As the Cincinnati Bengals went down hard at the hands of the Los Angeles Chargers, Germaine Pratt wasn’t the only player involved in a sideline outburst.
At one point during the loss, star defensive end Trey Hendrickson ran off the field and exchanged words with Zac Taylor, even swatting away the head coach’s arm.
After the game, Hendrickson opened up about it.
“You play with an edge,” Hendrickson said, according to Paul Dehner Jr. of The Athletic. “Everybody should. I love Zac. He’s a great head coach. He’s done a lot for me as a person. I love him. He plays with the same intensity and fire as me.”
The altercation happened near a roughing-the-passer flag on Hendrickson that even the NBC broadcast agreed shouldn’t have been called.
Meaning, it was probably nothing more than typical adrenaline-filled sideline stuff that happens in the pros all the time.
But at the same time, it’s clear tensions are high in Cincinnati for obvious reasons.
Yet, Ja’Marr Chase bringing up Taylor’s name after the game speaks volumes about where things are at right now, too.
