Tyler Boyd believes he was the missing factor that kept the Cincinnati Bengals from making back-to-back Super Bowl appearances.

Boyd suffered a deep thigh bruise early in the second quarter of the 23-20 loss. He said he would have finished the game if he was at least 80 percent healthy.

In his first day of offseason workouts, the veteran wide receiver met with reporters for the first time since the AFC championship loss to Kansas City.

"Still to this day, I feel like if I would have played the whole game, I was the key factor," Boyd said. "We would've won the game."

At the time of the injury, Boyd had two catches for 40 yards.