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What’s Next for Both the Bears and Cedric Benson?
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Okay, originally my plan was to publish this post yesterday…However, due to my pleasant surprise the Chicago Bears kicked Cedric Benson out the freaking door! WOOHOO! In that piece, I posed the question of “How Much Longer Until the Bears Toss Cedric Benson’s Keys into Lake Michigan With Career?” Well I guess that particular question was answered yesterday, however let me see if I’ve got this straight…Not only don’t the Chicago Bears have a legitimate starting quarterback on their roster, but now in addition they don’t have a legitimate starting running back either, although it’s highly debatable if Benson was a legitimate starter! It could be argued that once they traded away Thomas Jones, well, did they really ever have one? If you ask me, that has always been a simple question for me to answer…Really easy, it’s “NO!” Less than two years removed from the Super Bowl…Less than two years removed from having one of the best 1-2 punches in their backfield in the entire league once they trade Thomas Jones, did they really ever have one? And Cedric Benson was making it more and more easier by the month…And he’s evidently more suited and talented to make out with every alcoholic beverage known to man than carry a pigskin in the NFL! Um, Thomas Jones, can you hear me…Where you at boy, oh that’s right, you’re in New York? Of course the Bears brass will blow smoke up our asses and suggest that they’re very happy that they moved Thomas Jones…Yeah, about as happy as we are that George Wiener Bush has been president for two freaking terms! Hey Shaun Alexander, you still need work, right? Kevin Jones, anybody?
Ugh, what would be worse…Relying on Benson or making the call to Alexander? Less than 24 hours ago I wrote that the phone call to Alexander peeps wouldn’t happen, that it’d be wishful thinking on my part…Simply because to a man the Bears would suggestthat they’re quite content with their running back situation…Even though Benson was trying his damndest to land a starring role on The Second Season of Playmakers. Well there went that theory up in a Ricky Williams puff of smoke! I’d figured, unlike what this same franchise who cut ties with Tank Johnson for being in the headlines for all the wrong reason, with the last straw coming when somehow authorities made the mistake of charging Johnson with driving under the influence and later dropping the charges do to a big ole fat OOPS! Whether it was an OOPS or not, the Bears cut him like a bad habit!
Just 24 hour ago I wondered if the Bears implemented the same game plan when it came to Benson as they did with Johnson? Should they? Um yeah…Most likely Will they? Um, I didn’t figure on the Bears following in those same footsteps…Didn’t think they had big enough grapes to give him the boot for the simple fact that, just like in the case of Wrecks Grossman, Benson too was a high draft choice, making these cats, well like cats…They seemingly have nine lives! They’re not going to throw that away. D”OH, wait a minute…I think Benson’s nine lives just ran out! That’s okay, nothing some Jack Daniels can’t cure CB!
Besides causing the Bears a lot of headaches and forced them to pay out a lot of jack for his services, what has Benson provided? Discounting the fact that he found himself with alcohol in his system, by his own admission, and behind the wheel of a car at 3 AM (A pause for about 10 minutes while I ponder) Um, I got nothing, notta…Oh wait, he’s shown the Bears he doesn’t have good judgment at all…But wait, that’s not a good thing either! Shit! I can’t find a positive regarding Benson! Does a loser and a bust count?
So where do the Bears go from here? Oh man, it’s going to be one suck ass year for Bear fans…Oh yeah, that includes myself. Lets see, we have the law firm quarterback stable of Dumb & Dumber…A receiving core, which I’ve see better receivers on the Junior Varsity team down the street. Actually, it really doesn’t matter since neither quarterback will be able to get them the freaking ball anyway! And it looks like at running back, well to my shocking surprise, they seem to be okay with a Benson-less future…
"I love Matt Forte," Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner said Sunday during a break at the Bears Expo. "He will definitely be an every-down back. He's got the size, he's got the hands. He's smooth as an athlete, very smooth." My God…Who? Awesome, a rook…Oh, it’s going to be a long 2008 football season for me! In addition, I’m a Notre Dame fan as well!
Would you guys pick up the phone and either call Shaun Alexander’s peeps or Kevin Jones’s brass…One of them! I know, both have durability issues…I get that! However, Matt Forte needs a learning curve…The other Adrian Peterson can’t carry the load, same thing goes for Garrett Wolfe. Sure, they’re great complementary backs, but that’s as far as it goes with either of them two. Honestly I think Kevin Jones is a better fit in Chicago…A more versatile back that can do a little bit of everything, with the all important less miles on the body than Alexander!
As for Benson…What’s next for Mr. Boozer, (sorry Carlos, don’t mean to insult you) with two brush with the law in a span of a month regarding the same shit. Perhaps the Cincinnati Bengals need another running back to help Rudi Johnson? Although in Benson defense regarding his latest cameo appearance in the back of a cop car, (doubting it’ll be the last too) he says…
"I ACED THE FIELD TEST, CHECK THE VIDEO" That text message was to Peggy Kusinski of WMAQ-TV in Chicago. You don’t say? Check the video…By golly, I think some teams will. After all, in the NFL teams love to study film! Um CB, you have better hope that the video, unreleased as yet, backs up your assertion boy. Even if it doesn’t, we all know this shit for brains will land on some NFL roster…And as crazy as this might sound, I can see New England signing him. After all, they don’t really need him, so it’s no skin off their backs…Really a no lose situation for them, but if he straightens his shit out, (which I doubt) well, lets just say the rich keep getting richer! After all they were very intrigued in drafting the services of Darrin McFadden.
The fact of the matter is CB was on thin ice even before he began to make cameo mug shot appearances. Known for a semi-fumbler on the field, (does such even exist) he’s a full fledged one off the field and for a running back in the NFL when it comes to fumbling the keys to your sorry ass career away…Well Ced, you’re heading down the correct path! Did you read that sign? Of course not, you were too drunk…It said: Cedric Benson’s Life, A Dead End Street!
