It’s no surprise that the NFL postseason tends to heighten players’ feelings and emotions—but usually only the players whose teams made it into the playoff picture.
The Kansas City Chiefs are one of those teams, clinching the No. 1 seed in the AFC early to give themselves an extra week of rest in their season finale against the Denver Broncos. The Cincinnati Bengals are not one of those teams, seeing their playoff hopes fade away after the Broncos blew out the Chiefs’ second-stringers in Week 18.
