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Chris Roling

Teammates, onlookers rally around Bengals’ Joseph Ossai after AFC title game

Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Joseph Ossai committed the infamous, effectively game-ending penalty in the AFC title game loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

But his teammates and many others in the NFL community weren’t going to let it define Ossai.

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Ossai’s roughing-the-passer penalty on Patrick Mahomes that helped set up the game-deciding field goal was a brutal play. But Ossai’s strong performance all game beforehand was a big part of the reason the team was even in that position, especially after the disaster of a first half from the offense.

While it was obviously a massive mistake, teammates, fans and other onlookers rallied around Ossai in the aftermath in what was a nice display of the human side of a game.

Some of that below.

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