had 13.5 sacks and 25 tackles. The question on this board prior to that year was can Hendrickson actually play a whole season without getting hurt?

The Peat contract was not a great move and did impact us keeping Hendrickson but it is not like it was glaringly apparent when it happened. I think most thought of the Peat contract as iffy but Hendrickson being able to stay healthy through the season and into the playoffs (if that happened) was a question mark at that time.

Hindsight is always 20/20.