The Chicago Bears released troubled running back Cedric Benson yesterday, shortly after the former first-round pick was arrested for a second alcohol-related offense in as many months. This move ends Benson’s disappointing three-year career with the Bears, and leaves the team looking for answers at the RB position with training camp set to begin next month.
I agree 100% with GM Jerry Angelo’s decision to cut Benson. The guy wasn’t producing on the field and clearly had lots of problems off the field. He was proving to be a distraction that the team certainly doesn’t need.
Benson now officially joins a long list of first-round running back busts that the Bears have picked over the years, one that includes the likes of Curtis Enis and Rashaan Salaam.
As Jay Mariotti of the Sun-Times recently wrote, the Bears now have no running backs, quarterbacks, or wide receivers — essentially no offense.
Wow, the 2008 season is already shaping up to be pretty damn brutal.