composers Melissa Etheridge and kansas city chiefs Star Travis Kelce gave the same warning to the Cincinnati Bengals and their fans about calling Arrowhead Stadium “Barrowhead” ahead of the AFC Championship Game.
bengals defensive back Mike Hilton referred to the stadium as “Barrowhead” during the team’s victory over the Buffalo Bills the previous weekend. NFL Films caught Hilton’s conversation with his teammates on the sideline saying “We’ll see you all at Burrowhead.”
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Kelce addressed the new nickname on the latest episode of his “New Heights” podcast, which he does with his brother Jason, the Philadelphia Eagles center who is also playing for a Super Bowl appearance on Sunday.
The tight end noted that Arrowhead Stadium reached 142 decibels during the team’s playoff victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was unsure whether it broke a record.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, #87, prior to the AFC West game between the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on January 1, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri.
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“Maybe we have to break it up this week because a lot of Cincinnati Bengals fans are calling it ‘Barrowhead’ instead of Arrowhead,” Kelce said. “They’re throwing a lot of bulletin board material in there.”
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Etheridge, a major superfan in his own right, also talked about the nickname on NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football.”
#9 Joe Burrows of the Cincinnati Bengals looks on during the third quarter in an AFC Divisional Playoff game against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on January 22, 2023 in Orchard Park, New York.
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“Oh, ouch, ouch, it’s so dangerous – for them. It’s like that, so – well you saw what happened to Trevor Lawrence like, ‘Ugh, I didn’t know it would be as loud as Jaguars’ stadium. ‘ … (arrowhead) There’s a lot of noise in the stadium,” he said. “We take everything very personally. And I can’t even — I can’t even say what they’re saying. … Yeah, go right ahead, you guys. Go right ahead. Arrowhead Stadium There’s nothing to fire me. It’s not now.”
For what it’s worth, the Bengals have had the Chiefs’ numbers recently. Cincinnati is on a three-game winning streak against them and defeated them in the AFC Championship last season. They have also taken seven of the last eight matches from them.
Melissa Etheridge, left, and Travis Kelce in the split photo.
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related to which bad, he is 2–0 against the Chiefs in the regular season with six touchdown passes and no interceptions. In the previous year’s AFC Championship, he led the Bengals in rebounding.