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Chris Ivory backs up Brandon Marshall's boast with another big game

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. –- Chris Ivory keeps making Brandon Marshall's boast look better and better.

The best running back in the league, according to Marshall, rushed for 146 yards and one touchdown in the New York Jets' 34-20 win over Washington on Sunday. And he did that on 20 carries after being rested for a good portion of the fourth quarter while the Jets led big.

"Everybody laughed at me," Marshall said of his Ivory declaration from last Wednesday. "There were a couple of guys, I wish I could remember all their names, they laughed at me when I said Ivory is the best.