“I would describe myself as a thumper – definitely a physical football player.”Ja’Whaun Bentley wasn’t necessarily wrong. But what the Purdue product said on his conference call just minutes after the New England Patriots selected him at pick No. Yet there were also the plays in which Bentley diagnosed traffic and tracked down quarterbacks and running backs in the flats. Bentley has been more than what a “thumper” or a fifth-rounder is expected to be at this point. But no member of the Patriots’ front was on the field as often as Bentley.

Source: Forbes September 10, 2018 20:42 UTC