Joe Burrow is in for a 'rude awakening' at Arrowhead Stadium, says former Chiefs kicker

By Jack Bantock, CNN

Updated 1211 GMT (2011 HKT) January 27, 2022

Bengals QB Joe Burrow can expect a loud welcoming party from Kansas City Chiefs fans at Arrowhead Stadium.

(CNN)As if losing helmet radio communications during a divisional round game wasn't tough enough, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow's sound-related trials are apparently only just beginning.

The second-year signal caller faces the challenge of steering his team past the Kansas City Chiefs and into the Super Bowl in Sunday's AFC Championship game on the road at a notoriously raucous Arrowhead Stadium.Yet after Burrow told reporters during the regular season that stadiums «get way louder» at the college level in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), former Chiefs kicker Lawrence Tynes said the quarterback is in for a «rude awakening» at one of his old stomping grounds.«To be fair, Joe has never played at Arrowhead,» Tynes, who had two spells with the Chiefs before winning two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, tweeted on Monday.«Having said that, he is in for a rude awakening. There is no place louder in sports and it's not up for debate.»Read MoreTynes during his stint with the Chiefs against the Indianapolis Colts in the 2007 AFC Wild Card Playoff Game.Again referencing the noise of the SEC on Wednesday, Burrow seemed determined to keep the discussion rolling, though admitted that he expected Arrowhead to be «really loud» come Sunday.«In the SEC, every single week, it seems like every stadium is really loud, there's hundreds of thousands of people,» Burrow said.«This one is going to be similar. We expect it to be really loud, we're talking about it throughout the week. »We're going to have to be great with our communication, our non-verbal