Author: Michael

It’s a tough night to be Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Joseph Ossai. Especially when your own teammates are blaming you for losing the AFC Championship Game.
The Bengals lost out to the Kansas City Chiefs, 23-20, on a 45-yard field goal by Harrison Butker. The kick was aided by a 15-yard penalty called on Ossai after he hit Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes as he was running out of bounds, warranting an easy Unnecessary Roughness call by the refs.

Joseph Ossai played a hell of a game and was hustling crazy on this play. Terrible way to go out. Hope his guys have his back. pic.twitter.

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The officiating from Sunday’s AFC title game is under serious scrutiny.
The Chiefs advanced to their third Super Bowl in four seasons with a 23–20 victory over the Bengals in Sunday’s AFC championship.
Kansas City scratched and clawed, but could never quite put away Cincinnati for good. The Bengals continued to hang around in the second half behind a hard-nosed defensive effort and some timely plays through the air courtesy of star quarterback Joe Burrow.

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The critical penalty came in the closing moments of Sunday’s AFC championship game.
NFL fans and pundits erupted in debate Sunday night following a critical penalty on Bengals defensive end Joseph Ossai for a hit on quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the closing moments of the Chiefs’ AFC championship victory.
With the game tied 20–20, Mahomes, who played with a high ankle sprain, and the Chiefs took the field on third-and-4 from the Cincinnati 47-yard line looking to get into field goal range with 17 seconds left in regulation.

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The MMQB’s game balls go to a big-time linebacker who knocked out two 49ers quarterbacks and a rookie who set up the game-winning kick for the Chiefs.
We’re on to Super Bowl LVII in Phoenix after the Eagles and Chiefs advanced with wins in the conference championship games Sunday. We’ve been highlighting the best performances during the regular season and now the best efforts in the playoffs deserve to be recognized by our MMQB staff.
Here are the championship game standouts:
John Pluym: Haason Reddick, LB, Eagles.

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