Arizona Cardinals’ Kliff Kingsbury addresses Eno Benjamin’s release

TEMPE — Among the many a number of developments that came about on Monday, the discharge of working again Eno Benjamin ranked proper up there on the high by way of most stunning.

After manning beginning RB duties over three video games and searching like a legit contributor in head coach Kliff Kingsbury’s offense, Benjamin getting the ax was about the very last thing any of us might have suspected.

“We’re all the time going to do what’s finest for the group,” Kingsbury mentioned Wednesday. “I’m not going to get into numerous particulars on it however it’s simply a kind of instances.”

Whereas it’s not recognized what precisely went down — quarterback Kyler Murray was mum on the state of affairs when requested Wednesday — a number of studies painted a picture of frustration on Benjamin’s half over taking part in time.

After seeing a minimum of 54% of the workforce’s accessible offensive snaps from Weeks 5-8, Benjamin noticed his subject time reduce in half with simply 27% of snaps performed in Week 9. Then got here this previous Sunday towards the Los Angeles Rams, when the working again recorded a single snap with Arizona opting to provide starter James Conner the majority of the backfield taking part in time.

“I feel every case is completely different, it’s case by case,” Kingsbury mentioned Wednesday when the subject of frustration over taking part in time was introduced up. “Coaches need to do the perfect job they’ll by taking part in the perfect gamers they’ll and maximizing the personnel. Typically we’re proper, typically we’re incorrect however you must finally get on the identical web page and in the event you don’t like your state of affairs you set to work tougher and do proper by the workforce and your teammates and your coaches.

“There’s numerous other ways to do it, you see it on a regular basis on this day in age that it will get performed, however I don’t have the precise reply. … It’s case by case and what I’ve seen is in the event you actually need to be on the sector, you earn the time and also you show to your coaches that you simply should be on the market.”

Benjamin will now look to latch onto the Houston Texans, who claimed the working again off of waivers on Tuesday. Houston was atop the waiver order, with Kansas Metropolis and Seattle additionally reportedly placing a declare in for Benjamin.

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