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The Texans will host Cedric Benson for a free agent visit on Monday.

Cincinnati has competition. This will be Benson's first visit; only the Bengals have showed interest in re-signing him to this point. The Texans could use him as a "change of pace" behind Steve Slaton, a role Benson has successfully played before in Chicago. A short-term contract offer may be forthcoming.

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A University of Texas legend going to play in Houston? If they offer anything reasonable, he's gone.

WOW.

We didn't sign a C and it looks like we are losing T.J....and possibly Ced, too. Not to mention we need a backup QB and could use another veteran CB.

What are the Bengals doing?

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A University of Texas legend going to play in Houston? If they offer anything reasonable, he's gone.

WOW.

We didn't sign a C and it looks like we are losing T.J....and possibly Ced, too. Not to mention we need a backup QB and could use another veteran CB.

What are the Bengals doing?

Doubt the.offer to be a backup will match ours

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A University of Texas legend going to play in Houston? If they offer anything reasonable, he's gone.

WOW.

We didn't sign a C and it looks like we are losing T.J....and possibly Ced, too. Not to mention we need a backup QB and could use another veteran CB.

What are the Bengals doing?

Doubt the.offer to be a backup will match ours

It's possible that the Texans could use Benson like a starter there. Slaton is small for a RB and has had some durability problems in the past. They would do best to use him similar to how Westbrook is used in Philly and let Ced play the Buckhalter role.

Now that I think about it more, if it comes down to dollars and cents, he'll be a Bengal. Would Ced take less to play in his home state?

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I think Benson is like any other NFL player. The Cincinnati Bengals are an absolute last resort.

Carson: (tosses the football to TJ) "Dude, we need you back in 2009. I need you as my go to guy. You have got to come back to the Bengals next season. I think we can really put it all together again this season. With you, me, Chad, and Chris, we could be something really special again, I can just feel it."

TJ: (tosses the football back) "Carson, I love you man, you know that. And I am sorry that the Bengals locked you in longterm, back when things were a little more optimistic. I feel for you and Chad, and I wish nothing but the best for both of you. You two are like family to me. But this is reality. I finally have a way out and I am taking it."

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Cedric Benson-RB-Bengals Mar. 2 - 1:35 pm et

Free agent Cedric Benson indicated during his Monday visit with the Texans that he's more concerned with money than role when picking his new team.

Asked why he'd take a backup job to Steve Slaton, Benson said "The business side here might be better than the business side in Cincinnati." The Bengals would feature Benson, but their offer may be less substantial.

Source: Houston Chronicle

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Cedric Benson-RB-Bengals Mar. 2 - 1:35 pm et

Free agent Cedric Benson indicated during his Monday visit with the Texans that he's more concerned with money than role when picking his new team.

Asked why he'd take a backup job to Steve Slaton, Benson said "The business side here might be better than the business side in Cincinnati." The Bengals would feature Benson, but their offer may be less substantial.

Source: Houston Chronicle

Translation: PAY ME MORE BENGALS !!!

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yeah this could get ugly really quick, i'm not ready to jump off the bridge, but no center, no tackle, no back-up qb and most mind numbing no running back, i mean we don't have a single running back that could even be considered useful. for a team that's trying to focus on the run you would think a running back would be kind of high on the list of things to secure.

i don't see any way they are going to spend to the cap this year. not that it's surprising.

again i'm not losing it here but the way the team is handling this off season is just curious, are they waiting on tj to make a decision, if so, it's a total hamstring to us filling the holes we have.

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yeah this could get ugly really quick, i'm not ready to jump off the bridge, but no center, no tackle, no back-up qb and most mind numbing no running back, i mean we don't have a single running back that could even be considered useful. for a team that's trying to focus on the run you would think a running back would be kind of high on the list of things to secure.

i don't see any way they are going to spend to the cap this year. not that it's surprising.

again i'm not losing it here but the way the team is handling this off season is just curious, are they waiting on tj to make a decision, if so, it's a total hamstring to us filling the holes we have.

Well what do you expect when the team is going after a guy that has never started more than half a season at RB in Derrick Ward, and after another, in Cedric Benson that was out on the street and no other team wanted last year? Benson wants to get paid like a starting RB when quite honestly he has yet to prove he has staying power. At this point I start to think more and more that the Bengals are going to draft a RB early in this up coming draft. As of late, there have been too many RB's hat have come out of the top 3 rounds of the draft and made an impact right away. Just last year you had Forte, Felix Jones and Slaton. Mendenhall and McFadden might have done well also if not for injury. Why overpay for a guy like Benson when you can get a guy that is going to play for A LOT less in the second or third round of the draft? Don't get me wrong I would like to have Benson back simply because of the experience and his ability to pick up the blitz, but I can see where the front office might be coming from on this one.

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i think you're probably right regarding drafting a back early, but at the expense of what, a center, a pass rusher? i would be okay with it if we take one after the second round, but most of the backs projected to be available there are more of the complimentary type. jennings from liberty looks like he's the only one that could be a true bell cow oh and maybe andre brown.

edit: i'd be happy with either one of them, for what it's worth

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i think you're probably right regarding drafting a back early, but at the expense of what, a center, a pass rusher? i would be okay with it if we take one after the second round, but most of the backs projected to be available there are more of the complimentary type. jennings from liberty looks like he's the only one that could be a true bell cow oh and maybe andre brown.

edit: i'd be happy with either one of them, for what it's worth

Javon Ringer could be a bell cow back and he might be available in round 3!

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i think you're probably right regarding drafting a back early, but at the expense of what, a center, a pass rusher? i would be okay with it if we take one after the second round, but most of the backs projected to be available there are more of the complimentary type. jennings from liberty looks like he's the only one that could be a true bell cow oh and maybe andre brown.

edit: i'd be happy with either one of them, for what it's worth

Javon Ringer could be a bell cow back and he might be available in round 3!

if my memory serves me he is 5'9 210 hardly bell cow size

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He will be a Texan. He lives and grew up in Houston. Prob prefers a smaller workload because he is lazy. Bring on Ward.

Ced quote rom the official site, by way of the Houston Chronicle, in regards to visiting the his hometown Houston Texans:

"The business side here might be better than the business side in Cincinnati."

In other words,

"They low-balled me, as I expected, and the Texans have offered more."

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i think you're probably right regarding drafting a back early, but at the expense of what, a center, a pass rusher? i would be okay with it if we take one after the second round, but most of the backs projected to be available there are more of the complimentary type. jennings from liberty looks like he's the only one that could be a true bell cow oh and maybe andre brown.

edit: i'd be happy with either one of them, for what it's worth

Javon Ringer could be a bell cow back and he might be available in round 3!

if my memory serves me he is 5'9 210 hardly bell cow size

RB's nowadays don't have to be 30 carry bell cows. The following starting RB's are around his size and they seem to be doing fine:

Deangelo Williams 5-9, 217

Thomas Jones 5-10, 215

Steve Slaton 5-9, 203 ******************************

Chris Johnson 5-11, 200 (To fast to compare)

Frank Gore 5-9, 217

Marshawn Lynch 5-11, 215

Brian Westbrook 5-10, 203 ***************************

Maurice Jones Drew 5-7, 208

Willie Parker 5-10, 209

Warrick Dunn 5-9, 187

Joseph Addai 5-11, 214

Darren McFadden 6-2, 210

There are some more, but I figured I made my point. A lot of these guys are great NFL running backs and they are all around the same size. Their are two guys on the list that are actually smaller all around than Ringer. Everyone that is within ten pounds of his weight is taller than him. That means that he has a low center and he is stocked. He was a bell cow at Michigan State and I watched him play almost every weekend. I would be ecstatic with him in the third round!

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Dude,

Fu** Cedric Benson. I just read this garbage that he said:

Benson said when asked why he preferred the Texans. “Also, there’s the Super Bowl. I had an opportunity to go to one (with Chicago), and I’d like to go back and win.”

Like the Houston Texans have a better shot at the Superbowl than we do? Draft Crabtree, trade Chad and draft Moreno!

NEXT question please.....

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