Bengals Sign Ex-Bear Tank Johnson

According to John Clayton of ESPN, the Cincinnati Bengals have signed former Bear and Cowboy Tank Johnson to a one-year deal.

The ex-Bear joins a former Bear, Cedric Benson and lawbreaker/WR Chris Henry.

Maybe they should add QB Michael Vick to the squad. While they're at it, sign Pacman Jones, too.

Jay Cutler Wants Plaxico On the Bears

I was listening to 670 The Score in Chicago the other day and they said that Ex-Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress has been contacted by Bears QB Jay Cutler.

Plaxico Burress was at the Final Four on Saturday to watch his college team the Michigan State Spartans put a whooping on the Connecticut Huskies.

Zack Zaidman of 670 The Score saw Plaxico during the game and according Zaidman, Jay Cutler sent Ex-Giant Plaxico Burress a text message reading "they could use him in Chicago."

Plaxico sent a text back saying he liked the deep dish pizza in Chicago

I don't see the Bears going after Plaxico Burress, even though he was the saviour in Super Bowl 42.

He has made some horrible decisions lately, including the most known mistake, shooting himself in the foot.

Plaxico Burress needs to clear the felony weapons charge that he got himself into.

If Plaxico can make the charges into only a misdemeanor, he would probably only serve four months.

With all the negatives known about Plaxico, there are many positives.

The upside is Plax is a big receiver standing at 6-5 and having started 128 games, having 8,000 yards receiving, and 55 touchdowns in nine seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers (5) and New York Giants (4).

Last season Plaxico had his worst season since his rookie year, by playing in only 10 games, catching 35 balls, having 454 yards receiving and catching four touchdowns.

Even with all the talent that comes with Plaxico, the Bears will most likely say no to Plaxico because of the legal problems he has gotten himself into.

I mean come on look at former 1st round bust Cedric Benson and DT Tank Johnson, they were both given second chances and finally saw there way out of Chicago after being stupid once again.

A Good Idea: Bringing back RB Kevin Jones

Bringing back a healthy Kevin Jones was a good idea by the Chicago Bears.

We knew they wanted him back, but not to the point where they would match two offers coming from the Buffalo Bills.

Kevin Jones signed a two-year, $3.5 million deal, including a $1 million signing bonus with the Bears on Friday.

Jones' had this to say about the Bears:

"They really expressed how much they wanted me back."

"I'm ecstatic because [Chicago] is where I wanted to be, I always felt I wanted to be back with these guys because it's a good situation." "We didn't put numbers on carries or anything like that, but we did talk about my role being bigger."

Jones' agent Drew Rosenhaus talked about his client:

''He looked at last year as kind of a bounce-back year for him, Kevin looks at this year as one in which he can really contribute and be a big part of the team and offense and work well with Matt Forte. A lot of the league is going to multiple running-back attacks, and hopefully he can contribute in that capacity.''


What I think?

I think Drew Rosenhaus said it perfectly, the Bears need two have a two back system, like when they had Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson.

It was hard for Jones last season to play so soon after reconstruction of his right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

The good thing is he'll be 1½ years removed from that surgery.

Kevin Jones has over 3000 yards rushing and 24 touchdowns rushing in four seasons with the Lions.

Last year was basically a waste for Kevin Jones.

But Jones showed he was committed when he contributed on special teams the last two games of the season.

Look for Forte and Jones to be a good one-two punch.

The Bears clearly needed a healthy Kevin Jones in the game against the New Orleans Saints, where Matt Forte injured his toe.

This ultimately means the Bears will not select a RB in next months' NFL Draft.

The other Bears backs are little man Garrett Wolfe and special teams star Adrian Peterson.

quotes from chicagosuntimes.com

Ex-Bear Benson Talking Trash

Benson said this after signing a two year deal worth seven million dollars with the Cincinnati Bengals:

"Sometimes it seemed I was going against some of the same guys I was going to war with during the weekend, we were supposed to be a team trying to achieve a common goal every Sunday, and sometimes during the week -- maybe even on Sunday -- it seemed I was battling against my own team, from all aspects: some player, some staff ... It just didn't seem to work, whether from what I just mentioned or not getting the ball enough."

all quotes from yahoosports.com

Cedric Benson says he never liked the Bears' RB coach

Cedric Benson talks about his new RB coach in Cincinnati and his old RB coach Tim Spencer (Bears):

"My position coach here (Jim Anderson) has been really helpful, much different from my position coach there in Chicago," Benson said. "(Anderson) told me how excited he was I'm here. He's helped me adjust as fast as possible to the playbook. He's been a support guy in the corner, which I didn't get much in Chicago."

Asked how Spencer was different, Benson said, "I don't think he was a fan of Cedric, not at all."

It should be no surprise that Cedric Benson talks to none of the Bears players or coaches.

Ex- Bear Cedric Benson has career day against Browns

I was watching football yesterday here in the freezing tempatures of Chicago and i couldn't mind but notice that, Ex-Bear Cedric Benson rushed for 171 yards on 38 carries against the Cleveland Browns.

His carries and yards yesterday were career highs.

In 11 games for the Bengals, Benson has run 189 times for 636 yards and one touchdown.

He's averaging 3.4 ypc.

Those stats are about the same as his most recent season with the Bears.

Maybe he can be a number one back, who knows.

We could use him as a #2 back, instead of "the other" Adrian Peterson, behind Matt Forte.

Good for Cedric, maybe he isn't that horrible.

This is what he had to say after his performance:

“It feels awesome, that was some smash-mouth football right there. When you can run the ball like that, it’s a momentum builder. It says a lot for your guys. It’s a big statement. It also gets the defense wondering what’s going on. It wears them down.”

All quotes from yahoosports.com

Your Not Going to Believe What Cedric Benson Said About His Former Team

Cedric Benson on Forte and the o-line:

"[Matt Forte] is having a great year, but when I see the highlights, I see holes. … I see them using him in the slot, something they didn't do with me. If I was there right now with the holes I see, I'd probably have 1,800 yards right now. I definitely would have 1,500 by now. I congratulate him on all of his success. He is taking advantage."

Quote from Fred Mitchell of the Chicago Tribune

Cedric Benson Signed by The Cincinnati Bengals

Former Bear Cedric Benson was signed today by the Cincinnati Bengals.

The Bengals running backs are thin, with starter Chris Perry averaging 2.9 yard per carry and 52.0 yards per game and backup Kenny Watson averaging 4.6 yards per carry and 10.7 yards per game.

They also announced that third string running back DeDe Dorsey is out for the season with an hamstring injury.

I guess the running back position couldn't be worse with the addition of former first round pick Cedric Benson.

The Bengals now have two former 1st round picks at the running back position with Chris Perry from Michigan and Cedric Benson from Texas.

We all know what happened last season and this offseason with Benson.

The Bears traded Thomas Jones to the Jets and handed there supposedly future star the #1 spot.

He didn't before well in his first starting season.

He played in eleven games, before getting injured against the Broncos for the rest of the year.

He ran the ball 196 times for 674 yards, averaged 3.4 yards per carry and only scored four touchdowns.

He was bad at getting through any whole that was given to him last season and was just terrible at catching passes.

He did have a terrible offensive line in front of him and that may be the reason he was bad, but look at Matt Forte this season.

Forte has almost the same offensive line excluding LG Josh Beekman, and he 3.8 yards per carry in his first four games.

Will Benson Get Any Playing Time?

Benson will probably see the field this weekend against the Cowboys because they need some kind of spark on that team.

The Bengals are just terrible so far this season.

Benson's Future with the Bengals?

Look for Benson to try an resurect his career in Cincinnati.

It will likely be a failure because the team is so bad, how is Benson possibly going to look good.

Report: Ex- Bear Cedric Benson to Detroit

Three running backs, Shaun Alexander, Vernard Morency, and Cedric Benson visited the Detroit Lions today.

In a report by News 8 Austin, a 24-hour news channel in Texas, Martinez and Cedric Benson, a former Chicago Bears running back, were supposed to announce a program by Benson's charity to help children get winter coats, but Benson was not in Austin for the announcement.


"Unfortunately, but fortunately, Cedric Benson is not here today," he said.

"He is actually signing a contract today to get back in the game with the Detroit Lions and the reason why that's a good thing is that the foundation will continue to grow as long as Cedric continues to do what he does on the field."


Benson rushed for 674 last season with the Bears before an injured ankle ended his season.

During the offseason, he was arrested twice for separate alleged alcohol-related incidents.

He was cut this offseason.

Look for the Lions to add one of these running backs, to a decent backfield, with rookie Kevin Smith and Rudi Johnson.

The offensive line of the Lions won't be able to help out those running backs and the Lions will continue to struggle.

Cedric Benson getting a workout with the Houston Texans

Vaughn McClure, of the Chicago Tribune, reports free-agent RB Cedric Benson said he has a tryout with the Houston Texans this week.

"I got myself in good shape, changed some things about myself," he said. "I wasn't going to let the running game be a question this season."

Benson believes teams are waiting for his legal matters to be cleared up before signing him.

Benson also said he'd had a workout with the New Orleans Saints two weeks ago and that it "went well."

He could get a second chance, but maybe not because he wasn't very good last year with the Bears.