Bengals Gives Chiefs Free Bulletin Board Material With Their Disrespectful Nickname For Arrowhead Stadium

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If Patrick Mahomes is the NFL’s Superman, then it would appear that Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals are his Kryptonite. During his three years in the league, Burrow and Cincy are 3-0 against Mahomes and KC, including a win in last year’s AFC Championship game.

Given the relative one-sidedness of that stat, both teams are not only aware of it but have acknowledged it. Earlier in the week, for example, we brought you the simple yet effective message that Mahomes sent to the Bengals as soon as they advanced past the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Divisional Round.

And now, on the Bengals’ side of things, reports indicate they’ve been internally referring to Arrowhead Stadium — where the Chiefs call home — as Burrowhead Stadium. There’s also video proof of the nickname being used amongst Bengals players (to be clear, the below tweet is not FROM a Bengals player — thanks for giving everyone a Blue Check, Elon!):

Heading into Sunday’s highly anticipated AFC title game rematch, Burrow and the Bengals are favored by 1.5 points, likely due to their recent record against the Chiefs, the injury to Patrick Mahomes (a high ankle sprain that he says is “doing good”), and their divisional round beat down of the Buffalo Bills, who were thoroughly outclassed by Cincy in the 27-10 game.

Despite injuring his ankle in the first half of last Saturday’s divisional round game against Jacksonville Jaguars, Mahomes remained in the game (he missed one offensive series, which saw 37-year-old back-up Chad Henne lead a touchdown drive) and ultimately completed 22 of 30 passes for 195 yards and two touchdowns.

As for Burrow’s performance against the Bills in snowy Buffalo on Sunday, the third-year signal-called completed 23 of 36 attempts for 242 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions.