Bengals RB Benson set to meet with Goodell on Thursday

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Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson is scheduled to meet with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday, NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora reported, citing a Reggie White jersey source with knowledge of the situation.

Benson has faced criminal charges three times and recently was arrested on an assault charge in Austin, Texas.

The league wouldn''t comment on Benson''s meeting with Goodell, per its policy on rey maualuga jersey such matters, but Bengals coach Marvin Lewis told The Cincinnati Enquirer on Tuesday that he doesn''t believe his running back will be suspended under the NFL''s personal-conduct policy.

"I don''t know why we''re even talking about Cedric being suspended a Andre Smith jersey game," Lewis said. "... To me, it''s unbelievable. It wouldn''t be brought up in 31 other cities in the country I think.

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"The truth about (the case) is that Cedric got sucker-punched in a bar," Lewis added. "That''s the thing. And only because it was Cedric Benson does it Stephen Strasburg jersey become news."The Bengals are still waiting for the league''s final decision on the matter. Benson was arrested twice in a one-month span in 2008 on alcohol charges that were later dropped.