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VIDEO: Bengals’ DC Mike Zimmer gets game ball

The most emotional story of this past week in the NFL was the unexpected death of Vikki Zimmer, wife of Bengals’ Defensive Coordinator Mike Zimmer.  And the fact that, just 3 days later, Zimmer most wanted to be around his extended family on the football field came as no surprise to those who knew him best.

So when Cincinnati Bengals took the field yesterday against the Baltimore Ravens, with Zimmer and his family on the sidelines, they dedicated the game to Vikki’s memory.  And after holding the AFC’s top-scoring offense to just 14 points en route to a 17-14 victory, the Bengals presented the game ball to Zimmer, in an emotional post-came ceremony:

[Video via SportsLush]

Powerful stuff.  It’s moments like these when the game transcends the game, and comes to mean so much more.