Cedric Benson arrested - again

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<a href="http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-cedric-benson-arrested-060608,1,4499063.story">Read story here</a>

"Embattled Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was released from Travis County jail in Texas this morning after being arrested and charged with drunken driving overnight in downtown Austin, police said."

Just a month ago ...
http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/55878/
 
And Packers fans weep.

I'm not sure what the salary-cap ramifications would be if the Bears just up and released Benson, but you've got to think that's a real possibility now.
 
From a strictly fanboy perspective, this is fantastic. Bears management is too dumb to release Benson for football reasons (as Triumph said to Bon Jovi, "yousuck!"). This is the perfect excuse.

Now, if Orton, Grossman, Turner and Angelo could just get arrested for brawling at a Pilates class...
 
Of course, the story opens with the sympathy-trolling buzzword, "embattled," which should be an absolute automatic strike on every copy desk in the nation.

Embattled my ass.

Benson, like 99.9999999+ of all the "embattled troubled athletes," brought all his troubles on himself.
 
Norman Stansfield said:
And Packers fans weep.

I'm not sure what the salary-cap ramifications would be if the Bears just up and released Benson, but you've got to think that's a real possibility now.

Especially if he violated his contract.
 
Guess Benson wasn't smart enough to realize that if you make the Austin police look bad, they're going to follow you everywhere you go and just wait for the minute you slip up. Drunk driving is drunk driving and it's never right ... but don't kid yourself and think the Travis Co. authorities weren't keeping a close eye on Mr. Ced.

Matt Forte, your table is ready.
 

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