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Ex-Bear: No one tried to hurt Benson

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Ruben Brown showed again Sunday why if he doesn't find an NFL team that wants his services this fall, he should have no problem finding a media outlet. In an interview on WMVP-AM, the outspoken Brown chastised a report by Fox Sports' Jay Glazer that as many as 10 Bears players once tried to hurt Cedric Benson in practice. "You're saying Mike Brown, Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, outstanding stand-up people in the community and on the team, leaders of our team, wanted to go and hurt another teammate? Come on, that's far-fetched," the former Bears star said. "I was on the team. I saw when Cedric got hurt. Cedric got hurt on his own accord. Why would Brian Urlacher care to intentionally hurt our starting running back that's going to keep us from making it to the playoffs?"

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June 16, 2008  06:17 AM ET

Yawn!

June 16, 2008  07:46 AM ET

No one needs to hurt Cedric Benson, he does that all by himself.

June 16, 2008  08:13 AM ET

Maybe Jay Glazer was on Lake Travis too?

June 16, 2008  08:13 AM ET

LOSER!

June 16, 2008  08:58 AM ET

"You're saying Mike Brown, Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, outstanding stand-up people in the community and on the team"

oustanding stand up people?? huh?? Exactly how many kids have Urlacher and Briggs popped off and wont pay or are disputing support for again ?
Not so upstanding in my book.

June 16, 2008  09:07 AM ET

No one needs to hurt Cedric Benson, he does that all by himself.

Lady Hears A Horton | 06/16/08, 07:46 AM

Well spoken, lady.

June 16, 2008  09:16 AM ET

fox sports has about as much cred as fox news..

June 16, 2008  09:17 AM ET

Crack does terrible things to stupid people. Or is it stupid people do terrible things to crack. Either way, it applies...

June 16, 2008  09:18 AM ET

Crack does terrible things to stupid people. Or is it stupid people do terrible things to crack. Either way, it applies...

June 16, 2008  09:18 AM ET

I'm a huge UT fan, but what the hell is going on with our dread-headed RBs when they get to the pros? First Ricky Williams, then Cedric Benson. Hopefully Jamaal Charles can break the trend, but he was a huge fan of Ricky.

June 16, 2008  09:22 AM ET

Something tells me they'd like another crack at him now!

June 16, 2008  09:31 AM ET

fox sports has about as much cred as fox news..

pw | 06/16/08, 09:16 AM

The same could be said about almost any media org.

June 16, 2008  09:39 AM ET

FOX is as creditable as E! channel, belongs in the back pages,
Right! (Yawning) lets get the season started:p

June 16, 2008  10:07 AM ET

Benson is another clueless athlete that clearly lacks common sense.

June 16, 2008  10:08 AM ET

I don't think they cared for Benson but no way did they intentionally try to hurt Benson.

June 16, 2008  10:28 AM ET

Well at least the Bears are in the news... after last year anything to spark something would be welcomed..

June 16, 2008  10:36 AM ET

Ruben Brown: "I was on the team. I saw when Cedric got hurt. Cedric got hurt on his own accord."

Translation: "We didn't go out and deliberately hurt Cedric. We couldn't stand the punk so, we just missed a block here and there so he could have the opportunity to get hurt all on his own, if he wanted to"

June 16, 2008  10:50 AM ET

Lady Horton said what I had planned to- you don't need a team to hurt him for he"ll hurt himself all by himself.

June 16, 2008  11:18 AM ET

Benson was never going to succeed with the Bears. Many think taking him at the 4 pick was a waste and the time and it appears it was. Moreover, with his hold out and playing with Thomas Jones (whom everyone loved) were all the nails needed in that coffin. Therefore, why wouldn't Mike Brown, Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, and others try to help put that "coffin" into the ground?

 
June 16, 2008  11:38 AM ET

Benson was never going to succeed with the Bears. Many think taking him at the 4 pick was a waste and the time and it appears it was. Moreover, with his hold out and playing with Thomas Jones (whom everyone loved) were all the nails needed in that coffin. Therefore, why wouldn't Mike Brown, Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, and others try to help put that "coffin" into the ground?

Bittiologis

Hindsight is always 20-20. Too much over too little (= Benson). It's over. Who cares? Let's move on to speculation about the next problem with the Patriots: why aren't they the AFL favorites to repeat? (This one goes out to you, KP.)

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