Cedric Benson got the bulk of the first-team carries at minicamp again Saturday, but there will not be a rush to judgment to determine who the Bears' starting running back will be three months from now.
The battle between Benson, the first-round pick last year, and disgruntled veteran Thomas Jones figures to be one of the highlights of training camp and the preseason, a fact not lost on Benson.
''I have a good idea that's what it's looking like,'' he said. ''The good thing about it is it gives me the opportunity to showcase some stuff and to put all the talk behind and settle it. I guess it can also be bad in that it can pose a distraction maybe to the team as a whole or to some individuals. I don't know.
''But I don't have any vision of what is going to happen.''
Benson does know he doesn't want to relinquish his role with the first team, a spot he moved into when Jones bolted from the voluntary offseason program in April
