I have very fond memories of this run.
I took out trade paperback of first 6 issues out of library. It impressed itself so deeply on my psyche that I've not yet read another Avengers story since...so I reckon it saved me money, big time.
I later heard rumours that at some point it featured stuff like Ben Grimm acting as look-out while Luke Cage did the heavy hitting. Thank goodness I never read that.
(And generally a Bendis fan. Loved Alias, and his run on Daredevil, and like a fair amount of his other stuff.)