Highlights from the second episode of “Hard Knocks: In Season with the AFC North” included Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor reacts to officials failing to give Marist Liufau a penalty when the Dallas Cowboys” Rookie grabbed Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s face mask and twisted Burrow’s helmet and head to the side for Cincinnati wins 27-20 Monday.
“They just missed it,” ABC/ESPN play-by-play announcer said Joe Buck said during the Monday Night Football show.
“Mask! Mask! Mask! You saw that! You saw that mask!” Taylor screamed on “Hard Knocks.” “How could you miss it? They grabbed his mask, turned it sideways. It was as bad as it could have been.”
“Hard Knocks” showed Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins practicing the “Griddy” touchdown celebration
The episode also showed Bengals receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins practicing the Special TD “Griddy” Celebration Chase pledged for his friend, Texas cancer survivor Brixton Wood.
From the Bengals via Twitter:
Chase and Wood spent time together, as shown in the episode, the day before the game, and Chase greeted Wood and his family on the stadium field during pregame warmups.
The episode showed the late punt blocked by Cowboys linebacker and former Bengal Nick Vigil, and the mistake that led to the recovery of Maema Njongmeta, although Amani Oruwariye was not mentioned by name.
And Chase was shown smash a donut in Burrow’s face on the field after the game, and Burrow returns the favor.
Earlier in the same episode, former Steelers player and coach Joey Porter Sr. said he refuses to eat in the AFC North cities, Cincinnati, Baltimore or Cleveland because they spit in his sandwich or his pasta.
This article originally appeared on the Cincinnati Enquirer: Joe Burrow Bengals-Cowboys Face Mask: Zac Taylor’s Reaction to Hard Hits
