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Good to hear, he deserves every penny.
Guaranteed $17M.
Bears Agree to Terms With Cedric Benson
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Running back Cedric Benson ended his 36-day holdout Sunday night, agreeing to a five-year contract with the Chicago Bears.
Benson, the No. 4 overall pick in this year's draft, was the last remaining first-round pick to sign. Terms were not available but reports said the Bears had offered a contract that contained $17 million in guaranteed money to the former Texas star.
The announcement of Benson's agreeing to terms came on the same day the Bears promoted another rookie, fourth-round pick Kyle Orton, to be the starting quarterback.
Earlier this month, Bears general manager Jerry Angelo said the team had made its final offer to Benson and that future negotiations would be centered on how much Benson's value had been reduced by the holdout.
Benson paid a surprise visit to the Bears training facility on Thursday and talked with Angelo, although it was not a negotiating session and his agent, Eugene Parker, was not present.
"We are happy this process has reached a conclusion and look forward to moving ahead together," Angelo said in a statement Sunday night.
Benson was a four-year starter at Texas and finished his career as the sixth-leading rusher in NCAA Division I-A history and the second-leading rusher in Longhorns history. In 49 games, he rushed for 5,540 yards on 1,112 carries with 64 TDs and caught 69 passes for 621 yards and three TDs.
Benson was just the fifth back in NCAA history to rush for over 1,000 yards in each of his four seasons. His 64 TDs were the third-most in NCAA history.
He was expected to challenge in bent Thomas Jones for playing time. The Bears have one preseason game remainining Thursday before starting the regular season in Washington on Sept. 11.
Good to hear, he deserves every penny.
Dumbass
It is about ing time.
17 ing Million bucks? its alot yes,
but if i was a BEARS fan i'd be pissed off....you sit out and jeopardize youself allright, but to be sitting there wanting "Phillip Rivers" money you KNOW THE BEARS AREN"T GIVING YOU is in stupid....I guess what i'm sayin is that all this crap could have been avoided and he'd probably could have had $18 Guaranteed if they just didn't make dumbass demands. there's no way the bears were going to give 6 years and $50 Million Cedric
And the Shaftesbury Hooligans roster appears set!
Updated: 10:03 PM EDT
Hooligans Agree to Terms With Rookie Holdout Benson
Running Back Gets Five-Year Deal After Sitting Out 36 Days
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (Aug. 2 - Running back Cedric Benson ended his 36-day holdout Sunday night, agreeing to a five-year contract with the FSP Shaftesbury Hooligans.
Benson, the No. 4 overall pick in this year's draft, was the last remaining first-round pick to sign. Terms were not available but reports said the Hooligans had offered a contract that contained $17 million in guaranteed money to the former Texas star.
The announcement of Benson's agreeing to terms came on the same day the Hooligans promoted Donovan McNabb to be the starting quarterback.
Earlier this month, Hooligans general manager AlamoSpursFan said the team had made its final offer to Benson and that future negotiations would be centered on how much Benson's value had been reduced by the holdout.
Benson paid a surprise visit to the Hooligans training facility on Thursday and talked with ASF, although it was not a negotiating session and his agent, Eugene Parker, was not present.
"We are happy this process has reached a conclusion and look forward to moving ahead together," ASF said in a statement Sunday night.
Benson was a four-year starter at Texas and finished his career as the sixth-leading rusher in NCAA Division I-A history and the second-leading rusher in Longhorns history. In 49 games, he rushed for 5,540 yards on 1,112 carries with 64 TDs and caught 69 passes for 621 yards and three TDs.
Benson was just the fifth back in NCAA history to rush for over 1,000 yards in each of his four seasons. His 64 TDs were the third-most in NCAA history.
He was expected to challenge in bent Thomas Jones for playing time. The Hooligans have one preseason game remainining Thursday before starting the regular season in Washington on Sept. 11.
08/28/05 21:37 EDT
Last edited by AlamoSpursFan; 08-29-2005 at 12:06 AM.
17 million, but will he get the start? And he still has not done
a damm thing in the NFL why sit out so damm long?... hope he dont
end up a space cake like williams... ing texas RB ing it all
up...... no one is gonna pick up another Texas RB.
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