Benson's Lawyer on Tribune Live

Before all of this stuff even started Benson was on thin ice here as it was. JA said after last season that he wasnt happy with the teams running game and that he was going to bring in someone to compete for the job. Forte was the guy they wanted and they got him. He is a similar style runner to Benson so its very likely the team was sending a message to Benson that he had to pretty much put up or shut up. Then, after all that, all this starts. The Bears basically got rid of Thomas Jones because of Benson even though Jones had a very good string of seasons for us. I think enough was finally enough. When you have a guy who has never lived up to expectations as a producer, throws teammates under the bus, has injury problems pretty much every year a team might be quicker to get rid of him for something like this. Tank Johnson was at least liked by teammates and was having success on the field and they still cut him because he was making poor decisions even though he was under the legal limit. What the Bears did with Benson is consistent with what everyone thought they would do so Benson has nobody to blame but himself.