No athlete wants to choke in a big moment, but that’s literally what Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Joseph Ossai did after his team beat the Baltimore Ravens.

After Cincinnati’s 32-14 Thanksgiving Day victory on Thursday, November 27, Ossai, 25, was on the sidelines, chowing down on a turkey leg. NBC’s Melissa Stark tried to pull him in for an on-air interview, which took him by surprise.

“Were you playing for that turkey leg?” she asked him.

Mid-bite, Ossai croaked out a few unintelligible sounds before coughing and managing to respond, “I don’t know. I started eating too soon.”

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Stark, 52, called for some water as it was clear that Ossai was actually OK.

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