Mike Tomlin

I think back to that Vikings game where he was just dominating in Dublin.

But I thought teams were taking advantage of him on the ground.

And when he talks about destroying blocks, I think that's his way of saying, yeah, he's been less of a liability when teams want to just run it up the gut on us.

So credit to Benton for the development.

And I don't know that we've talked, and the coaches too, and I don't know if we've talked much about

future for him.

We've talked a lot, I think, about Joey Porter Jr.

potentially getting an extension this offseason.

But obviously, Benton, in that same draft class, what will they decide to do with him?

That remains to be seen, especially with a couple rookies coming up in the pipeline as well.

Yeah, the more I think about it, Brian, as we all know, there's only so much money to go around.

I think the guy who could be left out in the cold here because he merits a big fifth year is Broderick Jones.

And these other guys that we're talking about are going to get theirs.

And he's not.

That's what I think anyway.

That makes sense to me.

You?

Well, yeah, I mean, the fifth year does, you know, it changes the calculus a little bit, but only if you pick it up.

And I don't really think they're in a position to do that with the way that he's played.

And then, you know, you hope that that neck injury can be as