TAMPA, Fla. - Even behind Chris Evans' stylish glasses, his eyes were wider than the impact the rookie running back had on the Bengals roster during Saturday night's 19-14 win over the Buccaneers in the preseason opener.
"I don't remember," said Evans of the third-and-one he converted early on for six, slithery yards despite two Bucs penetrating into the backfield. "I played so many plays. Special teams. After one of those (carries) early on I said, 'Let's just relax and play football.' The first couple I was like, 'Oooh.'"
By the end of the night, "Oooh," is what could be said about the Bengals' competition at running back. Especially if there's just one spot behind Joe Mixon and Samaje Perine. It wasn't exactly Lou Gehrig and Wally Pipp, but it was definitely a tough night for third-year running back Trayveon Williams because most of Evans' 12 carries would have been his.
"It was tough. We were excited to see Trayveon in this game and (he) got his hamstring right at the end of Thursday practice," Taylor said. "So we left him home to rehab that. Hopefully it's not too severe. We'll evaluate where he is this week."
So Evans, the sixth-rounder from Michigan who has caught everything since he arrived, stopped gaping at the size of Bucs ace rusher Jason Pierre-Paul during the first series of the game he spent on the sidelines and then barely came off the field rushing for 25 yards, catching another 33 and scoring the Bengals' only touchdown.
One of those catches came on an untouched 22-yard release valve job down the left sideline in the last 3:25 to help kill the clock and set up Austin Seibert's second field goal of the game with 21 seconds left. The best part of that was he made sure he stayed in-bounds.
The other back vying for a spot, 230-pound Jacques Patrick ran exactly like that and got 24 of his 71 yards on one play that final drive, knifing through a pair of rookies in left tackle D'Ante Smith and left guard Trey Hill.
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