Finally out of the heat and humidity of downtown Cincinnati last week, inside the buzzing visitor’s locker room at Paul Brown Stadium, Broncos running back C.J. Anderson got dressed in a bright purple suit. He looked like the Joker.
“Why so serious?” Anderson said.
The Broncos had just won their third consecutive game, but in a wildly different fashion from the previous two. With Anderson slipping and sliding on the Bengals’ home turf, he faded from sight. And what had been a staunch running game disappeared. It didn’t matter much. The Broncos still won 29-17.
“It happens.