The Bears figured that they could afford to trade Thomas Jones and give the starting job to Cedric Benson…..but it was a huge mistake as Benson was awful.  Benson played in 11 games (all starts) for the Bears last season and he carried the ball 196 times for 674 yards (3.4 ypc) with 4 TD runs.  He also caught 17 passes for 123 yards (7.2 avg).  Benson has now played in 35 games (12 starts) in his NFL career and he has carried the ball 420 times for 1,593 yards (3.8 ypc) with 10 TD runs.  He also has caught 26 passes for 180 yards (6.9 avg).

Adrian Peterson finally got his big chance to show what he can do when Benson got hurt and he didn’t show much.  Peterson played in 16 games (5 starts) last season for the Bears and he carried the ball 151 times for 510 yards (3.4 ypc) with 3 TD runs.  He also caught 51 passes for 420 yards (8.2 avg).  Peterson has now played in 77 games (6 starts) in his NFL career and he has carried the ball 284 times for 1,132 yards (4.0 ypc) with 8 TD runs.  He also has caught 70 passes for 609 yards (8.7 avg).

Rookie Garrett Wolfe played in 13 games (0 starts) last season for the Bears.  He carried the ball 31 times for 85 yards (2.7 ypc).  He also caught 9 passes for 117 yards (13.0 avg).

Fullback Jason McKie didn’t help much in the running game last season.  He played in 16 games (11 starts) for the Bears last season and he carried the ball 6 times for 17 yards (2.8 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also caught 9 passes for 33 yards (3.7 avg).  McKie has now played in 51 games (27 starts) in his NFL career and he has carried the ball 18 times for 58 yards (3.2 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also has caught 52 passes for 287 yards (5.5 avg) with 2 TD grabs.

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