By Kevin SeifertINDIANAPOLIS -- I should admit getting astonished Friday once the eco-friendly Bay Packers made Edgar Bennett their receivers coach. Bennett was a tailback in his actively playing times and has coached the location for that previous 6 years.

My following thought: Bennett is acknowledged getting a mentor who features a opportunity to go places.

Already, Bennett has the beneficial fortune to mentor for just about any high-profile offense that just won awesome Bowl XLV. That association, blended finding a presumably productive changeover to some brand determine new position, would make Bennett a warm offensive coordinator pick from the following yr or two.

I don't believe that was the important thing aim for that change, but mentor Mike McCarthy mentioned Bennett "jumped through the use of the door" when he uncovered using the opportunity.

"Going back again to his exclusive development, it definitely raises here," McCarthy mentioned through a break in the NFL scouting combine. "I think Edgar Bennett is somebody that will be looked at like a possible coordinator pick from the future. It's like anything. You mentor operating backs, any position, it's uncomplicated to acquire into that box and stay in it. When you're not coaching another components using the offense, you realize it but you don't know it.

"It's just one phase to find out the plays and know the adjustments. But when you're coaching just about every day, it's completely different. This a superb chance for Edgar personally, but this isn't about exclusive opportunity. that is about what's most excellent for our offense, and we're going for getting much better for it."

Bennett replaces receivers mentor Jimmy Robinson, who left to hold a comparable role using the Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Fontenot, who has invested the previous 4 many years as an assistant offensive collection coach, will hold greater than as operating backs coach.

In reality, it's silly to presume that actively playing a location is acknowledged getting a prerequisite to coaching it. McCarthy pointed out he was a tight accomplish in college but wound up coaching quarterbacks from the NFL. If Bennett is as beneficial of the mentor as advertised, he'll have no trouble using the transition.

"I've witnessed that account composed before," McCarthy said. "Edgar Bennett will do a hell of the job. It's a great chance for him. It will give him a opportunity to broaden his horizons and create getting a coach. that is definitely an chance that he jumped through the use of the doorstep for. He desired to hold out it."Share