One team rode a shutdown defense, a strong running game and an efficient, mistake-free quarterback to the win. And that team was…the Bengals? As SBN’s Cincy Jungle points out, running back Cedric Benson was the catalyst — again — for a Bengals team that put any doubts to rest about its status as a contender:
Cedric Benson Leads The Way...Again
So what does Benson do? He follows [the first game against the Ravens] up with another 100-yard performance. Dave Lapham asked the question. Who was the last running back to rush for 100 yards in consecutive meetings against the Ravens? Rudi Johnson actually came three yards short in 2005, rushing for 97 yards on November 6 and 114 yards on November 27. Both wins. Corey Dillon did do it in two seasons, rushing for 102 yards on November 10, 2002 and 127 yards on December 23, 2001. Pragmatic writes (through a Joe Reedy spirit or Twitter account) that it was Ricky Williams that last rushed for 100 yards against the Ravens in back-to-back games between 2002 and 2003.
Remember when people scoffed at Benson for saying he would have run for 1,800 yards in Matt Forte’s place for the Bears last year? Um, maybe he was right.
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