All 31 teams 'pass' on Cendric Benson

Benson will get his second chance. At or near league minimum.

Right now, he's getting #4 pick money and it's no surprise to find out that there isn't any team in the NFL that thinks he's worth that kind of money.
 
These guys get enough upfront money to live the rest of their lives at ease. Sadly most don't know how to live within that means. You give me 17M up front and I'm set one way or another. Hell give me 2M and I'm done. I'll go count whales or something.
 
The point about money I think is central, because frankly as much as Ced has screwed up in the last couple of months, he's not even close to the NFL's line of tolerance. Someone will give him a shot, but he has to understand that nobody's going to keep him on anymore just because they sunk a lot of money into him as a first-rounder, and no one is going to wait around and reserve a spot for him based on potential. He's going to have to go out and take someone's job.
 
He's made some mistakes, starting with his "holding out" on a contract for more money to leaving the game early cause he was pouting about not being a starter durring a game or whatever.. he seemed to be putting Benson before the team. Kind of sad.. I always loved watching him play.

Had he really proven himself and had a banner season teams would want him.. he's struggled so far.

Pull it together Ced and start kicking some *** on the field
 
It's not ignorant. he pissed a lot of people off and started in the NFL with bad blood between him , team mates , owners and fans. as well as his behavior and lack of big games.
 
When holding out you got to know when to sign. His problem was he lost his leverage for being out too long. It gets to the point that you miss too much camp and the value goes down. If you remember he held out and had peaked. He signed about three weeks after that peak for what the Bears were originally offering him at the start of negotiation. Most people don't realize that had he signed about three weeks earlier his contract would have been more and he would have had the advantage of entering training camp.

His agent didn't give him the best advise or Ced refused to listen to him.

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If you are a player you must always look out for number one

Just as it is out in the real world.. Who looks out for you at your place of business?? No one but yourself..
 
But there are certain rules of engagement and some things should not be taken too far or for granted. Cedric did so here, it seems. If you alienate everybody, they get rid of you. In this business your dirty laundry was already aired so potential employers (teams) know what the deal is unlike calling for references. This is good or bad depending on how badly they need you and whether they believe you that you will fly right.

If it is a business one should truly be professional about it. His conduct and actions (as well as a few others in the league) are not exactly professional, are they?
 
If Cedric did anything to make himself unpopular with his teammates, it did not have anything to do with his contract. The #1 unwritten rule that virtually all players follow is to "Not talk about another man's money." All of the veterans know how the contract game is played, and they know better than to talk about it. Brett Favre got himself into hot water in his own locker room by calling out a WR who was in the middle of contract talks. Usually, the most you will get is "We wish that he were in camp." OK. Fine. There is a difference between saying that you wish that someone was there and saying that someone should sign a ****** contract just to start practice.

This time last year, the Bears were trying to screw Lance Briggs into a crappy deal, and he was saying that he would never play for Chicago ever again. Well, they figured it out and he signed a long term deal. This year, it's Urlacher.

The Bears are more at fault for the fan's reaction than Cedric is. First off, they should not have been trying to low-ball a #4 pick. If you don't want to pay #4 money, trade down. Second, they were talking smack in the media about Cedric being selfish when they should have called it what it was: a business transaction.
 
I guess it's just piling on at this point, but the other posters are 100% correct that the holdout is the one thing that Cedric did right as it relates to his NFL career.
 
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