Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Jake Browning said he took Saturday’s overtime win over the Minnesota Vikings very personally.
While talking with reporters after the home win, Browning admitted that he hadn’t let go of the way the Vikings cut him back in 2021.
He told the reporting pool that Minnesota didn’t even tell him directly that he wasn’t going to make the team after sending him to a hotel to await his fate, opting to go through his agent instead. He had been with the program for two years before his anticlimactic exit.
While that Vikings regime has since been replaced, Browning said that this was the worst way that being cut had ever been handled.
Browning took the win so personally that he said that he yelled, “They never should’ve cut me!” toward a camera after Bengals kicker Evan McPherson nailed the game-winning field goal in extra time. Yowza.
Some NSFW language to follow.
"I've been cut my fair share of times, but that was probably the shi**iest one."
– Jake Browning, on getting cut by the Vikings 2 years ago
Jake detailed what happened – and said he screamed into a TV camera after today's win:
"THEY NEVER SHOULD'VE CUT ME!"— Caleb Noe (@CalebNoeTV) December 16, 2023
If you’re a Vikings fan, you might not even remember that Browning had been with the team for two seasons. However, it’ll be hard to forget him now after he dealt Minnesota a tough loss in December.
