Spinning Bears must sign Benson now Six days after Grossman's ankle break, Halas Hall prefers to engage in a taffy pull with Benson's agent

He began camp as Thomas Jones, a decent NFL runner who becameobsolete when Terry Shea and his offensive offense were ditched. Butwith each passing day of Cedric Benson's holdout, it's amazing howJones' reputation is soaring at Halas Hall. Two weeks ago, he wasreminding some folks of Priest Holmes. Last week, the workingcomparison was LaDainian Tomlinson.

And this week? Why, he could be the next Sweetness, baby.

Enough with the spin games, please. No one has time for managementjibber-jabber after the saga of Rex Grossman, whose season-endinginjury goes down among the all-time bonehead developments in Chicagosports -- a redundancy, I know. Jerry Angelo has yet to …