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Tyler Boyd Says Bengals Would've Beat Chiefs Without Injury: 'I Was the Key Factor'

The Cincinnati Bengals fell to the Kansas City Chiefs 23-20 in the AFC Championship Game last season, and wide receiver Tyler Boyd thinks the matchup would have turned out differently if he were healthy.

"Still to this day, I feel like if I would have played the whole game, I was the key factor," Boyd said Tuesday, per ESPN's Ben Baby. "We would've won the game."

Boyd suffered a deep thigh bruise in the second quarter of the AFC Championship Game and didn't return to play the second half. He caught two passes for 40 yards before exiting.