[CBFF] Benson gets another unappreciated rest

[Tom Shannon]

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> bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Westmalle van 't vat
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [CBFF] Benson gets another unappreciated rest
> 
> On 10/16/07 9:35 AM, "mom2iancal" <senzigx4 at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> > "Cedric ran the ball well, and he helped us set a lot of things up,"
> Turner
> > said. "We want to get Ced going, but we feel like we have to get the
> other
> > guys out there, too. It was just a timing thing."
> >
> > After gaining 26 yards on his first four carries, Benson slowed up a
> bit.
> > But he still had a 10-yard dash in the second quarter and wound up
> with 46
> > yards on his first nine rushes (5.11 yards-per-carry average).
> >
> > He jogged out of the game at the 10:10 mark of the second quarter.
> Peterson
> > and Wolfe spent the next quarter carrying the running back load.
> Benson¹s
> > next carry came with 12:58 remaining in the third quarter.
> 
> I'm sorry, but this is lame.  Really lame.  Ron Turner has got to stop
> tinkering with the RB position.

I wonder if Benson would have come out if he'd been more interested in
catching the football and in carrying out blocking assignments.

Just a thought.

Tom S.