<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Bears | Benson to start off as No. 1 running backWed, 26 Jul 2006 17:11:55 -0700John Mullin, of the Chicago Tribune, reports Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith said Wednesday, July 26, RB Cedric Benson will start training camp as the team's No. 1 running back. Smith considers Benson a special back but is also mindful of RB Thomas Jones' accomplishments last season (1,335 rushing yards). Even when a starter is named, the competition will be intense.</div>
He's the starter coming into the season, just watch then like during the regular season or the end of the year Thomas Jones will be gone
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Benson injures shoulder at Bears campBOURBONNAIS, Ill. (AP) -Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson left practice Friday night on a cart after injuring his left shoulder.Coach Lovie Smith said more would be known Saturday morning after X-rays are taken. Benson had his arm and shoulder in a sling as he was taken from Ward Field at Olivet Nazarene University.The Bears’ No. 1 2005 draft pick was struck by linebacker Brian Urlacher and then safety Mike Brown after catching a pass over the middle.‘‘He broke through, a freak accident, those kind of things happen,’’ Bears coach Lovie Smith said. ‘‘Hopefully it isn’t too serious.’’Urlacher said, ‘‘I don’t know what happened. I turned around and he was on the ground and I went back to the huddle. That’s all I remember. I don’t even know if I was the one to hit him.’’An injury for any length of time could leave the Bears short on running backs.Backup Thomas Jones, the team’s leading rusher last year, is out indefinitely with a pulled hamstring.Fifth-year back Adrian Peterson was the second-leading rusher last year for the Bears with 391 yards on 76 carries.Benson rushed for 272 yards on 67 carries but missed the final six games with a strained right collateral knee ligament.Also Friday, starting wide receiver Bernard Berrian left practice with a right hip-flexor injury.Earlier in the day, guard Terrence Metcalf and wide receiver Airese Currie underwent arthroscopic knee surgery after experiencing knee pain. They both had missed practices the previous day.</div>http://www.redskins.com/news/APNewsDetail.jsp?id=22424
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JHair @ Aug 4 2006, 07:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Benson injures shoulder at Bears campBOURBONNAIS, Ill. (AP) -Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson left practice Friday night on a cart after injuring his left shoulder.Coach Lovie Smith said more would be known Saturday morning after X-rays are taken. Benson had his arm and shoulder in a sling as he was taken from Ward Field at Olivet Nazarene University.The Bears? No. 1 2005 draft pick was struck by linebacker Brian Urlacher and then safety Mike Brown after catching a pass over the middle.??He broke through, a freak accident, those kind of things happen,?? Bears coach Lovie Smith said. ??Hopefully it isn?t too serious.??Urlacher said, ??I don?t know what happened. I turned around and he was on the ground and I went back to the huddle. That?s all I remember. I don?t even know if I was the one to hit him.??An injury for any length of time could leave the Bears short on running backs.Backup Thomas Jones, the team?s leading rusher last year, is out indefinitely with a pulled hamstring.Fifth-year back Adrian Peterson was the second-leading rusher last year for the Bears with 391 yards on 76 carries.Benson rushed for 272 yards on 67 carries but missed the final six games with a strained right collateral knee ligament.Also Friday, starting wide receiver Bernard Berrian left practice with a right hip-flexor injury.Earlier in the day, guard Terrence Metcalf and wide receiver Airese Currie underwent arthroscopic knee surgery after experiencing knee pain. They both had missed practices the previous day.</div>http://www.redskins.com/news/APNewsDetail.jsp?id=22424</div>Crap, hes on my fantasy team.
Ha! I told you he'd get hurt! It's only a matter of time before Peterson gets a shot and steals the job and becomes a star,
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>X-rays negative on Bears running back BensonAssociated PressBOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson had been running with the first team since training camp started. Now he's sidelined for an indefinite period with a shoulder injury after he was hit by teammates Brian Urlacher and Mike Brown.X-rays were negative, but Benson's left shoulder was still in a sling Saturday and his absence means both of the Bears' top running backs are injured 10 days into camp.Thomas Jones, who rushed for 1,335 yards last season but missed voluntary workouts in the offseason and was bumped off the first team, hurt his hamstring while running during his physical. He has not practiced yet at Olivet Nazarene University.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2540828
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JHair @ Aug 5 2006, 07:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>X-rays negative on Bears running back BensonAssociated PressBOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson had been running with the first team since training camp started. Now he's sidelined for an indefinite period with a shoulder injury after he was hit by teammates Brian Urlacher and Mike Brown.X-rays were negative, but Benson's left shoulder was still in a sling Saturday and his absence means both of the Bears' top running backs are injured 10 days into camp.Thomas Jones, who rushed for 1,335 yards last season but missed voluntary workouts in the offseason and was bumped off the first team, hurt his hamstring while running during his physical. He has not practiced yet at Olivet Nazarene University.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2540828</div>Thats good news. Hopefully he wont miss any of the season then.
Someone said it on another board so I guess its not a credible source but if its true the Bears may have a problem.
Yeah, it sounds like they do have some problems if that is the case, a major lack of team unity, especially between vets and rookies hahah
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JHair @ Aug 6 2006, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, it sounds like they do have some problems if that is the case, a major lack of team unity, especially between vets and rookies hahah</div>I doubt they purposely hurt Benson because he was going to help their team win. If they seriously were going to do something that Chilidish they deserve to go 0-16. But I doubt they would do something like that.
They probably don't want the rookie to play because Thomas proved himself last year.But yeah it is childish.
