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News, Blog and GuidesKansas City Chiefs fans are famous for the noise they generate at Arrowhead Stadium, but the Cincinnati Bengals are seriously getting ready for it.
Gidget AlikpalaG_AlikpalaUpdate: Jan 27th, 2022 21:43 EST
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It’s the last stage before the Super Bowl, and the competition will only heat up and get noisier at the Conference Finals.
In the case of the Kansas City Chiefs, this is particularly literal- their fans hold the Guinness World Record for loudest crowd noise ever recorded in a stadium. The Cincinnati Bengals however are getting ready for it.
The deafening roars of Kansas City fans
Since the AFC Conference Finals will be held at Arrowhead Stadium, the Bengals will have to contend with the Chiefs’ home field (and home field noise) advantage. Aside from the ability of loud cheering to energize the home team and deflate the visitors, it can also interfere with the game.
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When the visiting team is in a huddle, calls and snap counts can be drowned out by shouts of the home team despite the in-helmet headsets of the players.
The loudness record that Chiefs fans set during their Sept. 29, 2014 game against the New England Patriots registered 142.2 decibels. That’s a lot of sound to talk over.
Preparing for the decibels
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has been warned by former KC kicker Lawrence Tynes that he should not underestimate the crowd noise at Arrowhead.
To be fair, Joe has never played at Arrowhead. Having said that, he is in for a rude awakening. There is no place louder in sports and it’s not up for debate. pic.twitter.com/OKJCHlZj09
— 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝘆𝗻𝗲𝘀 (@lt4kicks) January 24, 2022
But Burrow is confident that the Bengals will be ready to face the challenge, as they will be working on their communication and non-verbal cues before Sunday’s game.
To be able to take away some of the Chiefs’ home advantage, Cincinnati is practicing to the sound of simulated Arrowhead Stadium noise.
Security guard at Paul Brown stadium apologized for it being so loud, “they’re practicing.” Bengals are trying to simulate Arrowhead crowd noise at practice- here’s what it sounds like *outside* the stadium. pic.twitter.com/xb2D8kMJaC
— Michele Steele (@MicheleSteele) January 26, 2022
Bengals on the road
The Bengals have played in and won the AFC championship two times. This is the first time they will be playing in one on the road, and they are making sure they are as well-equipped as possible to deal with the roars of more than 75,000 Kansas City fans, who are sure to give their all as they cheer on their team in a high-stakes matchup that has a ticket to the Super Bowl on the line.
