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Uneasy Rider

By Tim Keown

Monday, December 8, 2008

The hair is in a ziploc bag, back in his apartment, waiting for god knows what. It has been suggested to Cedric Benson that he auction it off, one dred at a time, proceeds going to charity, but he seems unmoved by the concept. Now is not the time, his uninterested eyes imply, staring through the car window at the countryside south of Austin. Maybe someday, though. Maybe someday. He cut the dreds himself, in his apartment the week before February's NFL combine. As the shorn locks fell across hi ...

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