Serious business oftentimes dims afterglow of Super Bowl win

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Serious business oftentimes dims afterglow of Super Bowl win

By: Rod Woodson - NFL Network Analyst

Your team has just won the Super Bowl. Usher in the confetti and streamers, the bands and cheers. The parade has begun.

But after basking in the pleasure of victory’s afterglow, comes the aftermath -- business.

While the headlines and fanfare are bigger, so are the egos and, with that, the paychecks. Not only do the stars –- like Plaxico Burress, who announced he wouldn’t practice with the Super Bowl-champion Giants on Wednesday –- want new contracts, but so do the role players. And losing those glue guys can undo championship teams quickly.

To most people, winning the Super Bowl would seem to be a crowning moment of their life. But there are negatives to winning it, too.

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On guard LeCharles Bentley, C
Height: 6-2 Weight: 309 College: Ohio State Experience: 6

When the final bill was tallied, Cleveland wound up paying offensive lineman LeCharles Bentley $16.6 million without him ever playing a down for the Browns.

Bentley ruptured his patella tendon on the very first play of the first 11-on-11 drill on the opening day of training camp in 2006. Subsequently, Bentley endured two more knee surgeries, and the Browns released him Tuesday.

But the 28-year-old Bentley, who has been to the Pro Bowl at center and guard, is not expected to be unemployed long.

Bentley insists he is healthy, ready to play, ready to return to his Pro Bowl level. If he is, Bently is going to make some team very happy.

Almost every team in the league has a need for interior offensive linemen, particularly Arizona, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Miami, Oakland and Pittsburgh. Bentley would prefer to play guard, but could play center just as easily.

And with the talent and strength he brings, some team will sign him to its roster with the hope it found last-minute help.



It's just business and sometimes smart business.