A productive day from second-year operating again Chase Brown helped the Cincinnati Bengals safe their first win of the season.
Brown scored two touchdowns in the course of the 34-24 win over the Panthers in Charlotte. However, Brown’s joyful trot to the locker room was unpleasantly interrupted when a fan appeared to pour a drink on the operating again.
The incident has prompted a assessment from the NFL and the gamers’ affiliation. NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy confirmed to ESPN that the league was trying into the incident in query.
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Bengals offensive lineman Ted Karras, who’s the Bengals NFLPA consultant, stated a video assessment would permit for extra data to be gathered.
Michael Thomas, a participant director with the NFLPA, stated they may try and I.D. the person concerned within the incident.
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“We’ll see if we are able to determine the particular person after which we’ll go from there,” Thomas informed ESPN. “However that ought to by no means occur to a participant.”
Brown stated he was tossing his gloves into the stands above the visiting workforce’s tunnel and was excited to have a good time the victory over Carolina together with his teammates.
“I used to be strolling in [and] I felt the liquid or no matter, after which once I noticed the video again, I am like, ‘Rattling, that is actually what occurred,'” Brown informed reporters after the sport.
Whereas Brown didn’t confront the fan, he requested everybody to keep away from doing one thing comparable sooner or later.
“Please do not pour drinks on us,” Brown stated. “I imply, no one needs that.”
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This previous Sunday’s incident was not the primary time the Panthers franchise has been related to a drink-throwing state of affairs. In January, workforce proprietor David Tepper was fined after video surfaced of him showing to toss a drink within the path of a fan throughout a recreation in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Bengals return to their residence discipline this week for a matchup with Baltimore Ravens on Oct. 6.
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