Bengals receiver thinks Chiefs obtained fortunate with AFC Championship win
Cincinnati Bengals extensive receiver Tyler Boyd thinks his group would’ve received the AFC Championship in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs if wholesome.
The Bengals misplaced out on an opportunity to make the Tremendous Bowl final season, as their ‘Burrowhead’ feedback got here again to chew them. Contemplating that recreation got here very, very late in each groups’ postseason runs, there have been accidents on the Bengals and Chiefs aspect of the coin.
Nonetheless, the Bengals misplaced that recreation, so there’s little shock that Tyler Boyd, who was lacking for a lot of that matchup, thinks Cincinnati would have received had he been wholesome.
“Nonetheless to at the present time, I really feel like if I’d have performed the entire recreation, I used to be the important thing issue,” Boyd said. “We might’ve received the sport.”
Bengals WR Tyler Boyd thinks Chiefs obtained fortunate
The Bengals misplaced by a landing, and on the time of Boyd’s damage, he had two catches for 40 yards. Certainly, Joe Burrow lacking the Pitt product had one thing to do with the group’s demise, however is it actually potential guilty the whole defeat on one participant’s absence?
“I simply felt like we had sufficient depth for guys like [Trenton Irwin] and different guys to return in and play at a quicker tempo than what I felt like I might do,” Boyd stated on Tuesday. “I want I used to be capable of do it, however issues occur.”
If these feedback sound acquainted, it’s because they should. The San Francisco 49ers have echoed the identical theme all offseason, suggesting that the damage to Brock Purdy stored them from defeating the Philadelphia Eagles. The 49ers, nonetheless, have been compelled to play with no QB. The Bengals nonetheless had Burrow.
Nonetheless, Cincinnati improved this offseason, and will very properly be in an identical place, staring down the defending champion Chiefs, come playoff time. If Boyd remains to be on the roster (the group might save hundreds of thousands in the event that they reduce him), he’ll have an opportunity to defend his preventing phrases.
