The Daily Banter: Does Vince Young's Assault Charge Affect Cedric Benson's Charge?

by Josh Kirkendall on Jul 5, 2010 9:49 AM EDT in Analysis

There are points being made throughout the local media that Vince Young's assault citation at a Dallas-area strip club in mid-June could be an indication of whether or not Bengals running back Cedric Benson will be suspended after his own assault over the Memorial Day weekend. The point arose when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, "acknowledged that a first-time legal offender like Young is unlikely to face an NFL suspension. Young, though, is guilty of embarrassing the NFL with a physical confrontation that was caught on the strip club’s security camera."

However as Joe Reedy points out, Benson's situation differs from Young's. While both are assaults, "this is not the first time Benson has been in trouble" and in Young's case, this is his first; though being in trouble is only a portion of Goodell's heavy-handed consequence machine. Goodell also points out that each situation is different, therefore one shouldn't expect one situation to apply to another. Either way, no decision is being made for now for Benson while the legal process kicks off.

Not much going on with the Bengals, so we'll take a quick look around the NFL.

First things first, I hope everyone had a great (or is still having a great) holiday weekend.

+ The NFL-USO Coaches Tour hit Afghanistan after a bird hit them.

+ The Baltimore Sun's Jamison Hensley predicts with his crystal ball that the Bengals will finish with a 7-9 record, calling the biggest question mark team chemistry.

+ Contract talks between the Colts and Peyton Manning are moving along slowly.

+ The Philadelphia Eagles are planning on not releasing Michael Vick -- at least for now.

+ Services for former Chargers head coach Don Coryell is scheduled for July 12 at San Diego University.

+ Running back for the Seattle Seahawks, Quinton Ganther, was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

+ Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress is applying for another work release.

+ Patriots quarterback Tom Brady still works with a quarterback tutor to keep his mechanics sharp.

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Can't wait

To prove them boys in wrong in Baltimore. They are ridin pretty high on themselves right now.

by quickslant on Jul 5, 2010 11:51 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Let'em keep thinking..

That’s all the fuel we need. Just like last year, but the team added better players and is deeper at every position.

by WHYUS!! on Jul 5, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Chemistry? Graham?

First of all, anytime that you site “Chemistry” as a teams question mark, then you know that somebody has not done their homework. #1 – What does that even mean? #2 – Matt Jones might not even make the team and Adam Jones has been a quiet and solid contributor this year as our third (not second or first) corner. Let me reiterate that he is our third corner.

And when he says that our “Key Loss” is losing our kicker Shane “I-Have-To-Cut-Up-My-Chicken-Nuggets-Into-Small-Pieces-Or-I-Will-Choke” Graham, then he is basically acknowledging that the Bengals haven’t lost all that much.

This is our year!

by Paul Cannon on Jul 5, 2010 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Shane "I-Have-To-Cut-Up-My-Chicken-Nuggets-Into-Small-Pieces-Or-I-Will-Choke" Graham

LOL, good one.. ha

by WHYUS!! on Jul 5, 2010 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

What a lazy article. It’s clear that he had already come to his final conclusion then tried his hardest to come up with points to support that conclusion, while doing as little research as possible.

by Jaegner on Jul 5, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions

When you have nothing to write about or

are not a talented writer, which ever it would be, It seems that writers get lazy and do this.(I’ll choose the latter) They don’t do any research and tend to fill in the blanks with BS, as they look for homer-ism to support their article. They also repeat everything over again. There were writers that questioned (what ever that means) the Bengals chemistry last year. So why repeat what was said last year when they found out there was no problems with the chemistry of this team? DDN writers are the same way.

by WHYUS!! on Jul 5, 2010 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions

the fact this guy is saying graham is a “key loss” tells me all i need to know! what has baltimore done other than adding boldin that puts them ahead of the north champs? i cant figure it out?!?!? not to mention the bengals have upgraded several positions over last years team……and these “experts” fail to mention that….

by Bdub14 on Jul 5, 2010 5:20 PM EDT reply actions