CINCINNATI — The Bengals had a particular customer at Thursday’s follow: nation music star Luke Combs.
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Combs stood and watched the majority of a sizzling and humid follow session in downtown Cincinnati, someday earlier than his scheduled back-to-back reveals at Paycor Stadium.
Naturally, the multiplatinum artist drew a crowd on the Bengals’ sideline throughout a break in drills. Extensive receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, defensive finish Sam Hubbard and even staff president Mike Brown have been amongst those that met and greeted Combs.
“He was a very nice man,” Hubbard advised ESPN. “He was tremendous down-to-earth, relatable. Cool to see all the fellows interacting with him. Cool to see the house owners speaking to him when he was about to play within the stadium.”
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Linebacker Joe Bachie has been a large Combs fan for practically a decade and had the artist on his wedding ceremony playlist. When he noticed Combs on the sideline, hanging out, Bachie instantly knew he needed to seize a photograph earlier than the staff began the following interval of follow.
“I went as much as my linebackers coach [James Bettcher] and mentioned, ‘Yeah, I simply fanboyed there for a second,'” Bachie, who shall be attending one in every of Combs’ concert events in Cincinnati, mentioned.
Higgins, who hails from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was a lot accustomed to Combs, who moved to Nashville in 2014. The fifth-year receiver additionally appreciated that Combs needed to catch a few of follow.
“It reveals that he is really invested in sports activities and never simply an artist,” Higgins mentioned. “It is fairly cool.”
Combs is a notable Carolina Panthers fan who held his fantasy draft contained in the staff’s stadium again in 2022. This 12 months, in response to Hubbard, Combs shall be making his picks contained in the Bengals stadium he’ll name dwelling for the following two nights.
