sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 19 days ago
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It was late September 2008, and Cedric Benson was one of a half-dozen running backs at an in-season tryout held by the Bengals—the jobless hoping to earn a roster spot with the winless. The No. 4 pick in the 2005 draft, Benson had been released by the Bears three months earlier after a pair of ...
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This week, Cover-3 takes a look at three
surprise stories -- the Bengals' offensive line, the Miami...
Pistol formation, and Colts rookie cornerback Jerraud Powers. read more
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Cover-3: From Out of Nowhere
withleather.uproxx.com - 14 days ago
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It was the statheads at FootballOutsiders that coined
the notion of the Curse of 370, the seemingly...
magic number of carries by a running back in a season where his production falls off significantly the next. It’s an indicator of overuse, ...
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‘CURSE OF 370′ LOOMS FOR BENSON
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Blackout deadline approaches for Bengals; Chad isn't sensitive to how the Ravens feel
Cincy Jungle —
... fascinates. Sports Illustrated's Damon Hack chronicles Cedric Benson's return to the league as not just an effective running back, but a pretty good one. ...
Lovie was "very candid" with Lewis about Benson
ProFootballTalk.com —
... or wrong to characterize communications between the Bears and other teams as "blackballing," Bengals coach Marvin Lewis says it's true that he had a "very candid" conversation with Bears coach Lovie Smith before signing Benson. In this week's Sports Illustrated , Damon Hack writes about the surprising turnaround that Benson has had in Cincinnati after being labeled a bust in Chicago. And Hack quotes Lewis as talking about his conversation with Smith before bringing Benson aboard. " Lovie was very candid ," Lewis said. "He felt like Ced had come into a situation that maybe he ...
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mouthpiecesports.com 10/22/2009 — Cedric Benson spoke with Chicago media yesterday in anticipation of the Bears-Bengals matchup Sunday. Benson said the Bears blackballed him after he was released by the team following two alcohol-related arrests. Via the Sun-Times :
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Benson accuses Bears of Blackballing Him
beargoggleson.com 10/22/2009 — It was media day today and players from both the Bears and Bengals sounded off in preparation for Sunday’s matchup that some are calling the Benson Bowl. And Cedric couldn’t leave well enough alone. He sounded off about how the Bears blackballed him after he was released in June of ...
Why Bears Fans Hate Cedric Benson
midwayillustrated.com 10/22/2009 — Recently there were quotes that surfaced from Cedric Benson proclaiming that the Chicago Bears organization attempted to black ball him from signing with another team in the NFL. Essentially saying the Bears tried to launch a smear campaign against him and his character and degraded him and his ...
Cedric the Complainer
notqualifiedtocomment.com 10/22/2009 — Craig Ironhead Heyward or Cedric Benson? You make the call.
Cedric Benson is at it again . I guess we should have expected that Benson wouldn’t just be able to let his play do the talking next Sunday in the Bengals’ tilt against the Bears. Perhaps anticipating laying an egg ...
Cedric Benson Can Rot In Hell
thoughtsfromthejockstrap.com 30 days ago — Yes, I am a Bears fan.
That's out of the way.
Still, something needs to be said about Cedric Benson, the monumental draft bust.
In three years with Chicago, Here is Benson's stat line:
420 Attempts, 1593 Yards, 10 Touchdowns. 3.8 Yards/Attempt, 35 games.
Salary: $13,749,08. Or, ...
Larry Johnson's role with Bengals depends on Cedric Benson
news.cincinnati.com 6 days ago — CINCINNATI - Although everyone continues to stress that everything is operating smoothly, it is looking more like Larry Johnson could be in the lineup for the Bengals Sunday in Oakland. Johnson practiced with the team for the first time Wednesday and ...
Benson says Bears tried to blackball him before he became a Bengal
nfl.com 10/22/2009 — LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Cedric Benson believes the Chicago Bears did all they could to prevent him from signing with another NFL team. Released by Chicago in June 2008 after two alcohol-related arrests, Benson will come face to face with his former team ...
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com 27 days ago — The Cincinnati Bengals are the halfway house of the NFL, the Grand Central Waystation for second chancers, last dancers and chronic screwups. The owner, Mike Brown , believes in extending lifelines, partly because they don't cost much, but also ...
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