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Michael Bennett holds JFK assassination against Lions' Matt Stafford

Eric Edholm

We might not be lucky enough to have a Bennett-Bennett presidential ticket in 2016, but we at least can make a push to have the NFL’s most colorful and loquacious brothers to be our nation’s poets laureate.

On Monday night, Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett might have tried to top his brother, Chicago Bears tight end Martellus Bennett, for the quote of Week 4.

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The Bears’ Bennett offered up a timeless gem, comparing quarterback Jay Cutler to Jesus Christ. And the Seahawks’ Bennett countered with a darker offering after the controversial 13-10 victory over the Detroit Lions.

“He’s from Dallas,” Bennett said of Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford. “They killed President [John F. Kennedy]. I hold that against him.”

(For the record, Stafford was born in 1988 — nearly 25 years after Kennedy was killed — and in Tampa, Fla. before Stafford moved to Texas.)

Bennett, naturally, wasn’t done. Is he ever done?

On a live interview with ESPN, Bennett stumped for his teammate, Kam Chancellor, to get the contract he deserves after the safety made the key play in the Seahawks’ narrow victory.

“Pay him, pay him,” Bennett said, hijacking an interview with Chancellor. “[Seahawks owner] Paul Allen is the 17th-richest man in the world. Pay him.”

Bennett also is unhappy with his contract, but he reported to camp — and Chancellor didn’t, missing the Seahawks’ first two games before coming back and playing well upon his return. Perhaps this is a twisted version of JFK’s “ask not what you can do for your country” speech, but interesting that Bennett has been so selfless about his deal and so willing to talk about the need for Chancellor to get paid commensurately.

Also interesting that Bennett is calling out Allen’s wealth but slightly ignoring the fact that the Seahawks are up against the league’s salary cap a bit, with less than $2 million in space currently and some key decisions pending in 2016.

But we ignore most of that for now because Bennett is so willing to speak his mind, controversy be damned. Frankly, we love it because he embodies the freewheeling Seahawks, who fly against the NFL grain with their bold, brash style. It’s a breath of fresh air, even if Bennett needs to check his facts from time to time.

Need more? Here was one of Bennett’s final offerings of the evening, when asked about the Seahawks’ defensive mentality.

Interpret that one how you will.

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Eric Edholm is a writer for Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at edholm@yahoo-inc.com or follow him on Twitter!