Fans fume as Bengals star Chase Brown suffers ‘pointless’ injury while trying to pull off controversial tactic

Cincinnati Bengals running back Chase Brown was forced to leave their dramatic encounter with the Denver Broncos after suffering a controversial injury in the dying seconds of regular time.

With the score locked at 17-17 heading into the final 90 seconds, Brown ran towards the end zone before sliding at the one-yard line in an attempt to run down the clock, only to get himself injured in the process.

After shipping a heavy tackle from Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper and falling awkwardly, the Bengals star left the field and entered the blue tent before he was ruled out with a right-ankle problem.

However, fans were left in disbelief when Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow ran through for a touchdown on the very next play, making Brown’s decision to slide at the one-yard line seem rather futile.

‘So if they were gonna score anyway, what was the point of Chase Brown doing that,’ one fan wrote on X.

Another posted: ‘Chase Brown literally got hurt for nothing. Unbelievable’.

‘Chase Brown hurt himself not scoring just for Burrow to QB sneak in for a touchdown …. Like wtf man,’ said a third.

A fourth asked: ‘How would you feel if your [sic] chase brown and you injured yourself going down at the one then you scored anyways then it went to overtime? ‘Youd probly [sic] be pretty p***ed off just answered my own question’.

‘They should have kneeled on the play Chase Brown got injured on,’ a fifth user claimed. ‘If he’s instructed not to score, what’s the point in gaining those 5 yards with a run?’ 

While one sarcastically put: ‘Glad he wrecked his ankle to save 3 seconds’.

More to follow.