Excerpt from Pete Carroll conference call with Carolina media <courtesy of Black and Blue Review>:
RE: What do you think of Kelvin Benjamin and how does your secondary match up against him?
“He’s a player we loved and coveted when he was in college. The big receiver and we tried to get it done here when we came here. There’s such a factor that favors the big guy when he has the kind of catching range that Kelvin has. You can see how quickly they’ve focused on him, and obviously Cam gets it and he knows how to go to him and put the ball places that are available to him and nobody else. He’s got extraordinary catching range and the body and the length that he has can keep defensive backs away from him. We have a little bit better shot than some of the teams. The teams that are playing with corners that are 5-11, it’s a big mismatch with six inches of height and weight and all of that.”
RE: Was Kelvin a guy that you guys looked at before trading out of the first round?
“Sure. I don’t miss guys like that now. We have great regard for those guys. We didn’t get it done, but he’s still a fantastic player.”
RE: What do you think of Kelvin Benjamin and how does your secondary match up against him?
“He’s a player we loved and coveted when he was in college. The big receiver and we tried to get it done here when we came here. There’s such a factor that favors the big guy when he has the kind of catching range that Kelvin has. You can see how quickly they’ve focused on him, and obviously Cam gets it and he knows how to go to him and put the ball places that are available to him and nobody else. He’s got extraordinary catching range and the body and the length that he has can keep defensive backs away from him. We have a little bit better shot than some of the teams. The teams that are playing with corners that are 5-11, it’s a big mismatch with six inches of height and weight and all of that.”
RE: Was Kelvin a guy that you guys looked at before trading out of the first round?
“Sure. I don’t miss guys like that now. We have great regard for those guys. We didn’t get it done, but he’s still a fantastic player.”