Cincinnati Bensons 45, Bears 10

As it was it looked like if Benson wasn't exactly leaving the stadium he was doing a victory lap near the fans after he scored the Bengals' sixth touchdown, which came after a 26-yard run by him.  Chad Ochocinco seemed to stop Benson, though, and said "Let's take this all the way to Florida," i.e., wait to celebrate 'til the Super Bowl?

What was Benson's best run? The 23-yarder with the smart hesitation so he could cut around Adewale Ogunleye? The 18-yarder? Even the garden variety single digit-yard runs were noteworthy. There was the seven-yarder that Lance Briggs saved from being much more, after which Benson patted Briggs and Briggs patted Benson back on the helmet. Don't know if the two made plans to go boating in Texas at that point.

But maybe the best run was the nine-yard gain in which Benson would not be brought down. As Bear upon Bear piled upon Benson, it was as if he was saying, "I'm not going down 'til Virginia McCaskey throws herself on this pile, too." Yes, Cedric Benson, who claimed he had been "blackballed" by the Bears, was on a mission.  Even after he had reached a career high in rushing yards for one game, he was still out there getting more because the Bengals had run out of running backs?  Ok, Ced. We'll cry "Uncle," and maybe even "Papa Bear." Just please stop. Benson averaged 5.1 yards per carry (it was 3.8 with the Bears) for 189 yards on 37 carries.

Not that Benson was going to get cocky and rename himself Cedric Tresdos like his Bengal brother Chad Ochocinco, who had just one quiet touchdown catch in the first half. And methodically destroyed the Bears Cover 2 defense by exploiting the center of the field. He deserves to be the center of attention. Ochocinco has a book coming out next week and announced (I kid you not. I'm not the boy who cried "Bruce Wolf" on this one) that he is starting OCNN, the Ochocinco News Network, in which he's going to get the inside dope on the NFL and send it to, well, for starters, his 300,000 followers on Twitter.

Chad did a samba after his second TD catch, maybe the most subdued touchdown dance in NFL history. But then all the Bengals on offense were so dominant that in order for Chad  to have stood out he would have had to do the entire Jets dance number from West Side Story after a TD, playing both the Jets and the Sharks and have hoped  that the NFL would have fined him  for taunting the Jets (who were in Oakland), and the NHL would have fined him for insulting the San Jose Sharks.

No such luck. It's just tough to draw attention to yourself when your quarterback, Carson Palmer, is throwing touchdown passes on the first four possessions to four different receivers.

What happened to the Bears? Did they miss Tommie Harris that much?

Earlier this week, the Bears were encouraged to wash their hands at Halas Hall so that the flu bug couldn't take hold in the lockerroom. They will have a tough time washing their hands of this game. Don't know how many teams have gotten anywhere near a Super Bowl after losing like this. Jay Cutler picked a good week to sign that contract extension well ahead of a possible lockout.  Bears fans might like to bar the Bears from Chicago right about now.