Right after his Cincinnati Bengals‘ first playoff win in 31 years, head coach Zac Taylor said he was giving game balls to team president Mike Brown and the city of Cincinnati.
And the man meant it.
Not long after sending the Raiders back to Las Vegas with a loss in front of a record-breaking crowd at Paul Brown Stadium, Taylor literally went out into the city and was giving out game balls to fans.
He popped up at a local bar (Mount Lookout Tavern) alongside a few other players and gave out some game balls to fans, as seen in viral videos:
Zac Taylor & Kevin Huber giving a game ball to the fans 🧡🖤 https://t.co/mmjyPCOfWB
— Emily Parker (@Emily_Parker) January 16, 2022
Taylor sent several players out into Cincinnati to do the same, including one of the longest-tenured members of the rebuild, C.J. Uzomah:
Bengals coach Zac Taylor appointed a few players to deliver game balls around the Cincinnati area.
Here’s Bengals TE C.J. Uzomah at Walt’s Hitching Post in Fort Wright pic.twitter.com/jbKQuSYdwZ
— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) January 16, 2022
It’s a poetic end to the rebuilding portion of the journey for these Bengals.
But, Joe Burrow made it clear after the game the team’s mind is already on the divisional round. They’ll find out Sunday night who they play based on the two different scenarios.
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