suntimes.com - 5/5/2008
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Police documents say Bears running back Cedric Benson had bloodshot
eyes and slurred speech when approached by
an officer in Texas over the weekend in an incident resulting in
him being charged with drunken boating and resisting
arrest.
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Benson won’t be released, could face suspension
Blog Down, Chicago Bears —
Amid conflicting reports of what happened Saturday night – Benson says he was roughed up, police say he was cocky and insulting – the Bears will assuredly be weighing their options of what to do with him. One option that they won’t have is deciding if Benson will be suspended or not. NFL Sheriff…er…Commissioner Roger Goodell has already demonstrated his intolerance for players screwing up. A four or eight-game suspension certainly wouldn’t be out of the works. If Benson were to miss the first half of the season, his already dwindling chances of repeating his stint as starting ...
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profootballtalk.com 5/5/2008 — Following up on the reports this morning that Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested in Texas, more details have now emerged.
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Cutting Benson would create no savings for Bears
blogs.suntimes.com 5/5/2008 — Surely, the Bears are still in an information-gathering mode when it comes to Cedric Benson .
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