LOU SOOTHES OSSAI: Defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo saw edge Joseph Ossai at Paycor Stadium last week as he rehabs a labrum injury and made sure he has pumped him up after Ossai was so distraught over the unnecessary roughness flag following his tackle of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes with eight seconds left that gave the Chiefs the winning field goal.
“I just gave him a hug and said, ‘Move on. Just move on and make a play next year,'” Anarumo said. “I just go back to I don’t even bring it up. He knows what happened. We all saw it. Just move on. Let’s get ourselves back in that situation so you can make a play next year.”
PLAYOFF P: The man they call “Playoff P,” linebacker Germaine Pratt, is headed to free agency and apparently he’s still tweeting about the damage he could do if he plays on third down. Anarumo chuckled (“Because I don’t read tweets”) and said it’s nothing personal. It just comes down to the situation of the game and the tendencies of the opponent.
Pointing to the 2020 draft of Logan Wilson, Akeem Davis-Gaither and Markus Bailey, Anarumo says he likes the linebacker depth. But he also loves Pratt and wants him back. He also remembered how he was a stand-up guy following his criticism of Ossai walking off the field in Kansas City.
“That’s Germaine. That’s Germaine. He’s a guy that wants to be out there every snap,” Anarumo said. “He is a guy that’s as competitive as they come but also got a little bit of a bad rap on the end of the Kansas City game. But (he) came back the next day and stood in front of everybody and said, ‘Hey, I wasn’t a good teammate.’ To me, that’s who and what we’re all about. (Pratt felt) ‘I had a moment but let me let everybody know that’s not who I am. I’m a great teammate, and so on. I love Germaine. I hope he’s back, too. He’s one of our leaders and he’s a heck of a football player.”
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