Bengals and Ravens were meeting in AFC wild-card round
Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters appeared to strike Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon in the chest during the first quarter of their AFC wild-card round matchup on Sunday night.
With about 1:05 remaining in the first, Mixon ran the ball for a yard and was tackled by Peters and linebacker Patrick Queen. As Peters was on Mixon, the defensive back appeared to hit Mixon in the stomach and caused a small kerfuffle between both teams.
Peters was penalized for taunting on the play and gave Cincinnati a free 10 yards.
The veteran player was criticized on social media for the play.