Bengals QB Jake Browning lashes out at Vikings for abruptly cutting him

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Jake Browning passionately yelled at the top of his lungs after kicker Evan McPherson scored a walkoff field goal to defeat the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday in Week 15 of the 2023 NFL season.

Browning, 27, clearly shouted “they never should have cut me” after the FG gave the Bengals a 27-24 victory, and was asked about it by WCPO 9 News in Cincinnati during his postgame press conference. He explained how it was the “shittiest” news of his career.

“I think the emotional roller coaster is part of the game. There was definitely a little extra part (motivation),” Browning said. “Just before the game I remember getting cut there the last time and just being told like ‘Hey we might have a spot for you on the practice squad. Like go in the hotel and wait.’

“So I sat in the hotel for a couple hours not knowing if I had a job or not. I basically got a call from my agent that they didn’t even tell me (he wasn’t on the practice squad). I’ve been there for two years and I’ve been cut my fair share of times and that was probably the shittiest one. There was a little bit more this week.”

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Vikings are struggling to find their starting QB now that Kirk Cousins is out for the season, while Browning has won three of his four starts under center since replacing the injured Joe Burrow.

“I know I denied it and I know there’s some great people over there,” Browning said. “It’s completely different coaching staff and everything and I want to empathize there’s some incredible people over there, but that one felt good.

“I think after the field goal (Evan McPherson’s game winner in overtime) I went over and screamed at a camera. ‘They never should have cut me.’ You can’t say that the whole week then go lose. You just wait until you win so you don’t look like an idiot.”