After a 30-catch season in 2009, Leonard is expected to be an integral part of the passing game.
"Brian has a key role in our offense," running backs coach Jim Anderson said. "He's a guy that you don't want to paint into a corner. He did a tremendous job for us on third down. But yet when we called for him to play on first and second downs he can do that as well.
"He has a tremendous amount of versatility and he can add to our offense. We're counting on him to play at an even higher level this season."
Leonard is playing in the final year of his rookie contract and is a guy the team obviously holds in high regard. That being said, there has been no dialogue between the new Cincinnati Bengals jerseys and representatives for Leonard regarding a contract extension. He's scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at season's end.
The Riggins comparisons have resulted from Leonard's rugged running style. Could he be the second coming of "The Diesel" in the Bengals football jerseys offense?
Benson, 27, was booked into the Travis County jail, where he later posted $5,000 bail and was released. The charge of assault with injury carries a maximum potential penalty of up to $4,000 in fines and up to a year in jail.
According to the Austin police arrest affidavit, Benson was at Annie's West bar when he got into an altercation with an unknown bar patron that left the patron spitting blood from a cut lip.
After staff intervened, witnesses told police, Benson shoved a bar worker and was verbally abusive. After being asked to leave, Benson was escorted to the door.
"As they took him outside, he continued to push and shove," Senior Police Officer Veneza Aguinaga said.
Bartender Bryan White told police that once outside, Benson complained to people passing by that "all these white boys are ganging up on me and kicking me out."
White said he told Benson he wouldn't take time out of his night to kick him out; he alleged Benson responded by hitting him in the face.
Benson's attorney, Sam Bassett, said his client "looks forward to telling his side of the story at the appropriate time."
In 2008, Benson was arrested twice in a month on alcohol charges that were later dropped. While in college at Texas, he was suspended for a game and pleaded no contest to a charge of criminal trespassing for forcing his way into an apartment to find a TV he said was stolen from him.
Benson led the Bengals jerseys with a career-high 1,251 yards in 2009.
Steelers tackle Colon is likely to miss season: Pittsburgh offensive tackle Willie Colon, 27, is to have surgery Wednesday to repair a torn right Achilles tendon and is expected to miss the season. He was injured while working out at the team's practice complex.
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