It was a very reserved Cincinnati Bengals quarterback who faced the media after Sunday afternoon’s heartbreaking 26-25 last-second loss to the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
“This one stings a little bit,” Joe Burrow said.
The Bengals were clinging to a 25-23 lead with Kansas City facing a 4th-and-16 at its own 35-yard line and a mere 48 seconds left to play when Patrick Mahomes threw an apparent incompletion intended for Rashee Rice. Burrow raised his arms in celebration, only to turn away in disgust when he saw the late flag.