Saturday, April 23, 2005

Chicago Bears- Cedric Benson, RB, Texas

Here's my problem with this. He started four years at Texas, he carried the ball 1100 times. There has to be a ton of wear on the tread as they might say. Really great shot by the way, of the emotion on Benson's face and the emotions of his family. That really shows the emotional impact of today for the family's involved. The problem I have with Benson is that he really didn't impress me in the Rose Bowl, where he was really facing a faster defense for the first time since the Oklahoma game, and he never really produced against Oklahoma. I don't think Benson will be Curtis Enis, but he won't be Walter Payton either. I think he'll probably be a more bulky version of Neal Anderson, who was their first post-Payton back.

Wow, this interview with Benson is going to raise a lot of eyebrows. Saying things like the process was like a slap in the face and that he felt he was being talked down to. There will be a lot of people, writers and personnel guys who take that as disrespectful those who came before him.

Tampa Bay is up now. They Bucs need a lot on offense, but they seem to be set at wideout, so the likely candidates are Cadillac and Aaron Rodgers. As John Gruden really doesn't seem to be in love with Chris Simms or Brian Griese, the QB is the obvious move.

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