Cincinnati Bengals safety Jessie Bates helped out his team in a creative way during Sunday’s showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Buy Bengals TicketsIn 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:
Incredibly timed injury here by Jessie Bates 😂pic.twitter.com/HFr987Axzq
— 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 (@sportingnews) December 4, 2022
Some of the reactions:
And the Academy Award goes to…JESSIE BATES
— Clay Winstead (@ClayWinstead) December 4, 2022
Jessie Bates 1000 IQ😂
— Bengal Hulk (@Bengal_Hulk) December 4, 2022
Jessie Bates on the ground acting hurt pic.twitter.com/Upvr5k61hx
— Paulos (@yosephpaulos) December 4, 2022
