"Since he became a starter in 2005, Willie Parker has never been through a three-game stretch like the one he just endured.

Parker, a two-time Pro Bowl running back, has 101 yards rushing on 44 carries in the past three games, a stretch punctuated by a performance against the Tennessee Titans in which he had six carries for negative yards and three others for no yards.

Even his signature run -- the big play -- has disappeared. Parker has only two runs longer than 20 yards this season, tied for second fewest in the NFL among players with as many rushing yards.

"You know, it's frustrating, but you just got to hang in there and keep it together as a team," Parker said. "There were a lot of negative runs, but we got to put it together and just start clicking."

There might be some help coming from the Cleveland Browns.

They rank 29th in the NFL in rush defense and gave up a career-high 171 yards rushing to Cincinnati's Cedric Benson last week."