The Cincinnati Bengals have been known as a tight group and it just got tighter. Two Cincinnati Bengals players are the proud fathers of newborns this week.

Gracie McPherson and Morgan Wilson, who are both married to Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson and linebacker Logan Wilson, gave birth to their kids on the same day.

It was on March 15th when the Wilson family had a baby girl and named her Kambry while the McPherson’s also had a baby girl and named her Merritt.

 

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It turns out the two couples not only had their babies on the same day. They had their babies at the same hospital as well.

Here is everybody getting together and taking a picture at the hospital after the two babies were born.

 

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Wilson is in Cincinnati for the foreseeable future, having just signed a four-year contract extension with the Bengals last summer, according to NFL.com while McPherson will likely receive a contract extension soon.

Cincinnati Bengals Had Down Year After Season-Ending Injury to Joe Burrow

The 2023 season did not go as many expected for the Cincinnati Bengals. Coming off back-to-back trips to the AFC Championship Game, the team had high hopes of possibly getting another shot at making it to the Super Bowl.

That did not end up becoming a reality for Cincinnati.

Multiple injuries to franchise quarterback Joe Burrow, including a season-ending wrist injury in November, pretty much ended the team’s chances of qualifying for the playoffs.

The Bengals finished the regular season 9-8 and for the first time since Burrow’s rookie season in 2020, did not qualify for the NFL playoffs.

Houston Texans star Azeez Al-Shaair has admitted regrets over his illegal hit to Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence and the ensuing brawl between the teams in a lengthy statement on social media.  

Al-Shaair’s statement comes as his three-game suspension as a result of the incident has ended and he is slated to return to the field for the Texans on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans.

On December 1, an Al-Shaair hit to the head of a sliding and defenseless Lawrence caused chaos in Jacksonville. The defensive back needed to be restrained by several coaches and Lawrence has not played since taking the barbaric contact.

‘While so many jumped at the first opportunity to hop on the false narrative – that l’m a dirty player or bad person – the messages from all who stood by me were the only things keeping me mentally afloat during a time of isolation,’ Al-Shaair said on social media.

‘I’ve learned so much from this entire experience. Seeing myself on video – letting my emotions get the best of me to the point where I completely lost it – was an embarrassing and eye-opening moment for me.’

‘I’ve had to earn everything in my life. I never want to allow anyone to get me to a point where I jeopardize everything that I’ve worked all my life to obtain. That was not the way I want to represent myself or my family and I will continue to learn and grow from that moment.’

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Azeez Al-Shaair has admitted regrets over his hit to Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence

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The Texans defensive back was suspended for three games as a result of the hit to Lawrence

Al-Shaair said during his three-game ban, he met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and other league executives for the first time, taking issue with how he was characterized in the official announcement of his suspension.

The defender said he thought his character and integrity were ‘unjustifiably smeared’ in the release but the meeting with Goodell and others was ‘productive’ and gave him hope it would not happen again.

‘In that conversation – man-to-man – I owned and acknowledged that my actions following my ejection were careless and, in that moment, I didn’t think about the responsibility I have been blessed with to represent the shield,’ Al-Shaair continued.

‘I also stated that the letter, and specifically the language used in the letter, was equally as careless and conveyed that the context of the words used were not a reflection of my character, nor my career, as I have not been warned multiple times for my play on the field.’

Al-Shaair’s hit on Lawrence was not the only controversial incident he was involved in this season.

During the Texans’ game against the Bears in September, he punched Roschon Johnson, who wasn’t even in the game at the time of another sideline confrontation.

Al-Shaair ended his statement by saying his view is that everyone in the league office and on the field are on the same team to represent the NFL in the best nature possible, something he failed to do earlier this month.

‘Lastly, I’ll say that this world is full of negative people who can’t wait to tear you down, but if you move with love and compassion, the seeds of good you planted in others’ lives can grow into the very tree that shades you with comfort and compassion when you need it most,’ Al-Shaair concluded.

‘I am a man of God, I am a leader, a warrior and a lover. I am also a hell of a football player and I’m grateful to be back doing what I love.’