"Shonn Greene was smiling. For once, he wasn't talking about a time when the run game was sputtering, or when he'd break out as the featured back.

Instead, he was talking about the first time he stepped foot in Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Leon Washington had just broken his leg and Greene, just seven carries into his career, came on during that October 2009 game. He finished with 144 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries, a mark that — nearly two years later — still stands as his finest in an NFL game.

As the costumed monsters whistled and howled at him from the Black Hole, Greene kept churning, eventually earning a game ball. "