Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 18:22:22 GMT -6
Sure JA was an idiot and his game playing with the contract just made it tougher on Benson to be accepted but if the opinion from a good friend shark posted which was based on some personal knowledge of the guy doesn't seem to fit the picture you have of him well then we see him much differently.
I didn't say he never had talent. What I implied is that he was an immature man child at age 23 and not any better at age 25 when the Bears finally released him despite that talent. He didn't fit and never even tried to IMHO.
One of my best friends was born and raised in Dallas so he always has the 411 on players out of Texas. I remember him telling me when he was drafted by the Bears that he would never fit in, that he lacked maturity and was a prima donna coming from a Texas program that coddled him (sounds like a more recent first rd Longhorn). I do remember seeing the talent in the Olin quote mentioned above. My buddy proved to be pretty spot about Benson as he folded like a lawn chair when he had to deal with adversity for the first time in his adult life.
Despite all that you say butkus if you think any Bears fan, except maybe you, has a soft spot in their heart for Cedric Benson I think you'd be in a very small minority. From my perspective his career as a pro was much less impressive than it might have been.
I didn't say he never had talent. What I implied is that he was an immature man child at age 23 and not any better at age 25 when the Bears finally released him despite that talent. He didn't fit and never even tried to IMHO.
One of my best friends was born and raised in Dallas so he always has the 411 on players out of Texas. I remember him telling me when he was drafted by the Bears that he would never fit in, that he lacked maturity and was a prima donna coming from a Texas program that coddled him (sounds like a more recent first rd Longhorn). I do remember seeing the talent in the Olin quote mentioned above. My buddy proved to be pretty spot about Benson as he folded like a lawn chair when he had to deal with adversity for the first time in his adult life.
Despite all that you say butkus if you think any Bears fan, except maybe you, has a soft spot in their heart for Cedric Benson I think you'd be in a very small minority. From my perspective his career as a pro was much less impressive than it might have been.
