[CBFF] All draft choices are signed!!

[Tom Shannon]

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> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Phil DeNomme
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 12:22 PM
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> Subject: Re: [CBFF] All draft choices are signed!!
> 
> Quote from lovie...
> 
> Smith said the legitimacy of Benson's injury in the Super Bowl ''is no
> issue
> with us.''
> `
> ''When a guy is hurt, he doesn't play,'' Smith said. ''Any player. So
> that's
> how it is. He was hurt. We didn't have him. I wish we would have had
> him,
> but that's how it goes. I wish we had Tommie Harris. I wish we had Mike
> Brown. There are a lot of guys lost to injury. That's how it goes.''
> 
> http://www.suntimes.com/sports/487913,CST-SPT-mully29.article
> 
> I guess Lovie is just covering up for Benson then?  I'm sure if Lovie
> thought he could play and make a difference, he would have played.

I'm sure Smith took Benson at his word.  To an extent so do I.  But Benson
said in an article this morning that he was asked about this not once, but
twice.  It's obvious that, justified or not, he's gotten a reputation.
Getting back to the original point, that's why I think Ryan was right to
worry about Benson's durability.  He's been injured a lot and it made worse
by the fact that he's not thought to be all that willing to play hurt.

Tom S.

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