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Mary Clarke

Bengals’ Joseph Ossai was beside himself after season-ending late hit and NFL fans showered him with love

Mistakes happen, even to professional football players. Unfortunately for Joseph Ossai, he’s going to have to live with this one for a very long offseason.

In the AFC Championship Game, the Kansas City Chiefs bested the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 after a late field goal from Harrison Butker sealed the deal for the home team. The reason the Chiefs were able to get into field goal range so late in the game? An unnecessary roughness penalty was called on Ossai for hitting Patrick Mahomes out of bounds, giving the Chiefs an easy 45-yard field goal thanks to the extra yardage.

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