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Thankful for Steelers Exit, Bengals Fans Are Donating to Blake Bortles' Charity

Shortly after Andy Dalton's 49-yard fourth quarter touchdown pass beat the Ravens and sent the Bills to the playoffs, thankful Bills fans started donating to Dalton's charity en masse. When all was said and done, they'd donated more than $300,000 in what turned out to be one of the best thank yous in recent memory.

Now, Bengals fans are playing it forward. Their team didn't make the playoffs but they took apparently took pleasure in the Jaguars' 45-42 upset of the Steelers in the AFC Divisional Round, because they've started to donate to Bortles' charity. According to the Blake Bortles Foundation, which serves the Jacksonville and Oviedo communities, more than 100 donors have given more than $3,000.