Bengals fans react to team returning to Cincinnati after AFC Championship game

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals returned home early Monday morning after the AFC Championship game in Kansas City, Missouri.

Fans gave the players a warm welcome when they returned to Paycor Stadium early Monday morning.

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“Man I’m so proud. It’s just surreal right now. All the years, growing up, all the struggles of past losses, just to make it back here. We’ve arrived. We’re here. We’re the top dogs. Who Dey,” said Bengals fan Adam Green of Newport, Kentucky.

The team arrived home around 2:40 a.m., and News Center 7 Xavier Hershovitz said the crowd told us they had to be there.

Liam Hughbanks, a Bengals fan from West Chester, told us, “It’s a blessing to be a Bengals fan, I’ll freeze out here all day, every day, just to see these guys.”

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