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Chris Roling

Reporter shares amazing story of Trey Hendrickson and Joseph Ossai after AFC title game

In the aftermath of the Cincinnati Bengals losing to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC title game, much of the attention centered on Joseph Ossai after what was effectively his game-ending penalty on the hit to Patrick Mahomes.

But while Germaine Pratt’s locker room outburst went viral, onlookers never got the full story of what went on behind the scenes. The most outsiders saw, besides that Pratt moment, was B.J. Hill standing bodyguard for Ossai at the lockers.

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But thanks to a string of notes from NFL Network’s Mike Giardi, we now know a little more about what went down.

Defensive end Trey Hendrickson was one of the notables to go well out of his way to make sure Ossai wasn’t feeling too down after the game:

It’s an amazing thread, so many thanks to Giardi for sharing something outsiders would’ve never otherwise seen.

And it’s also just another testament to the locker room culture the Bengals have built over the last few years, where the coachspeak about such things isn’t just a front for the public.

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