Cincinnati Bengals’ Chase Brown says fan poured him a drink after Carolina game, NFL and NFLPA investigating

A productive day from second-year running back Chase Brown helped the Cincinnati Bengals earn their first win of the season.

Brown scored two touchdowns in the 34-24 win over the Panthers in Charlotte.

But Brown’s happy trot to the locker room was unpleasantly interrupted when a fan appeared to pour the running back a drink.

The incident prompted review by the NFL and players’ association. NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy confirmed to ESPN that the league is investigating the incident in question.

Bengals offensive lineman Ted Karras, who is the Bengals’ representative in the NFLPA, said a video review would help gather additional information.

Michael Thomas, the NFLPA’s chief player officer, said they will attempt to identify the person involved in the incident.

“We’ll see if we can identify the person and then we’ll go from there,” Thomas told ESPN. “But that should never happen to a player.”

Brown said he was throwing his gloves into the stands above the visiting team’s tunnel and was excited to celebrate the victory against Carolina with his teammates.

“I was walking in (and) I smelled the liquid or something, and then when I saw the video, I was like, ‘Damn, that’s really what happened,'” Brown said to journalists after the match.