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Chris Johnson isn't just running away from defenders these days. He's creating some distance between himself and the NFL's other top running backs - at a pace the league hasn't seen in quite some time.

Heroes Buccaneers QB Josh Freeman - The rookie No. 17 overall pick in the 2009 draft passed for 205 yards and 3 TDs in his first NFL start Sunday as Tampa Bay beat Green Bay 38-28 for its first win of the season.

Chris Johnson continues to live in the shadows of Adrian Peterson as the NFL's best running back, but the league's current leading rusher has earned a few headlines of his own for the Tennessee Titans.

Dating back to the early days of fantasy football , running backs have always been considered the most important position.

Halfway through the 2009 fantasy season, are you kicking yourself for allowing Cedric Benson to slide by round after round? Did you cast your lot with the wrong Steve Smith? Have you hurled epithets in Larry Johnson's direction that could get you suspended by the NFL?Yes, dear reader, it's time for our semi-annual exercise in self-flagellation, ...

A comparison of the trio's rushing then and through Week 6 this year: Steve Slaton Texans 2008 yards : 1,282 2009 yards : 274 MATT FORTE Bears 2008 yards : 1,238 2009 yards : 294 * Chris Johnson Titans 2008 yards : 1,228 2009 yards : 596 * - Chicago has already had its open date.

Dressed in all black, his eyes veiled by dangling dreads, Bengals running back Cedric Benson sits down inside a deserted locker room to eat his lunch and contemplate the most amazing one-year turnaround in sports: from unemployed, sitting on his couch and waiting for the phone to ring to battling for the NFL's rushing title.

The bond among the players at the state high school tennis tournament was evident Friday.

Former Bears first-round pick Cedric Benson has rushed for 531 yards for the Bengals this season, behind only Adrian Peterson's 618 and Chris Johnson's 596 in the NFL.

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky In a breakdown of runs up the middle by ESPN Stats & Information, Chris Johnson ranks third , Maurice Jones-Drew ranks seventh , Donald Brown ranks 24th .

When the Bears are warming up on the field Sunday at Cincinnati's Paul Brown Stadium, they may recognize the guy wearing No.

Look at running back Chris Johnson and you're looking at the Titans' biggest playmaker.

The Titans are 1-4 ATS. The Titans are 1-2 ATS away. The Titans are 1-2 ATS as the underdog.

The Colts are 3-1 ATS. The Colts are 2-0 ATS away. The Colts are 1-0 ATS as the underdog.

In just over the minutes in the third quarter, the South Aiken High School Thoroughbreds proved why they are contenders for the Region 5-AAA title.

Bengals linebacker Dhani Jones has a photography exhibit on display for the next two weeks, another reminder that he's one of the NFL's most eclectic players.

Rashard Mendenhall is a popular man this week, and not just in the city of Pittsburgh.

This weekend will mark the quarter mark of the season for many teams and it seems like it has gone by extremely fast.

Those numbers, Mendenhall would argue, are hardly a large enough sample to evaluate the Steelers' 2008 first-round pick.

You don't need me advising you to start Peyton Manning and Chris Johnson, or to bench JaMarcus Russell and David Clowney.