1.   Bench some veterans?

2.   He also benched unproductive veterans like Allums, Gig Sims and Tyren Naulls in favor of the freshman guards and sophomore center Mike Sanders.

3.   It is a strange move, benching a veteran with a reputation for miracles, inserting a guy with a grand total of eight NFL starts.

4.   Last week, the club signed Brett Perriman a day after he was waived by the Kansas City Chiefs, then Johnson benched veteran WR Fred Barnett.

5.   Turner decided to bench veteran John Friesz, who has had two subpar games in four outings.

6.   Clavijo benched veterans Harkes and Leonel Alvarez in that game, in favor of younger players.