After lacking the whole lot of his rookie 12 months, Stetson Bennett is again with the Los Angeles Rams.
Bennett was positioned on the NFL’s reserve/non-football sickness listing previous to the beginning of the 2023 season and he revealed that he took time for himself and went again residence to clear his head.
The younger sign caller was primed to be the staff’s backup to Matthew Stafford, however the Rams had been pressured to pivot in his absence. This offseason, Los Angeles addressed the quarterback room by signing Jimmy Garoppolo in free company, although Bennett figures to nonetheless be within the combine.
In an look on UNRESERVED with TJ Callaway, Bennett stated he’s been studying type each Stafford and Garoppolo throughout the offseason:
“He’s the person,” Bennett stated. “He’s the person. And Jimmy, too. I’m studying rather a lot from him. Primarily issues that you just form of – he simply does the precise factor, and he can throw it higher than anyone. Simply studying the right way to be a quarterback, and who is aware of if that’ll – I hope I’m ok to do it, doing every thing I can to do it. However simply studying, and I believe I did a superb job of it at Georgia, of being a quarterback contained in the locker room. Like, as I grew into it, a frontrunner and do issues the precise method.
“However Matthew’s been a beginning quarterback within the league for I assume 16 years now. He’s received a Tremendous Bowl, however he’s additionally been on dangerous groups so he’s seen and recognized the right way to deal with himself. So I simply form of sit again and attempt to study from him. And he’s tremendous useful.”
For a younger participant like Bennett, he’s acquired nice assets in Stafford and Garoppolo who’ve performed in Tremendous Bowls and been leaders for groups for a very long time. Bennett is not any stranger to profitable as he led Georgia to 2 consecutive CFP Championships, however profitable within the NFL is a totally totally different beast.
It stays to be seen whether or not or not the Rams will carry three quarterbacks on the 53-man, however Bennett appears poised to compete for a spot and show he’s well worth the long-term funding.
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