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Chris Roling

Bengals S Jessie Bates goes viral for apparent fake injury vs. Chiefs

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Cincinnati Bengals safety Jessie Bates helped out his team in a creative way during Sunday’s showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs.

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In the second quarter with the Chiefs at the goal line and getting ready to line up, Bates clutched his leg and went down in a heap.

Upon reviewing the replay, it sure seems like Bates suffered the setback after realizing his defense’s substitutions were late getting on the field. That could have resulted in a flag, a lost timeout or even the Chiefs just catching them off guard.

Adding fuel to the speculation fire, Bates missed just one snap.

The Chiefs wound up scoring anyway, but rest assured the…interesting injury to Bates went viral with the quickness.

The play:

Some of the reactions:

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