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CINCINNATI -- Bob Trumpy, who was an original member of the Cincinnati Bengals for 10 years before enjoying a career as a network radio and television analyst, has died. He was 80.

The Bengals announced on Sunday that Trumpy died peacefully and was surrounded by family at home. The team had a moment of silence before its game against the Chicago Bears.

"I've known Bob since we started here and he had an extraordinary career as both a player and a broadcaster," said Bengals president Mike Brown said in a statement. "He was an exceptional and rare tight end who could get downfield and split zone coverages. Speed was his hallmark. He was as fast as any wide receiver and was a deep threat. That was rare for a tight end then and it's rare now.

"As a broadcaster, he made his mark both locally and nationally, and excelled at sports other than football in a career that was as successful as what he accomplished on the field."

Trumpy played collegiately at the University of Utah before being drafted by the AFL expansion Bengals in the 12th round of the 1968 common draft. He scored the franchise's first receiving touchdown on a 58-yard reception against Denver on Sept. 15, 1968.

Trumpy's 4,600 receiving yards, 35 receiving touchdowns and 15.4 yards per catch remain the most by a tight end in team history.

After retiring, Trumpy went on to have a distinguished career in radio and television. He joined NBC Sports as an NFL analyst in 1978 and called games through 1997, when it lost the AFC package to CBS.

Trumpy was NBC's lead analyst with Dick Enberg from 1992-94 and he called two Super Bowls. He also called "Monday Night Football" and two Super Bowls with Don Criqui on radio. He would also be a part of three Summer Olympics and three Ryder Cups for NBC.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame gave Trumpy the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2014 for lifetime achievement in NFL broadcasting.

Trumpy also was a sports talk show host in Cincinnati from 1980 to '89. In 1983, while hosting "Sportstalk" on WLW, he received a call from a despondent woman who said she was going to commit suicide.

Trumpy spent the next 2 1/2 hours on the phone with the woman -- who identified herself as "Sugar" -- until police located her.

"I don't know why she called a sports talk show," Trumpy told the Los Angeles Times in 1993. "It probably was just the first phone number she heard on the radio and decided to call it.

"I sure didn't feel like a hero after that. I hated that woman. She wasn't the only one who had to go to a crisis center for therapy. So did I, since I couldn't figure out why I hated her. They convinced me I hated her because of what she put me through."

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Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud was ruled out of Sunday's 18-15 loss to the Denver Broncos due to a concussion he suffered early in the second quarter.

Stroud sustained a big collision at the end of a 6-yard scramble, with the back of his head hitting the turf following a hit from Broncos defensive back Kris Abrams-Draine as the QB was attempting to slide. There was no flag on the play.

Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans said after the game that Abrams-Daine should have been flagged for unnecessary roughness.

"He hit the quarterback when he's sliding and giving himself up," Ryans explained. "If I'm incorrect on the rule, I've seen that happen multiple times with our guys, and we get the penalty. But for some reason, it just didn't happen there."

The Texans QB was tended to on the field by the team's medical staff as teammates surrounded him. He was escorted to the blue medical tent before going to the locker room.

Stroud was ruled out as the second half began after initially being deemed questionable to return upon his early second-quarter exit.

"At the end of the day, we lost our starting quarterback because of the play," Ryans said. "Anytime you lose your starting quarterback, it's tough."

Davis Mills entered the game for Stroud with 13:30 remaining in the first half and with the Texans holding a 3-0 lead.

Stroud was 6-for-10 passing for 79 yards at the time of his exit. Mills finished 17-of-30 passing for 137 yards.

"I thought Davis battled, tried to do a good job there, he battled," Ryans said, "but it just didn't do well offensively once we lost C.J."

Houston (3-5) hosts the Jaguars next Sunday.