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Coach Zac Taylor delivers game ball from 'first of many playoff games we win' to frenzied Cincinnati Bengals fans at bar

CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor wanted to give a game ball to the city after the franchise won its first playoff game in 31 years.

Taylor made sure he delivered that honor personally. On his way home from Saturday's 26-19 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, the third-year coach popped into a local bar and delivered a white and brown honorary football with the team's logo as a symbol of thanks for the city's support.

"It was great," Taylor said the day after Cincinnati's historic win. "It was honestly kind of how you picture it when you want it to happen.