Johnson rushes for 107 yards as Bengals complete first division sweep Less than two weeks after the Cincinnati Bengals signed him as an inexpensive insurance policy, Larry Johnson showed he can still be the leading man. Want to grind it out? Give him the ball. The newcomer piled up 107 yards on Sunday, leading the way as the Bengals ran the table in the AFC North by running over the Cleveland Browns 16-7. "I'm just glad they trust me to go in there, especially with the division and the playoffs on the line," said Johnson, who was released by Kansas City after a suspension. "I just came here for a second chance." The Bengals (8-3) were determined to run against the Browns (1-10), who don't score much and have given up a lot of yards on the ground. Cedric Benson missed his second straight game with a sprained hip, and rookie backup Bernard Scott was slowed by a minor knee injury for part of the game. Although he barely knows the playbook, Johnson ran it to triple-digit perfection. "By far, this isn't what I was expecting," said Johnson, who carried 22 times and averaged 4.9 yards per try. "I wasn't expecting to come in and play as much as I did today." The Bengals rushed for 210 yards overall, their second time topping the 200-yard mark this season. Carson Palmer was relegated to handing off most of the time -- Cincinnati threw it only 24 times and ran it 45. Boring? "Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Absolutely not," said Palmer, who was 13 of 24 for 110 yards and a touchdown. "It was fun to watch." Cincinnati reinforced its standing as top Dawg in the intrastate series. The Bengals now have the longest stretch of domination in the series' history, winning nine of the past 11 games. The Browns reached double-digit losses for the eighth time in their 11 years as an expansion team, done in by an offense that's historically bad. Neither team threw it much -- the Bengals by design, the Browns by default. Cleveland's Brady Quinn caught a pass from Joshua Cribbs and ran for a touchdown during his first start in the rivalry, but repeatedly was off-target while passing for only 100 yards. Cribbs' throw was one of the Browns' best of the day. "I caught one my senior year in high school in our homecoming game," Quinn said. "That definitely allowed us to stay in the game. At that point, we felt extremely confident."
