Not Much Love For Lovie

Some much chatter about Cedric Benson leaving the sidelines of a meaningless exhibtion game and so little talk about what's really going on.

The story goes that Benson decided he would rather watch the end of the game in the training room instead of on the sidelines. Some of Benson's teammates were pissed and blabbed the story to the media. Now, Benson is publicly humiliated, coach Lovie Smith has a PR disaster on his hands, and the team's players seem more concered with scoring publicity points than trying to reach a Super Bowl.

There's a much better question: Why did two of Benson's teammates (one of whom is supposedly Olin Kreutz according to a well placed source) go to the media with the story?

There's only one logical answer. The players felt Benson needed to be disciplined and they did not trust Lovie Smith to do it effectively.

That means, a team with Super Bowl aspirations is rebelling against their coach.

Super Bowl aspirations may die in the preseason. So appropriate for a team that has always found ways to play worse than their capability in every season since 1985.