Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko ētahi e kite ana i te tāpiritanga o Jimmy Graham ki te whakaeke a Seattle Seahawks hei tētahi o ngā nekehanga pai rawa atu o te umanga koreutu, engari e whakaaro tonu ana a Michael Bennett he nui rawa atu tana whakaaro. I tapaina e Bennett te mutunga o te mutunga'momo' me te 'whakaitihia', kaua rawa e whakahua i te taapiri 'kaore ia i pai ki a ia hei tangata, hei kaitakaro ranei', i muri i te wikitoria o Seattle i runga i nga Hunga Tapu i nga tau e rua kua hipa. Na, i te mea kua uru mai a Graham ki te whakauru i tētahi whakawehi tūturu ki te rohe whero ki te whakaeke a Darrell Bevell, ko te nuinga o te whenua me te pānuitanga, ko te mutunga o te paruru he kupu whiriwhiri mo tana hoa kapa hou. 'Kei te rite tonu taku whakaaro,' i kii a Bennett ki te 710 ESPN Seattle. E eke ana a Michael Bennett i te pahikara pirihimana i muri i te wikitoria rongonui o te NFC Championship o te Seahawks ki Green Bay. Ka whakaekehia e Bennett a Eddie Lacy i te wa i hoki mai ai nga Seahawks mai i te 16-7 i te rua meneti noa iho e toe ana. I hainatia e Jimmy Graham he kirimana ki Seattle e hoatu ana ki a Russell Wilson he whaainga 6ft 7in hei whaainga. Ko te mea noa kei roto ia i taku kapa e kore e mutu taku whakaaro. E mārama ana, ka pai ake taku mahi tahi ki a ia nā te mea kei roto ia i taku kapa. Kāore e taea e au te mahi i ngā mea i mahia e au ki a ia i a mātau e tākaro ana ki a ia.' He paku paku te ngohengohe o Bennett, e mea ana: 'He mea mārama, ka pai ake taku mahi tahi ki a ia, no te mea kei roto ia i taku kapa. Kāore e taea e au te mahi i ngā mea i mahia e au ki a ia i a mātou e tākaro ana ki a ia. Ka tae mai ia ki tō mātou kapa, he wāhanga ia o tō mātou kapa. He rerekē tō mātou whakaaro i tō rātou ki ngā Hunga Tapu, nō reira ko ngā mea e tūmanakohia ana kia mahia e ia ki ngā Hunga Tapu ka rerekē ina tae mai ia ki konei. E mārama ana, he rōpū rere mātou, nō reira me ārahi ia, me mahi i aua mea katoa. 'Kare au i tino kino i taku i taua wa na te mea ko ia taku hoa kapa inaianei, engari i taua wa kei runga ia i te kapa whakahee, he kapa i takaro matou he tino pai a ka whawhai matou ki a raatau i etahi wa, a kaore au i tino pai ki taua kapa.' I puta a Bennett i runga i te rangi ki te whakautu i nga korero e kii ana kua tono ia mo te whakawhiti ki te whakauru atu ki te kaitohutohu tiaki o mua a Dan Quinn i nga Atlanta Falcons. 'Kāore au i tono atu. Kāore au i haere mai ki te...
I whakawāteatia e Bennett a Graham i muri i te wikitoria a te Seahawks i te hunga tapu i te whiringa toa e rua tau ki muri. Ahakoa kua uru atu te whutupaoro ki a Seattle, e mea ana te kaituku rārangi ārai, kāore i huri ōna whakaaro. 'Na te mea kei roto ia i taku kapa kaore au e mutu te whakaaro,' i kii ia. I whakakahore hoki a Bennett i tono ia mo te whakawhiti ki nga Atlanta Falcons.