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Cedric Benson Injures Shoulder (1 Viewer)

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Listening to Adam Caplan & John Hansen on Sirius Radio's weekly FF show. Brad Biggs, a Chicago beat writer watching practice tonight reported that after a collision with Urlacher & Brown, Cedric Benson sustained an injury to his left shoulder. He was carted off the field - there has been NOTHING released definitively yet - hopefully it's NOT serious. However, if you are drafting this weekend, be aware of this situation as it pans out. Adrian Peterson could become a viable RB.

 
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From the bears messageboard

Just now on ESPN1000 (listening via internet, here in Thailand), Silvy & Carmen Show, they reported that Urlacher and Brown ping-ponged Cedric between themm (he was going half-speed, after catching a ball in the flat). Evidently they creamed him and he was carted off for x-rays, seems was holding his wrist or something. This was as seen by their on-field phone-in reporter.

They are expecting Lovie to possibly talk to media in a bit, if this is a serious injury. In any event, Silvy/Carmen have told the field reporter to get back to them with update a.s.a.p. Tune in to WMVP streaming audio, via internet, if you want to listen.

PERSONALLY I THINK THIS VENDETTA THAT THE DEFENSE IS CARRYING ON AGAINST BENSON, EVIDENTLY TO SUPPORT JONES, IS TOTAL B.*.L.L.S.H.*.T.

 
Sounds like some shady behavior from the defenders. I had not heard of this problem between Benson and other teammates.

 
Im going to seriously hope this wasnt a case of the D putting it on this guy a little extra hard. I know they have been giving it to him good so far but at some point you have to stop and realize its your friggin teammate, save it for the season.

 
ESPN Radio 1000 is reporting that Cedric Benson has a shoulder injury and is being X-Rayed to determine the extent of the injury.

Also, Bernard Berrian suffered a hip pointer injury tonight.

 
If it is, indeed, true, I've lost respect for Urlacher, Brown, & anyone else involved. I tend to think the thing about not liking Benson is overblown, but if not, Lovie needs to crack down on these #######s.

I wonder, is Benson a poor teammate? Has he had problems in the past? Is it as simple as the veterans preferring Jones because Benson is a young guy? I'd love to hear the skinny.

 
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BigJim® said:
Noahs Troopers said:
http://bears.hosttown.com/index.php?showtopic=127265

Supposedly if you read this thread the chicago d has been taking cheap shots at benson all camp as they don't like him.
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That's not even possible, is it? I just don't see how a team could wreck its own hope for success like this.
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This has been the story of camp so far - a lot of reporters keep talking about the extra contact given by the defense - keep in mind this isn't full contact drills, but with Benson in particular, things have gotten a bit rough at times.I tend to think the media is overplaying this since there really isn't a ton of news coming out of most camps, and this will only look worse if this injury is serious.

 
That sounds to me like the Bears fans are a bit delusional. I highly doubt Urlacher and Brown were trying to hurt the guy. I bet that every player in that camp who has been tackled by Urlacher felt like he was trying to kill him. The Bears pride themselves on their defense and it's no surprise to me that their training camp features some nasty tackling.

 
Football Jones said:
If it is, indeed, true, I've lost respect for Urlacher, Brown, & anyone else involved. I tend to think the thing about not liking Benson is overblown, but if not, Lovie needs to crack down on these #######s.

I wonder, is Benson been a poor teammate? Has he had problems in the past? Is it as simple as the veterans preferring Jones because benson is a young guy? I'd love to hear the skinny.
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There has been some talk about Benson being a quiet guy who keeps to himself, and also the love that the Bears teammates have for Thomas Jones - thus the resistance of the rest of the team to Benson starting over Jones.Benson was on ESPN Radio 1000 earlier in the week, and he downplayed the whole story about the defense being overly physical with him, and he says he doesn't care if he has friends on the team, just the respect of his teammates.

 
Spiderman said:
Football Jones said:
If it is, indeed, true, I've lost respect for Urlacher, Brown, & anyone else involved. I tend to think the thing about not liking Benson is overblown, but if not, Lovie needs to crack down on these #######s.

I wonder, is Benson been a poor teammate? Has he had problems in the past? Is it as simple as the veterans preferring Jones because benson is a young guy? I'd love to hear the skinny.
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There has been some talk about Benson being a quiet guy who keeps to himself, and also the love that the Bears teammates have for Thomas Jones - thus the resistance of the rest of the team to Benson starting over Jones.Benson was on ESPN Radio 1000 earlier in the week, and he downplayed the whole story about the defense being overly physical with him, and he says he doesn't care if he has friends on the team, just the respect of his teammates.
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Did he pull another Ced? :cry:
 
This_Is_Not_VRR said:
That sounds to me like the Bears fans are a bit delusional. I highly doubt Urlacher and Brown were trying to hurt the guy. I bet that every player in that camp who has been tackled by Urlacher felt like he was trying to kill him. The Bears pride themselves on their defense and it's no surprise to me that their training camp features some nasty tackling.
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Nobody is saying they were trying to hurt him, just saying that they have been laying it to him a little harder
 
According to Jeff Dickerson, a reporter on ESPN Radio 1000, it was a team drill, Benson went into the flat, caught a pass, turned, and was hit first by Urlacher, and then Mike Brown, hurt the left hand, was in a lot of pain, and was carted off the field.

Nobody wanted to talk about it after practice, but Lovie Smith did talk to the defense afterward, and the speculation is that there was talk about the incident.

Urlacher says he wasn't even sure he was the one who hit him, and downplayed the possible injury that Benson may have gotten

Mike Brown says he needs to review the film, and couldn't really say what happened.

Jeff Dickerson from ESPN says the sandwich hit may have been after the whistle, but this has been an ongoing theme of this type of play all camp.

 
Spiderman said:
Football Jones said:
If it is, indeed, true, I've lost respect for Urlacher, Brown, & anyone else involved. I tend to think the thing about not liking Benson is overblown, but if not, Lovie needs to crack down on these #######s.

I wonder, has Benson been a poor teammate? Has he had problems in the past? Is it as simple as the veterans preferring Jones because Benson is a young guy? I'd love to hear the skinny.
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There has been some talk about Benson being a quiet guy who keeps to himself, and also the love that the Bears teammates have for Thomas Jones - thus the resistance of the rest of the team to Benson starting over Jones.Benson was on ESPN Radio 1000 earlier in the week, and he downplayed the whole story about the defense being overly physical with him, and he says he doesn't care if he has friends on the team, just the respect of his teammates.
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thanx for the info, Spiderman :thumbup:
 
jeter23 said:
Sounds like some shady behavior from the defenders. I had not heard of this problem between Benson and other teammates.
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Yeah, not a lot of fact in that thread, a lot of assumptions and "I heard".But it didn't seem to be news to the Bears homers that Benson had been getting the business from the defense.One poster said that Benson had taken exception to a previous hit, and then got injured soon after that.Man, if there's any truth to that, the Bears defenders need to smarten up.
 
Spiderman said:
According to Jeff Dickerson, a reporter on ESPN Radio 1000, it was a team drill, Benson went into the flat, caught a pass, turned, and was hit first by Urlacher, and then Mike Brown, hurt the left hand, was in a lot of pain, and was carted off the field.Nobody wanted to talk about it after practice, but Lovie Smith did talk to the defense afterward, and the speculation is that there was talk about the incident.Urlacher says he wasn't even sure he was the one who hit him, and downplayed the possible injury that Benson may have gottenMike Brown says he needs to review the film, and couldn't really say what happened.Jeff Dickerson from ESPN says the sandwich hit may have been after the whistle, but this has been an ongoing theme of this type of play all camp.
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:goodposting: Thanks for the info.
 
Spiderman said:
According to Jeff Dickerson, a reporter on ESPN Radio 1000, it was a team drill, Benson went into the flat, caught a pass, turned, and was hit first by Urlacher, and then Mike Brown, hurt the left hand, was in a lot of pain, and was carted off the field.Nobody wanted to talk about it after practice, but Lovie Smith did talk to the defense afterward, and the speculation is that there was talk about the incident.Urlacher says he wasn't even sure he was the one who hit him, and downplayed the possible injury that Benson may have gottenMike Brown says he needs to review the film, and couldn't really say what happened.Jeff Dickerson from ESPN says the sandwich hit may have been after the whistle, but this has been an ongoing theme of this type of play all camp.
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:thumbdown: Appreciate the intensity but c'mon fellas, its your teammate and he makes the team better.
 
RBM said:
Spiderman said:
According to Jeff Dickerson, a reporter on ESPN Radio 1000, it was a team drill, Benson went into the flat, caught a pass, turned, and was hit first by Urlacher, and then Mike Brown, hurt the left hand, was in a lot of pain, and was carted off the field.Nobody wanted to talk about it after practice, but Lovie Smith did talk to the defense afterward, and the speculation is that there was talk about the incident.Urlacher says he wasn't even sure he was the one who hit him, and downplayed the possible injury that Benson may have gottenMike Brown says he needs to review the film, and couldn't really say what happened.Jeff Dickerson from ESPN says the sandwich hit may have been after the whistle, but this has been an ongoing theme of this type of play all camp.
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:thumbdown: Appreciate the intensity but c'mon fellas, its your teammate and he makes the team better.
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Bingo. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.
 
massraider said:
Spiderman said:
According to Jeff Dickerson, a reporter on ESPN Radio 1000, it was a team drill, Benson went into the flat, caught a pass, turned, and was hit first by Urlacher, and then Mike Brown, hurt the left hand, was in a lot of pain, and was carted off the field.Nobody wanted to talk about it after practice, but Lovie Smith did talk to the defense afterward, and the speculation is that there was talk about the incident.Urlacher says he wasn't even sure he was the one who hit him, and downplayed the possible injury that Benson may have gottenMike Brown says he needs to review the film, and couldn't really say what happened.Jeff Dickerson from ESPN says the sandwich hit may have been after the whistle, but this has been an ongoing theme of this type of play all camp.
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:goodposting: Thanks for the info.
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I should clarify that the report said that Benson grabbed his hand, was in a lot of pain, but apparently this is a shoulder injury of some sort.
 
RBM said:
Wonder what the cart was for if its a hand/shoulder injury? Was the pain that bad?
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He must have been in a lot of pain, and they also probably wanted him to sit down, and not move this arm at all.It has to be a seperated shoulder, but just a guess.
 
Spiderman said:
RBM said:
Wonder what the cart was for if its a hand/shoulder injury? Was the pain that bad?
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He must have been in a lot of pain, and they also probably wanted him to sit down, and not move this arm at all.It has to be a seperated shoulder, but just a guess.
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They just showed the hit on Comcast Sports, didn't look like a big one but kind of awkward. He did look hurt. Left arm went limp after the hit and kind of hung there. Next they showed him in full wraps being carted off with the announcer saying it doesn't look good.
 
Here's another report on Benson:

This is the news you didn't want to hear, Bears fans. Remember those concerns you had about the defense taking extra shots at Benson in practice to send a message? Tonight that message was received, and it's my belief that Benson separated his left shoulder. I have no medical evidence to back that up, but I've seen enough separated shoulders to know what they look like.

Benson made a catch out of the backfield and was slowing down about 10 yards downfield. These plays in practice are usually pretty much over at that point, but as Benson was decellerating, Urlacher and Brown sandwiched him with back-to-back shots. He immediately dropped the ball, grabbed his left hand, and then hit the turf.

If you've ever seen a separated shoulder, the injured player usually grabs his hand in order to keep the shoulder in place because it's excrutiatingly painful when it moves around in its socket. Benson was down for several minutes before a six-wheeler eventually carted him off. He had his left shoulder wrapped heavily over his jersey and shoulder pads. That's another bad sign. That means the injury was too painful for him to remove his shoulder pads.

We'll learn more eventually, but Lovie, Urlacher, and Brown were all pretty tight-lipped. Lovie just said that Benson had injured a shoulder. Both Urlacher and Brown claimed they have no idea what happened.

 
ericttspikes said:
Spiderman said:
RBM said:
Wonder what the cart was for if its a hand/shoulder injury? Was the pain that bad?
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He must have been in a lot of pain, and they also probably wanted him to sit down, and not move this arm at all.It has to be a seperated shoulder, but just a guess.
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They just showed the hit on Comcast Sports, didn't look like a big one but kind of awkward. He did look hurt. Left arm went limp after the hit and kind of hung there. Next they showed him in full wraps being carted off with the announcer saying it doesn't look good.
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Yeah, I saw it, and it didn't look like a cheap shot or anything to me. It just look, like you say, a bit awkward.
 
Contact sports are a beaotch.

This guy was on the radio shooting his mouth off how he doesn't need to be friends with his teammates. I like the fact that the guy says what he feels, but at the same time - he could rub teammates the wrong way.

Apparently the drill was half speed, but Urlacher and Brown went at full speed. If this was done intentionally as a way to 'razz the rookie holdout' from last year - it was a pretty 'penny wise and dollar foolish' move on Url's and Brownie's part.

Lovie said it wasn't a cheap shot, but had a little 'chit' with the defense afterwards.

The O-line is the strength of this offense, put Adrian Peterson in there and they won't miss a beat. It also appears Thomas Jones isn't going anywhere.

 
GRIDIRON ASSASSIN said:
Contact sports are a beaotch.This guy was on the radio shooting his mouth off how he doesn't need to be friends with his teammates. I like the fact that the guy says what he feels, but at the same time - he could rub teammates the wrong way.Apparently the drill was half speed, but Urlacher and Brown went at full speed. If this was done intentionally as a way to 'razz the rookie holdout' from last year - it was a pretty 'penny wise and dollar foolish' move on Url's and Brownie's part.Lovie said it wasn't a cheap shot, but had a little 'chit' with the defense afterwards.The O-line is the strength of this offense, put Adrian Peterson in there and they won't miss a beat. It also appears Thomas Jones isn't going anywhere.
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Grid - turn on Comcast, they've been showing it, and you're see that it wasn't a cheap shot or anything like that.
 
RBM said:
and he makes the team better.
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That's the thing...there's no proof that he does. Benson was their 3rd leading rusher last season, all he's done is get paid an obscene amount of money and receive a lot of hype mostly because of what he did in college and the bears drafting him with their first round pick in last season's draft. I can understand his teammates resenting him for that especially is he's also standoffishThat said if the defense is hitting benson harder than anyone else on the field than it's up to Lovie Smith as the Head coach to get them to stop
 
Hopefully its not too serious, but it doesnt look or sound too good right now

This is a real shame. This kid has worked his tail off this offseason to get up to speed and put himself in a position to carry the load and do what he was drafted and paid for. This is not good for this team, and it does hurt despite what Grid thinks

 
diesel7982 said:
Spiderman said:
RBM said:
Wonder what the cart was for if its a hand/shoulder injury? Was the pain that bad?
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He must have been in a lot of pain, and they also probably wanted him to sit down, and not move this arm at all.It has to be a seperated shoulder, but just a guess.
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:goodposting: Either that or an upper arm fracture, or possibly a broken collarbone. We'll have to see
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Separated shoulder or broken collarbone are good guesses... I've seen enough of these playing hockey - the injured guy immediately hold his forearm (like it seems Benson did) to "support" the arm and try to relieve the pain
 
As a Ced Benson and TJ owner I don't know how to feel about this from a fantasy standpoint. I'm wondering if I should pick up Adrian Peterson in the meantime.

 
RBM said:
GRIDIRON ASSASSIN said:
I just saw the play.

THAT is it?

Good Lord Almighty, the Bears have found the Rex Grossman of running backs.

Here's Benson with his playbook
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:lmao: Not badBut how arent you frustrated right now? I was really confident in this guy and was ready to watch him roll over D after D. Last year Rex, now this. Cant we go into a regular season at full strength????/
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Let's be honest the Bears haven't draft a good rb since they had walter payton. Guys have had good seasons here or there but their track record isn't good. I'm not glad that benson got injured but the fact is TJ is their best rb and they need him to tote the rock.
 
FTRWRTR said:
RBM said:
GRIDIRON ASSASSIN said:
I just saw the play.

THAT is it?

Good Lord Almighty, the Bears have found the Rex Grossman of running backs.

Here's Benson with his playbook
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:lmao: Not badBut how arent you frustrated right now? I was really confident in this guy and was ready to watch him roll over D after D. Last year Rex, now this. Cant we go into a regular season at full strength????/
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Let's be honest the Bears haven't draft a good rb since they had walter payton. Guys have had good seasons here or there but their track record isn't good. I'm not glad that benson got injured but the fact is TJ is their best rb and they need him to tote the rock.
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Benson was a close to a cant miss as there was in last years draft, imo. I love TJ and appreciate what he has done the last 2 yrs, but I wanted Benson in there because I think he couldve made the team better. Just my opinion though.
 
FTRWRTR said:
RBM said:
GRIDIRON ASSASSIN said:
I just saw the play.

THAT is it?

Good Lord Almighty, the Bears have found the Rex Grossman of running backs.

Here's Benson with his playbook
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:lmao: Not badBut how arent you frustrated right now? I was really confident in this guy and was ready to watch him roll over D after D. Last year Rex, now this. Cant we go into a regular season at full strength????/
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Let's be honest the Bears haven't draft a good rb since they had walter payton. Guys have had good seasons here or there but their track record isn't good. I'm not glad that benson got injured but the fact is TJ is their best rb and they need him to tote the rock.
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Son, can you say Neal Anderson?
 
Spiderman said:
BigJim® said:
Noahs Troopers said:
http://bears.hosttown.com/index.php?showtopic=127265

Supposedly if you read this thread the chicago d has been taking cheap shots at benson all camp as they don't like him.
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That's not even possible, is it? I just don't see how a team could wreck its own hope for success like this.
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This has been the story of camp so far - a lot of reporters keep talking about the extra contact given by the defense - keep in mind this isn't full contact drills, but with Benson in particular, things have gotten a bit rough at times.I tend to think the media is overplaying this since there really isn't a ton of news coming out of most camps, and this will only look worse if this injury is serious.
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I think Lovie ordered Urlacher to give Benson a code red. :halfserious:
 
FTRWRTR said:
RBM said:
GRIDIRON ASSASSIN said:
I just saw the play.

THAT is it?

Good Lord Almighty, the Bears have found the Rex Grossman of running backs.

Here's Benson with his playbook
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:lmao: Not badBut how arent you frustrated right now? I was really confident in this guy and was ready to watch him roll over D after D. Last year Rex, now this. Cant we go into a regular season at full strength????/
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Let's be honest the Bears haven't draft a good rb since they had walter payton. Guys have had good seasons here or there but their track record isn't good. I'm not glad that benson got injured but the fact is TJ is their best rb and they need him to tote the rock.
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Neal Anderson was the goods if you ask me. When that dude got around the corner, he was gone. It's a shame that he had to follow in Walter's footsteps. Much like Trace Armstrong had to follow in Richard Dent's and Dan Hampton's. I still can't believe Wanny dealt Armstrong so 'his draft pick' John Thierry could play. Then he uses the 2nd round pick to draft Todd Sauerbrun, and he let's Chris Gardocki walk. Wanny!?!?!?!?
 
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