Cedric Benson drowning his pain in actual body of water

May 4th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanE

Poor Cedric Benson. First he gets ostracized for the Thomas Jones trade. Then, in what might be his only chance to be a legitimate NFL workhorse back, he runs like a nancy. Then Jerry Angelo drafts some unimpressive dude named Matt Forte, and openly admits that Benson was a disappointment. What’s a sullen, antisocial running back to do?

“Boating while intoxicated,” apparently:

Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested for boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest near Austin, Texas, according to KVUE television in Austin.
Both are Class B misdemeanors punishable by up to six months in jail or $2,000 fines. Authorities reportedly had to use pepper spray to subdue Benson before booking him.

Assuming this arrest took place on the whatever Austin-area body of water Benson was boating on, I would have loved to see the high-speed antics of a boat chase. Benson escapes, and leads police officers on a route that never acheives higher than five miles per hour. The mental imagery here is pretty priceless.