Bengals dismantle Bears, Benson gets revenge

After missing my friend's call inviting me to go to last week's game against the Houston Texans, I luckily got his call this week to go to the Bears game. I'm pretty glad I missed the call for the Texans game, as it was the most depressing game of the season and the Bears game was far and away the most encouraging game of the year as well as the most fun Bengals game I've ever attended. Beer was flowing, fists were pumping, and high fives were never ending. I couldn't ask for much more. Because there were so many Bears fans in attendance, it felt amazing to walk through Paul Brown Stadium repping the black and orange with pride. Also, initiating "Who Dey!" chants in the bathroom was totally amusing.

The Bengals just couldn't seem to do wrong. Cedric Benson had the game of his career, running for a career high 189 yards against his former team. Carson Palmer also had one of the finest games of his career, completing 20 of 24 passes for 233 yards and five touchdowns. What really stood out to me was that the Bengals didn't have any huge plays throughout the game. They just moved the ball down the field with consistency and converted over and over again in the red zone. In fact, Jay Cutler had more yards than Palmer with 251, but he was forcing long throws that led to 3 interceptions.

Because Mustache was working in Columbus, I kept him up on the game via text messages. Just for the hell of it, here is our correspondance:

Slim (4:24): TD Bengals!
Mustache (4:37): Sweet. Keep the updates coming. Who dey
Slim (4:47): Another TD! 14-0!
Slim (5:01): Another TD! 21-0!
Mustache (5:16): Amazing. Who scored? What quarter?
Slim (5:23): I cant even keep up with who is scoring. 28 to 0 Bengals!
Slim (5:31): Where-da-party-at with a field goal. 31 to 0 Bengals!
Slim (6:08): U back home yet?
Mustache (6:10): Hell no. Still working
Slim (6:11): Weak. Bengals got dis shit.
Slim (6:29): Who dey!
Mustache (6:29): Hell yeah
Slim (6:39): 45 to 3 Bengals!

What a glorious game. If only my homeboy Brett Favre and the Vikings could've pulled it out against the Steelers, it would've been the best day of NFL football this season.