Bears running back Cedric Benson has been arrested.  Again.

This time, Benson was busted for driving while intoxicated in Austin.  He was stopped for a traffic violation and refused to submit to breath or blood testing.

When Benson was arrested for drunk boating and resisting arrest in May, Benson professed his innocence.  Witnesses claimed that Benson had been roughed up by police, who ultimately give him a face full of pepper spray.

This time around, no additional information has been reported as to whether there are any such side issues.

Regardless, the Bears have to be getting tired of this routine.  The fourth overall pick in the 2005 draft is becoming far more trouble than he ever was worth.

And remember this — the Bears dumped defensive tackle Tank Johnson last year after Johnson was arrested for suspicion of DUI.  Though Johnson presumably was on a last-chance arrangement with the team after being incarcerated earlier in the year on a probation violation, Benson could be in a similar predicament with the team if he has been told in the wake of his May arrest that his next arrest will be his last one as a member of the Chicago Bears.