In honor of the Saints' "upset" Super Bowl victory a week ago, we thought we would honor one of New Orleans' own native sons. The man seen giving a Troy Hambrick-esque stiff arm to Ray Lewis is former Charger/ex-Bengal/Chris Berman punchline Eric Bieniemy. Bieniemy was born in N'Awlins but he played his high school ball in California and was a college star at The University of Colorado. He was drafted by the Chargers in Round 2 of the 1991 Draft.
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Bieniemy's career numbers were solid........if you base them on one season instead of nine. In 9 seasons with the Chargers, Bengals and Eagles, Bieniemy rushed for 1,589 yards and 11 TDs(or what Chris Johnson had at around Week 11 of this past season). In fairness to Bieniemy, he never got the increased workload that he saw at CU(where he finished third in the Heisman voting his senior season behind Ty Detmer and Rocket Ismail). Bieniemy notched just 387 carries during his career, and no more than 98 in a single season. His career single season high for rushing yards was 381(which in '95, the same year as his career high 98 carries as well as three touchdowns, which tied his single-season career high). After his playing career faded in 1999, Bieniemy was hired as a RBs coach at his alma mater, before leaving Colorado to take the same position at UCLA. Currently, he works as the RBs coach for the Minnesota Vikings.
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Bieniemy's biggest career contribution came as the target of a catchphrase by ESPN personality/one-trick pony Chris "You're With Me, Leather" Berman. Yes, the man who brought you such original witticisms as Ben "Winter" Coates and Randy "Hungry Like The" Wolf, managed to dig down in his undoubtedly deep bag of tricks to unveil Eric "Sleeping With" Bieniemy, a ode to the crappy Julia Roberts flick "Sleeping With The Enemy". Oh, Mr. Berman, it's like you've never been on fuckin' TV before!
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So let's give a round of applause to a Tecmo Bowl star in a Madden world, Eric Bieniemy everybody!!!
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