BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- The business s...

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- The business side of professional football was a wake-up call to Cedric Benson last summer Now he is learning about another of the game's nipping realities -- injuries. Benson was a gauge of production during his body career at Texas when he carried 1112 times and not missed a game because of injury.

A badly sprained MCL in his right knee forced him to miss six games late last season, and Benson took a cautious approach. He didn't want to be back upon the field until he was 100 percent He's got the same thing in mind now when it draw nears to his left shoulder. Benson said he will not worry about dislocations becoming a recurring question if it is given the time to in a strict sense heal.

When stout safety Mike Brown hit Benson's left flexure from behind in practice Friday, it twitched his arm up and popp the shoulder without of joint briefly. It went back into place onward the field, and now he's rely uponed to miss another 1oe to 2oe weeks, although there isn't a real rush to prepare him back with the regular season still more than four weeks away.

"[The toughest thing] is probably just accepting it, knowing that you have an injury and there's nothing you can do about it if it were not that let it heal," he said.

"I think that might be the hardest part, just dealing with it.

"The fit thing is that it is preseason and not the season, in the way that there's no rush to get by heart out there, and I think as in extent as we don't rush things and impediment nature take its course, we won't have this point to be solved [i]or[/i] settled again."

Former strong-side linebacker Rosevelt Colvin be acted uponed from frequent dislocations, a condition called chronic subluxation that eventually required him to suffer surgery before hitting free agency and signing with the novel England Patriots.

In the meantime, Benson is working with the training staff, doing near range-of-motion work and getting ice and stimulation. The security of the time, he wears his arm in a massy black sling.

"I think it's high-tech," he said. "Everybody says I expect like Robocop walking around with this thing, in the way that I've been having a little pleasantry with it."

REHAB BEAT: Defensive tackle Ian Scott said he wait fors to be fully ready for the start of the season after having arthroscopic surgery to clean abroad his left knee. He was back onward the field in a week and a half after a similar practice while playing at Florida. lay by guard Terrence Metcalf had the same surgery performed forward his right knee and should be back in succession the field in a little more than a week.

Tank Johnson did individual work with trainer Tim Bream during the morning practice and was hitting one-man blocking s The defensive tackle, who is upon the non-football injury list rehabilitating his left quad, could be promot to the active roster presently Safety Brandon McGowan, who undergoed a torn ACL in the final regular-season game last season, worked forward doing drops in coverage after practice.

well adapted NEWS: Everyone feared the worst forward the right hamstring pull according to Bryan Johnson, but he got about the best recents possible. The hamstring, which is torn behind the knee did not approach off the bone. His right leg is still immobilized in a brace because of the pain, still the recovery time is six to 10 weeks, meaning as early as Week 2 Whether the Bears would carry him forward the 53-man roster is interpret to debate. They would have to be relatively healthy overall to carry him.

"I haven't heard any talk [about injured reserve]" he said. "My main goal is to acquire back healthy and strong. It already be impresseds better than it did a not many years ago. I'm treating it as great news"

BAGS PACKED: Cornerback Alfonso Marshall, a seventh-round pick in 2004 was placed forward waivers. He missed all of last season with a knee injury and was mired in succession the depth chart behind a form into groups that has more capability this season with the additions of Ricky Manning Jr Dante Wesley and Devin Hester.

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