“I heard all the rumors that were said coming out of Chicago,” Benson said. “Even the Bengals told me all the things, that they would call and inquire about me and get nothing but negative things. Just that I didn’t work hard, that I was I guess a prima donna or I didn’t work hard on the field, just wasn’t focused, just anything negative that they could say, it was said. I’m sure that contributed largely to me not getting picked up right away.”

Didn’t work hard?  Check.  Prima Donna?  Check check.  Didn’t work hard on the field?  Triple check.  Um, gee, I don’t know.  Do you think Benson may have blackballed himself with the two run-ins with the Texas police in a 5 week span?  Not sure that exactly spells NFL Man of the Year.

Of course, Bears coach Lovie Smith vehemently denied such allegations, but I wish that he hadn’t.  Call out that bum for what he was – a worthless, lazy piece of crap who got paid a king’s ransom to play a game and never cared to be professional enough to earn a penny of his $17-some million in guaranteed money.    (more…)