Bengals' Germaine Pratt Loudly Blames Teammate Joseph Ossai For Loss To Kansas City
Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt railed at teammate Joseph Ossai for his flagged late hit on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in Sunday’s AFC Championship. (Watch the video below.)
The 15-yard penalty with 8 seconds left put Kansas City in much better position to kick a field goal for the 23-20 victory. The Chiefs will now meet the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl.
“Why the fuck would you touch the quarterback?” Pratt appeared to scream as he neared the locker room in video shared by Katie Kapusta of Spectrum News 1 Ohio.
Jermaine Pratt visibly upset with the ending of that game- particularly with the roughing the passer on Joseph Ossai that got the Chiefs in comfortable FG range to win the game #bengals#AFCChampionshipGamepic.twitter.com/02JR77QgG7
— Katie Kapusta (@KatieKapustaTV) January 30, 2023
Pratt didn’t appear to be directly addressing Ossai at the moment, but a callout of a teammate when cameras are rolling is a bad look.
Ossai shoved Mahomes after he had already reached the sideline while scrambling for a first down with 8 seconds left and the score at 20-20.
Patrick Mahomes gets the first down and the Bengals are flagged for a late hit 👀pic.twitter.com/QS16UWaxG4
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) January 30, 2023
That drew a 15-yard penalty, enabling Kansas City’s Harrison Butker to nail a 45-yard field goal on the next play to send the Chiefs to the Super Bowl.
Georgia Tech legend Harrison Butker sends the Chiefs to the Super Bowl pic.twitter.com/kjjU3tsQUu
— Reggie Chatman Jr. (@ReggieChatman) January 30, 2023
The camera then cut to a distraught Ossai, who later told reporters, “I didn’t know how far out of bounds we were.”
This was the scene at Joseph Ossai’s locker with BJ Hill stepping in to provide support https://t.co/8vn1OOlhOQpic.twitter.com/nbUnoCkzfp
— Michael Niziolek (@michaelniziolek) January 30, 2023