Watching Cincinnati’s win over the Detroit Lions, a nearby observer made a startling point: “Rich Braham wasn’t that great.” Wait, stop. What? Apparently the observer wasn’t impressed with something Russell Bodine had done. Naturally the conversation gravitated toward Braham, who, for me, is the measure of all centers that play football in Cincinnati. Let me preface all of this and say that this observer isn’t ignorant by any means. For 15 years he held season tickets, watched the best games during the Carson Palmer era, and a few depressing years during the Dick LeBeau era and a few after Palmer retired/traded to the Oakland Raiders.
Rudi Johnson: The forgotten Bengals running back
